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Alan Tilvern

Acting · Born November 5, 1918 · London, England, UK

Alan Tilvern (5 November 1918 – 17 December 2003) was a British film and television actor with a tough-guy image. He is possibly best known for his role as R.K. Maroon in the film Who framed Roger Rabbit. He was born in Whitechapel, in the East End of London, to Jewish Lithuanian parents, who changed their name from Tilovitch. After leaving school he became a barrow boy in Brick Lane. In the Second World War he served in the Army but was invalided out in 1945

Movies with Alan Tilvern

• Superman (1978) — 2nd Controller
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) — R.K. Maroon
• Little Shop of Horrors (1986) — 'Downtown' Bum #2
• The Lord of the Rings (1978) — Innkeeper (voice)
• Firefox (1982) — Air Marshal Kutuzov
• Night and the City (1950) — Beggar (uncredited)
• Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951) — Hernandez
• Khartoum (1966) — Awaan
• Love and Death (1975) — Sergeant
• Hot Enough for June (1964) — Simenova's Assistant
• Knights of the Round Table (1953) — Steward (uncredited)
• Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966) — Patron

TV shows with Alan Tilvern

• Poldark (1975) — Nicholas Warleggan
• The Odd Man (1960) — Det. Sgt. McBride