Ishaq Bux

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Ishaq Bux (15 June 1917 – 2 September 2000) was an Indian actor.^[1]

Key Information

Ishaq Bux
in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Born	(1917-06-15)15 June 1917 Kanpur, India
Died	2 September 2000(2000-09-02) (aged 83) London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1957–87
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His first screen appearance was in BBC TV's The English Family Robinson, in 1957.^[2]

On stage, he appeared with the National Theatre Company at the Old Vic in Tony Harrison's Phaedra Britannica in 1975.^[3]

He is best remembered by his roles of Omar in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and the fakir in Octopussy (1983).^[4][5]

Bux was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in July 2000 and died in a London hospice on 2 September 2000, aged 83.^{[citation needed]}

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Film

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• Nine Hours to Rama (1963) - Gardener
• Man in the Middle (1963) - Indian bearer
• Inadmissible Evidence (1968) - Watson's Guest
• Leo the Last (1970) - Supermarket Manager
• The Raging Moon (1971) - Pakistani
• The Horseman (1971) - Amjad Kahn (uncredited)
• The Vault of Horror (1973) - Fakir (segment 3 "This Trick'ill Kill You")
• S*P*Y*S (1974) - Indian Agent (uncredited)
• Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) - The Transylvanians #4
• Double Exposure (1976) - First Arab
• Carry On Emmannuelle (1978) - Plane passenger (uncredited)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Omar
• Shock Treatment (1981) - DTV audience member (uncredited)^[6]

• The Missionary (1982) - Maharajah
• Privates on Parade (1982) - Sikh Doorman
• Octopussy (1983) - Fakir (uncredited)
• A Passage to India (1984) - Selim

Television

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• BBC Sunday Night Theatre (1957-1959) - Ismail / Achmed / Second Bearer
• The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1964)
• Theatre 625 - The Serang (1965)
• Play of the Month (1965) - Quasim Ali
• Dixon of Dock Green (1968) - Ibrahim
• W. Somerset Maugham (1969) - Old Indian
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) - Bamjibinarse
• Department S (1969) - Turkish Club Patron
• On the Buses (1970) - Ahmed
• Wicked Women (1970) - Old man
• The Onedin Line (1971) - Man in Bar
• Softly Softly: Task Force (1972) - Panni
• The Regiment (1973) - Nari Dastoor
• Crown Court (1973–1979) - Mr.Patel / Akbar Nawaz Rana / Surinder Singh Sandhu
• Oh, Father! (1973) - Indian
• Six Days of Justice (1973–1975) - Magistrate
• It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981) - Stationmaster / Fortune-Telling Wallah / Sword Seller / Indian Trader / Garage Owner
• Machinegunner (1976) - Mr. Pradesh
• Rentaghost - Season 3, Episode 1 - Ali Hakim
• Play for Today (1978–1981) - Sheikh / Amina's Father
• Quatermass (1979) - Misru
• The Jewel in the Crown (1984) - Aziz
• Minder (1984) - Elderly Indian Man
• The Singing Detective (1986) TV mini-series - Patient
• The Sign of Four (1987, TV Movie) - Lal Chowder (final appearance)