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WARWICK DAVIS: WICKET THE EWOK ![]() WARWICK Davis appeared as Ewok Wicket W. Warrick, in Return of the Jedi, then popped up again in a series of Star Wars tv spin offs, finally to appear in The Phantom Menace. He is probably best known as the title character in Willow and he also played Professor Filius Flitwick in the Harry Potter movies, the title character in Leprechaun and its sequels. He was also Marvin the Paranoid Android in The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Last year he starred in an episode of Ricky Gervais TV comedy, Extras. Warwick played Flitwick, an old half-goblin with a big white moustache, in the first two Harry Potter films. In the third film, this same character does not appear, although Warwick Davis plays another different character, a short human with brown hair and moustache, not very similar to the Flitwick in the previous movies. This character, the chorus conductor, is identified in the credits as "Wizard". Flitwick reappeared in the fourth movie, with the same make-up and still being the conductor, although in a speaking role. Director Mike Newell is said to have liked the younger-looking Flitwick better. He was not named in the movie, but was seen eating at the staff table and identified in the credits as "Filius Flitwick," suggesting that Flitwick is also a music conductor. His role as conductor was again featured in the fifth movie, but this time identified as "Professor Flitwick". Star Wars: Warwick Davis played Wicket the Ewok in Return of the Jedi, (1983); He appeared in The Ewok Adventure (tv, 1984); Ewoks: The Battle For Endor (tv, 1985); Star Tours (Disney ride, 1987); The Phantom Menace, as Wald/Pod race spectator/Mos Espa Citizen, uncredited, (1999). For more information visit his official web site at: www.warwickdavis.co.uk Also visit his IMDB ratings listing at: www.imdb.com/name/nm0001116/ Warwick Davis, in this You Tube video, tells how he dressed up as Ewok Wicket for George Lucas' daughters birthday - and the cake was on him! |
