Eddie Powell
Film director
1927 – 2000
Who was Eddie Powell?
Eddie Powell was a British stuntman and actor.
Powell performed stuntwork in several films for Hammer Studios, serving as a regular stunt double for Christopher Lee. His credits during this time included portraying Dracula in Dracula: Prince of Darkness and the Mummy in The Mummy's Shroud. He also appeared in several James Bond films and in Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD.
Powell portrayed the Aliens for stuntwork in Alien and Aliens. He also did stunts in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Batman, and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. He had an uncredited part as The Goat of Mendes in The Devil Rides Out, which features Christopher Lee in a rare heroic role.
He was married to Hammer's wardrobe-mistress Rosemary Burrows and is the brother of Joe Powell, also a film stuntman.
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- Born
- Mar 9, 1927
London - Siblings
- Spouses
- Rosemary Burrows
(1967 - 2000/08/11)
- Rosemary Burrows
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Died
- Aug 11, 2000
Berkshire
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on July 23, 2013
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