John Bindon

Actor, TV Actor

1943 – 1993

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Who was John Bindon?

John Dennis Arthur "Biffo" Bindon was an English actor and bodyguard who had close links with the London underworld. The son of a London cab driver, Bindon was frequently in trouble as a youth for getting into fights, and spent two periods in Borstal. He was spotted in a London pub by Ken Loach who asked him to star in his film Poor Cow. Other film and television productions followed, with Bindon sought after to play gangsters or tough police detectives. He played a violent mobster alongside Mick Jagger in Performance and a London crime boss in Get Carter. Philip Hoare described Bindon as "the archetypal actor-villain, and an all-round 'good geezer'".

He was also known for having many socialite girlfriends, such as Christine Keeler, the former Playboy "Bunny Girl" Serena Williams and Vicki Hodge, who had a 12-year abusive relationship with Bindon. Through Hodge, Bindon gained access to British aristocratic circles, which culminated with his meeting Princess Margaret in the late 1960s, at her home on Mustique in the Caribbean. Bindon claimed he had sex with the princess, whilst Margaret later denied the meeting ever took place despite photographic evidence.

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Born
Oct 4, 1943
Fulham
Also known as
  • Biffo
  • John Dennis Arthur "Biffo" Bindon
  • John Dennis Arthur Bindon
  • John Binden
  • The Guv'nor
  • Big John
Parents
Nationality
  • England
Profession
Died
Oct 10, 1993
Chelsea

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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