[go: up one dir, main page]

    Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV News
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightFamily Entertainment GuideIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsPride MonthAmerican Black Film FestivalSummer Watch GuideSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign In
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
  • Biography
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Marcus Powell(1909-1991)

  • Actor
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
Marcus Powell was born on 23 November 1909 in Middlesex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Bandits, bandits... (1981), Elephant Man (1980) and Top Secret ! (1984). He died in 1991 in Kingston upon Thames, London, England, UK.
BornNovember 23, 1909
Died1991
BornNovember 23, 1909
Died1991
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
Add photos, demo reels

Photos4

View Poster
View Poster
View Poster
View Poster

Known for

Ian Muir in Bandits, bandits... (1981)
Bandits, bandits...
6.9
  • Horseflesh
  • 1981
John Hurt in Elephant Man (1980)
Elephant Man
8.2
  • Midget
  • 1980
Top Secret ! (1984)
Top Secret !
7.2
  • Little German
  • 1984
The Tripods (1984)
The Tripods
7.4
TV Series
  • Cook

Credits

Edit
IMDbPro

Actor



  • Harvey Keitel, Mathilda May, and Carole Bouquet in Nemo (1984)
    Nemo
    4.4
    • Grünwald
    • 1984
  • The Tripods (1984)
    The Tripods
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Cook
    • 1984
  • Top Secret ! (1984)
    Top Secret !
    7.2
    • Little German
    • 1984
  • Britannia Hospital (1982)
    Britannia Hospital
    6.2
    • Sir Anthony Mount: The Palace
    • 1982
  • Ian Muir in Bandits, bandits... (1981)
    Bandits, bandits...
    6.9
    • Horseflesh
    • 1981
  • John Hurt in Elephant Man (1980)
    Elephant Man
    8.2
    • Midget
    • 1980
  • Blake's 7 (1978)
    Blake's 7
    8.0
    TV Series
    • The Thaarn
    • Decima
    • 1978–1980
  • The Old Curiosity Shop (1979)
    The Old Curiosity Shop
    7.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Vuffin's Troupe
    • 1979
  • Paul McGann, Colin Baker, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, William Hartnell, Sylvester McCoy, Jon Pertwee, and Patrick Troughton in Docteur Who (1963)
    Docteur Who
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Prisoner (uncredited)
    • 1979
  • Benji's Very Own Christmas Story (1978)
    Benji's Very Own Christmas Story
    5.2
    TV Movie
    • Needles (uncredited)
    • 1978
  • Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Kenny Baker, and Peter Mayhew in Au temps de la guerre des étoiles (1978)
    Au temps de la guerre des étoiles
    2.2
    TV Movie
    • Rycar Ryjerd (uncredited)
    • 1978
  • Wombling Free (1977)
    Wombling Free
    4.9
    • Orinoco
    • 1977
  • Star Wars: Épisode IV - Un nouvel espoir (1977)
    Star Wars: Épisode IV - Un nouvel espoir
    8.6
    • Rycar Ryjerd (uncredited)
    • 1977
  • Leonce und Lena
    TV Movie
    • Hofrat
    • 1975
  • The Basil Brush Show (1968)
    The Basil Brush Show
    6.9
    TV Series
    • 1973

Personal details

Edit
  • Born
    • November 23, 1909
    • Middlesex, England, UK
  • Died
    • 1991
    • Kingston upon Thames, London, England, UK
  • Other works
    (1930s) Performed with Fred Roper's Midgets (AKA Famous Wonder Midgets/Wonderful Midgets/Company of Wonder Midgets), a Vaudevillian troupe, for twelve years where he and 29 other little people travelled with Englishman Fred Roper between England, South Africa and in the U.S.

Did you know

Edit
  • Trivia
    British dwarf actor, born in North London in 1909; he died in 1991. He has sometimes been confused with the Welsh-born actor and poet John Marcus Powell (sometimes billed as Mark Powell or Marcus Powell).

Contribute to this page

Suggest an edit or add missing content
  • Learn more about contributing
Edit page

More to explore

Recently viewed

Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
Get the IMDb App
Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
Follow IMDb on social
Get the IMDb App
For Android and iOS
Get the IMDb App
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • License IMDb Data
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2025 by IMDb.com, Inc.