Bruce Boa

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About Bruce Boa

Andrew Bruce Boa was a Canadian actor, who found success playing the token American in British films and television, usually playing military types. Boa's most notable film role is in The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as General Carlist Rieekan. On television, his most notable role is probably as the brash, plain-speaking American guest, Mr. Harry Hamilton, in the Fawlty Towers episode "Waldorf Salad". Birthdays.fyi indexes this profile with birthday, age, profession cluster, source links, and nearby people born on July 10.

Before fame

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Trivia

Canadian actor (died 2004). This page is tagged with Film & TV, Silent Generation, Canadian.

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