Julian Glover

Julian Glover (born 27 March 1935) is an English actor. He began acting on the stage in the 1950s and began appearing on television regularly in the 1960s. He has appeared twice in Doctor Who, playing King Richard the Lionheart in the 1965 story The Crusades and the alien Scaroth in the 1979 story City of Death. He also chalked up genre appearances in shows such as The Avengers and Blake's 7 as well as continuing his stage career.

In the 1980s he played three memorable movie roles: as Darth Vader's trusted lieutenant, General Vreers in The Empire Strikes Back; as Aris Kristatos in the James Bond movie For Your Eyes Only; and as Walter Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. More recently he appeared as King Triopas in Troy and as the Duke of Wellington in Young Victoria.

In Game of Thrones Glover plays Grand Maester Pycelle. Roy Dotrice had been previously cast in the role but had to drop out shortly before filming began due to health problems. Glover stepped in at short notice to pick up the role.