Roy Scammell (born July 28, 1932) is an English stunt performer and actor who was a stunt coordinator in the 1979 film Alien. He also portrayed the Alien in Alien in the scene where it is ejected from the shuttle at the end of the film,[1] although he was not credited for this role. Other notable films Powell has appeared in include The Dirty Dozen (1967), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Flash Gordon (1980) and several films in the James Bond series.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Circus of Fear | |
| 1967 | The Dirty Dozen | Uncredited |
| 1969 | Monte Carlo or Bust! | |
| Gladiatorerna | ||
| The Magic Christian | Uncredited | |
| 1971 | A Clockwork Orange | |
| 1973 | Psychomania | |
| O Lucky Man! | ||
| 1975 | The Sexplorer | |
| Rollerball | With Steve Boyum and Mac McDonald | |
| Barry Lyndon | ||
| 1976 | Yellow Dog | |
| 1977 | Under the Bed | |
| The Spy Who Loved Me | Uncredited; with Clive Curtis, Nick Gillard and Eddie Powell | |
| Golden Rendezvous | ||
| 1979 | The World Is Full of Married Men | |
| Alien | ||
| 1980 | Saturn 3 | |
| Flash Gordon | With John Lees and Eddie Powell | |
| The Dogs of War | ||
| 1981 | Venom | |
| For Your Eyes Only | Uncredited; with Clive Curtis, Charles Dance, Nick Gillard, John Lees and Eddie Powell | |
| 1984 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | With Ian Holm |
| Sheena | With Clive Curtis | |
| 1988 | Willow | With Simon Crane, Nick Gillard, Eddie Powell and Tip Tipping |
| 1990 | Nuns on the Run | With Eddie Powell |
| 1995 | GoldenEye | Uncredited; with Simon Crane, Nick Gillard and Trevor Steedman |
| 1999 | Do Not Disturb |
Trivia
- Owing to the relatively small pool of talented stuntmen in Great Britain during the 1980s and early 1990s, Simon Crane, Clive Curtis, Nick Gillard, Mark Anthony Newman, Eddie Powell, Roy Scammell, Trevor Steedman and Tip Tipping often worked together on high-profile action films made in the UK during that time. Many of these films were shot at Pinewood Studios.
- Scammell is the only one of the four actors who played the Alien — the others being Bolaji Badejo, Eddie Powell and Percy Edwards — who is still alive.
Gallery
![Producer Gordon Carroll, modeller Shirley Denny and director Ridley Scott watch Scammel test a rig used in the final sequence where the Alien is ejected from the shuttle.[2]](/avp/wiki/File:Alien_on_Rig.JPG "Alien on Rig.JPG (33 KB)")
Producer Gordon Carroll, modeller Shirley Denny and director Ridley Scott watch Scammel test a rig used in the final sequence where the Alien is ejected from the shuttle.[2]