Biography
Jack Purvis (13 July 1937 – 21 November 1997) was a British actor. He had dwarfism and was frequently cast in roles requiring performers of short stature. He appeared as Wally in the 1981 film Time Bandits.
Purvis played a different alien creature in each film of the original Star Wars trilogy: Chief Jawa in Star Wars (1977), Chief Ugnaught in The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Teebo in Return of the Jedi (1983). He also appeared in three films directed by Terry Gilliam: Time Bandits, Brazil (1985) as Dr Chapman and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988).
For twenty years he performed as part of the musical comedy double act the Mini-Tones with Kenny Baker. In 1991 Purvis became quadriplegic following a car repair accident. He died in 1997 at the age of 60.
