Terry Downes

Terry Downes, BEM (9 May 1936 – 6 October 2017) was a British middleweight boxer, and occasional movie actor. He was nicknamed the "Paddington Express" for his aggressive fighting style.  As of 2008, Downes was Britain’s oldest surviving former world champion. He held the world middleweight title for ten months from 1961 to 1962. He was born in London.

One of his best known roles was in Roman Polanski's 1967 movie The Fearless Vampire Killers, in which he played "Koukol", a hunchbacked servant. His other movie credits included appearances in A Study in Terror (1965), Five Ashore in Singapore (1967), The Golden Lady (1979), If You Go Down in the Woods Today (1981), and the Derek Jarman movie Caravaggio (1986).

Downes died on 6 October 2017 in London, aged 81.

References

Other websites
 "The Fighter at Home with Yogi Bear " – Sports Illustrated profile from 1962

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