Ishaq Bux

Ishaq Bux

Born: June 15, 1917
Died: September 2, 2000
in Kampur - India
Ishaq Bux was an Indian actor. He is best remembered by his roles of Omar in Raiders of The Lost Ark and the fakir in Octopussy.

Movies for Ishaq Bux...

The Sign of Four
Title: The Sign of Four
Character: Lal Chowder
Released: March 7, 1987
Type: Movie
Mary Morstan has received a pearl in the post every year since her father's disappearance. This leads Holmes and Watson to the truth about a secret pact between four convicts during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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A Passage to India
Title: A Passage to India
Character: Selim
Released: December 14, 1984
Type: Movie
Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested, who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate named Ronny Heaslop. She and Ronny's mother, Mrs. Moore, befriend an Indian doctor, Aziz H. Ahmed.
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Title: Sherlock Holmes
Character: Lal Chowder
Released: April 24, 1984
Type: TV
Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.
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The Chelsea Murders
Title: The Chelsea Murders
Character: Servant
Released: December 30, 1981
Type: Movie
When a barmaid and part-time model becomes a murderer's third victim in Chelsea, the only apparent links are to a local reporter, Mary, and three art graduates financing a film with local part-time jobs.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
Title: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Character: Omar
Released: June 12, 1981
Type: Movie
When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
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The Garland
Title: The Garland
Character: Amina's father
Released: March 10, 1981
Type: Movie
"These Indian films. They're done to a formula - songs, dance, routines and a lot of sentimental heavy breathing." When her 17-year-old son Roy falls in love with a Muslim girl, and a Bangladeshi butcher seeks help from her husband Raji, Leela realises that the tears and romance of Indian cinema are closer to her own life than she has ever imagined.
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Title: Minder
Character: Elderly Indian Man
Released: October 29, 1979
Type: TV
This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye for a nice little earner. Alongside his many business ventures, Arthur would regularly hire Terry out as a minder or bodyguard, later replaced by nephew, Ray Daley.
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Title: Quatermass
Character: Misru
Released: October 24, 1979
Type: TV
In the near future, a now-elderly Bernard Quatermass investigates the disappearance of his granddaughter and a mysterious cult.
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The After Dinner Joke
Title: The After Dinner Joke
Character: Sheikh
Released: February 14, 1978
Type: Movie
A comic extravaganza about a young woman's adventures in the world of big business charity.
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Double Exposure
Title: Double Exposure
Character: First Arab
Released: May 31, 1977
Type: Movie
"James Compton is paid by wealthy Howard Townsend to photograph his mistress Simone . Intimate photo sessions lead to an affair. Simone is kidnapped and he is being blackmailed over the affair by the kidnappers. Some violent scenes."
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Machinegunner
Title: Machinegunner
Character: Mr Pradesh
Released: April 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A 'machinegunner' (West Country slang for a debt-collector) turns amateur sleuth, but finds himself in hot water with local criminals.
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Title: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Character: The Transylvanians
Released: August 14, 1975
Type: Movie
Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named 'Rocky'. Harriet then spawns in and says hello and the credits roll!
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The Vault of Horror
Title: The Vault of Horror
Character: Fakir (segment 3 "This Trick'll Kill You")
Released: March 16, 1973
Type: Movie
The sequel to Tales from the Crypt. Five strangers trapped in a basement vault converse about their recurring nightmares. Their stories include vampires, bodily dismemberment, east Indian mysticism, an insurance scam, and an artist who kills by painting his victims' deaths.
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Title: Crown Court
Character: Mr. Patel
Released: October 11, 1972
Type: TV
Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.
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The Horsemen
Title: The Horsemen
Character: Amjad Kahn (uncredited)
Released: August 16, 1971
Type: Movie
In Afghanistan, the ruthless sport of buzkashi is a game of great pride. When Uraz breaks his leg and loses a spirited match, he brings shame to his village, especially his father. After losing his leg below the knee, Uraz, to regain his honor, must learn to ride again and win with a special, one-of-a-kind horse.
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Leo the Last
Title: Leo the Last
Released: September 4, 1970
Type: Movie
Prince Leo, last in the line of rulers of a long-deposed monarchy on continental Europe and jaded with the frenetic search for kicks with the European jet-set, returns to his father's London town house for rest.
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Title: On the Buses
Released: February 28, 1969
Type: TV
On the Buses is a British comedy series created by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney, broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1969 to 1973. The writers' previous successes with The Rag Trade and Meet the Wife were for the BBC, but the corporation rejected On the Buses, not seeing much comedy potential in a bus depot as a setting. The comedy partnership turned to a friend, Frank Muir, Head of Entertainment at London Weekend Television, who loved the idea; the show was accepted and despite a poor critical reception became a hit with viewers.
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Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Title: Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Character: Mr. Kali
Released: July 12, 1968
Type: Movie
George Lester is a man who is chasing rainbows, looking for the pot of gold at the end. When his wife, Pamela grows tired of being dragged all over the world, she leaves him. While she is away, George converts her family home into a discotheque, when she returns, she threatens to send George to jail for fraud, cause she didn't give her approval. George needing some fast bucks, decides to turn to an old cohort of his, William Homer but Willy's a little short. George then decides to steal the plans to a new drill, Pamela's suitor, Dudley Heath is working on. But when George gets the mumps, he can't make it to the meeting place and refuses to give Willy the plans unless he gives him the cash first. And the buyers won't give unless they see the merchandise first.
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Inadmissible Evidence
Title: Inadmissible Evidence
Character: Watson's Guest
Released: June 23, 1968
Type: Movie
A lawyer's agonizing journey to the breaking point of his private and professional lives as he becomes more and more alienated from everyone connected with him.
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A Passage to India
Title: A Passage to India
Character: Qasim Ali
Released: November 16, 1965
Type: Movie
The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month strand, adapted by Santha Ramu Rau and John Maynard, and directed by Waris Hussein.