1. George Frederick Bernard Powell, credited as Nosher Powell, Freddie Powell, or Fred Powell, was an English actor, stuntman and boxer.
17 Facts About Nosher Powell
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Nosher Powell is best known for his work in the James Bond film series, most notably From Russia with Love.
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Nosher Powell disliked his birth name Frederick or Freddie and chose to use Nosher Powell as his screen name.
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Nosher Powell began his career as a heavyweight boxing champion in the worlds of unlicensed fighting and the professional arena.
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Nosher Powell worked as a sparring partner for Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali, amongst others.
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Nosher Powell had an extensive but mostly uncredited career in stunt work and acting, including as stuntman in 14 James Bond films.
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In 1966, Nosher Powell played a role of a jewel thief Charlie in the series The Baron.
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Nosher Powell later became the head of a collective of people dressing as medieval knights.
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Nosher Powell began the projects because of the lack of stunt work resulting from a industry wide recession.
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In 1975, Nosher Powell took his "Tournament of Knights" tour to the United States.
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Nosher Powell promoted his group's tour by walking through San Francisco in a jousting costume.
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In 1987, Nosher Powell played a character who shared his name in the film, Eat the Rich.
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Nosher Powell was cast in the role by director Peter Richardson.
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Nosher Powell had known Richardson for some years and he wanted a stunt man who was willing to hang out of a helicopter and knew Nosher Powell would be willing.
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Nosher Powell later recalled that he worried the role would be recast if he could not give a good acting performance beyond his stunt work.
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In 1952 Nosher Powell married Pauline Wellman, and the couple had two sons, Greg and Gary, who grew up to become stuntmen.
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Nosher Powell died in his sleep on 20 April 2013 at the age of 84.