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John Abineri
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Having an Austrian father, he spoke fluent German and thus landed many parts "on the other side" in war films.
As well as English, he was also fluent in German, Russian and French.
He appeared in two versions of the Robin Hood story:
The Legend of Robin Hood (1975)
as Maid Marion's father and
Robin Hood (1984)
as the forest deity, Herne the Hunter.
Sean Connery
played Robin Hood in the former while his son
Jason Connery
played the role in the latter.
Father of
Daniel Abineri
and
Sebastian Abineri
.
Duncan Lamont
had died while filming
Hostage (1979)
, so he took over the part of "Ushton".
Had 3 sons and one daughter with his ex-wife,
Hilary Bamford
.
Father-in-law of
Claudia Rosencrantz
.
Learned acting at the Old Vic Drama School.
Has acted in both The James Bond Eon franchise and the Doctor Who franchise (four roles).
He was dubbed in
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
.
Had four different roles in Dr Who.
Considered for the roles of Dr. Hans Fallada, Dr. Bukovsky, Sir Percy Heseltine and the Pathologist in
Lifeforce (1985)
.
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