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Alan Tilvern
Known for: ActingAlan 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
Filmography 17
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Little Shop of Horrors
as 'Downtown' Bum #2
The Lord of the Rings
Firefox
Night and the City
as Beggar (uncredited)
Khartoum
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
as Patron
Knights of the Round Table
A Tale of Two Cities
as Grave Robber
Hot Enough for June
Brass Target
as Frank Ferraro
The Siege of Pinchgut
as Superintendent Hanna
Bhowani Junction
The Revolutionary
The Frozen Dead
as Karl Essen
House of Secrets
as Brandelli