George Claydon

Actor, Film actor

1933 – 2001

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Who was George Claydon?

George Claydon was a British actor notable for his dwarfism. His television roles included that of Nikabrik in the 1989 BBC adaptation of Prince Caspian. He also appeared as Photographer George in The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour, a television film that initially aired on BBC1 in 1967 on boxing day, as an Oompa Loompa in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and as Hercules in I Don't Want to Be Born with Joan Collins. He was also 'World Cup Willie', the official mascot of the England Football Team in 1966 He died in 2001 at the age of 68, at the Charing Cross Hospital

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Born
Sep 4, 1933
Bristol
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Died
Oct 4, 2001
London

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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