Ishaq Bux

Ishaq Bux
in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Born(1917-06-15)15 June 1917
Kanpur, India
Died2 September 2000(2000-09-02) (aged 83)
London, England
OccupationActor
Years active1957–87

Ishaq Bux (15 June 1917 – 2 September 2000) was an Indian actor.[1]

His first screen appearance was in BBC TV's The English Family Robinson, in 1957.[2]

On stage, he appeared with the National Theatre Company at the Old Vic in Tony Harrison's Phaedra Britannica in 1975.[3]

He is best remembered by his roles of Omar in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and the fakir in Octopussy (1983).[4][5]

Bux was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in July 2000 and died in a London hospice on 2 September 2000, aged 83.[citation needed]

Career

Film

Television

References

  1. ^ "Ishaq Bux". Archived from the original on 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Bux, Ishaq (1917-2000) Biography". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  3. ^ "Production of Phaedra Britannica - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  4. ^ "Ishaq Bux". www.aveleyman.com.
  5. ^ McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film (Fourth ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111975 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Blu-ray featurette (“Audio commentary with actresses Patricia Quinn and Nell Campbell”). Arrow Video. 2017.