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Ishaq Bux
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<p>Ishaq Bux (15 June 1917 – 2 September 2000) was an Indian <a href="/facts/Actor/JlSNxot8">actor</a>. </p><p>His first screen appearance was in <a href="/facts/BBC/qFateIz8">BBC TV</a>'s <i>The English Family Robinson</i>, in 1957. </p><p>On stage, he appeared with the <a href="/facts/Royal_National_Theatre/UUVKxXLE">National Theatre Company</a> at the <a href="/facts/Old_Vic/mNwWbUSD">Old Vic</a> in <a href="/facts/Tony_Harrison/tcxbqCkM">Tony Harrison</a>'s <i>Phaedra Britannica</i> in 1975. </p><p>He is best remembered by his roles of Omar in <i><a href="/facts/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark/yTPq7cJ5">Raiders of the Lost Ark</a></i> (1981) and the fakir in <i><a href="/facts/Octopussy/JVmuyIlJ">Octopussy</a></i> (1983). </p><p>Bux was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in July 2000 and died in a <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a> hospice on 2 September 2000, aged 83. </p>