Julian Wyatt Glover (born March 27, 1935) is an English actor.
Glover was born in Hampstead, the son of Honor (née Wyatt), a close friend of the novelist Barbara Pym, and C. Gordon Glover, a BBC radio producer. He attended Bristol Grammar School in Bristol, England, where he was in the same class as actors Timothy West and "Darth Vader" actor David Prowse, and also Alleyn's School in Dulwich.
Glober trained at the National Youth Theatre and performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company. In the early 1950s he appeared in several shows at Unity Theatre, London During the 1960s and 1970s, Glover frequently appeared in British television shows, including The Avengers, Doctor Who and Blake's 7.
Julian Glover also appeared in 1967's Quatermass and the Pit, a Hammer Studios adaptation of Nigel Kneale's 1950s BBC television original, in which he portrayed Quatermass' nemesis, Colonel Breen, a military man, initially skeptical of the ancient origin of an archaeologically excavated extraterrestrial spacecraft who is later ironically in thrall to the murderous energy released from the craft.
Glover also appeared opposite Roger Moore in the episode of the Saint titled "Invitation to Danger."
He made some of his most notable appearances during the 1980s as the Imperial General Maximilian Veers in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), the ruthless Aris Kristatos in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only (1981), and the deceptive American Nazi Walter Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). During the 1980s he played the leading role in the BBC television drama series, By the Sword Divided
He also appeared in the 2002 film version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as the voice of the giant spider Aragog.
He is due to play the role of Mr Brownlow in the 2008 West End revival of the musical Oliver, which opens in December at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
He is an Associate Member of RADA.
Glover is twice married to actresses; Eileen Atkins in 1957 (divorced 1966) and since 1968, Isla Blair with whom he has a son, actor Jamie Glover, currently starring in the second series of Waterloo Road on the BBC. In 2006, he held the role of Edward Alleyn Club President.
