Most Doctor Who fans know Peter Cushing played Dr. Who (not The Doctor) twice, in the feature film Dr. Who and the Daleks, as well as the adaptation Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. Most also know of his star turn as the unforgettably evil Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
Many may not know that between movies, TV series, video games, cartoons, and audio dramas, Doctor Who and Star Wars share many more actors in common. These ten actors have been pulled from both the the classic years and new series, as well as the original trilogy and it’s prequels.
While Doug Bradley doesn’t count in the confines of this list, due to just doing voice acting, it should be mentioned that besides his turn as Talbot in the Big Finish Productions audio drama Pier Pressure, and The Emperor in video game Star Wars: The Old Republic, he portrayed Pinhead in almost every Hellraiser movie!
And, while he isn’t an actor, Nick Gillard not only was a stunt arranger on the classic Sylvester McCoy story, Silver Nemesis, but he also invented the high octane style of light-saber dueling seen in the Star Wars prequels! How cool is that?
The Doctor has been to many other universes and timelines, including Doctor Who/Star Trek comic books, but this may be the closest we’ll ever get to a proper Star Wars crossover. Let’s begin, shall we? Hm?
10. Deep Roy
Though small in stature, Indian actor Deep Roy has played some bigger than life characters in many fan favorite films and televisions shows. Born Mohinder Purba in Kenya, he got his start on The New Avengers television show, before quickly moving on to film as the Italian assassin in The Pink Panther Strikes Again.
He has had roles in Blake’s 7, Flash Gordon, The Dark Crystal, the Planet of the Apes remake, Return to Oz, and the X-files. He most notably played all 165 Oompa-Loompas in the Tim Burton remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!
Roy is most well known to Doctor Who fans as the murderous Peking Homonculus with the pig’s brain, Mr. Sin, from the fan favorite 4th Doctor story The Talons of Weng-Chiang. But did you know he was also in Return of the Jedi?
As Droopy McCool, part of Max Rebo’s band, he didn’t get much screen time, but there he is. He is unrecognisable due to prosthetic effects, make-up, and costuming, but that’s him on stage playing a traditional Kitonak chidinkalu horn for the entertainment of Jabba’s palace guests.
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I knew all bar the Queen of naboo
Fun game! Maurice Roeves?
Oh, hang on – I’m confusing my Wars with my Treks there…
Maybe Trek/Who should be my next one then?
David Tennant hasn’t been Quatermass, he was Briscoe in the live 2005 TV version.
Oh yeah. It’s been a few years since I had seen it. Jason Flemyng was ole Bernie. My bad.
Aaand, it looks like that’s the last we’ll see of him in The Clone Wars, as it’s been cancelled as of this season. Boo.
Erm…the pic on the right in No 5 is actually Michael Craze as Ben, the Doctor’s companion!
Yes, I was noticing that, as well…
Yeah, I don’t know what happened there. I’ll see if I can fix it. I’ve got the proper pic waiting to be subbed.
David’s Ten was never in the Time War. Paul McGann’s Eighth Doctor was the one who fought in the War and came away from it as Chris Eccelston’s Nine. The most we do know of what happened during that period is from the end of David’s run, The End of Time 2ptr.
I just meant that as the Doctor in general, he was in the Time War, not the 10th regeneration in specific.
The list misses a major one: Peter Cushing (Tarkin in ANH) played “Dr. Who” in the two mid-1960s films based upon the series, Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 AD. They’re not part of the “canon” because they were remakes of TV episodes and made the Doctor a human named Dr. Who, but they’re still part of the “family”.
That’s listed in the very first paragraph.
Sentence, I mean.
You forgot (and one of the most prominent) Michael Sheard who played Admiral Ozzel in The Empire Strikes back along with Julian Glover and appeared in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as Adolf Hitler, again as Hitler in The Tomorrow People and appeared in 17 episodes of Doctor Who including Pyramids of Mars, Mind of Evil and the Invisible Enemy.
I like the cut of your jib, good sir. To be fair, there were many other actor’s I could have listed, but Michael Sheard would have been a good one!
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