Alan Tilvern

Biography

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

Known For

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

as R.K. Maroon

Superman

as 2nd Controller

Little Shop of Horrors

as 'Downtown' Bum #2

The Lord of the Rings

as Innkeeper (voice)

Love and Death

as Sergeant

Firefox

as Air Marshal Kutuzov

Night and the City

as Beggar (uncredited)

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

as Hernandez

The Saint

as Captain Quintana

Khartoum

as Awaan