- Born
- Died
- Birth nameAndrew Bruce Boa
- Height6′ 1½″ (1.87 m)
- Bruce Boa was born on July 10, 1930 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was an actor, known for Full Metal Jacket (1987), Octopussy (1983) and Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980). He was married to Cherry. He died on April 17, 2004 in Surrey, England, UK.
- SpouseCherry (3 children)
- Usually cast as a distinguished American authority figure type
- Often played military soldiers
- Was good friends with John Cleese, who cast him in his "Fawlty Towers" TV show as an obstreperous American in Waldorf Salad (1979).
- Like Tony Sibbald, he was Canadian but often played Americans on British television, as he lived in the U.K. and Brits tend to not be able to tell the difference between the American accent and the Canadian accent.
- He worked for Dundee Rep in 1960.
- He was a prolific Canadian character actor, who spent the bulk of his screen career in Britain, beginning in 1958. He often portrayed stereotypical American authority figures, such as generals or senators. Boa is fondly remembered as the American guest at Fawlty Towers (1975), ordering the Waldorf, and as rebel General Rieekan in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as well as the Colonel who chastises Private Joker in Full Metal Jacket.
- Boa played for the Calgary Stampeders (Canadian Football League) in 1952
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