Julian Glover
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Julian Wyatt Glover (born March 27 1935) is a British actor.
Glover was born in London, the son of Gordon Glover, a BBC radio producer, and Honor Wyatt, a close friend of the novelist Barbara Pym. He trained at the National Youth Theatre and performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company. During the 1960s and 1970s, Glover frequently appeared in British television shows, including Doctor Who and By the Sword Divided. He also appeared in films such as 1967's Quatermass and the Pit. He made some of his most notable appearances during the 1980s as the Imperial general Veers in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), the ruthless villain Aris Kristatos in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only (1981), and the deceptive and manipulative American villain Walter Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).