Terry Downes

Terry Downes BEM was a British middleweight boxer occasional film actor and businessman He was nicknamed the Paddington Express for his aggressive fighting style Downes was recognised as world champion by The Ring magazine in August 1961 and was named Sports Writers Association Sportsman of the Year later that year Postboxing Downes acted occasionally between 1965 and 1990 usually appearing as a thug villain or bodyguard One of his more prominent roles was in Roman Polanskis 1967 film The Fearless Vampire Killers in which he played Koukol a hunchbacked servant His other film 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 film Caravaggio 1986