He also played Fagin in Oliver ... best known as the voice of the evil Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious in the original 1980 version of The Empire Strikes Back. In the 2004 DVD release, Revill ...

McDiarmid continued to play the emperor for decades to come ... A 2004 DVD release of "The Empire Strikes Back" replaced Revill's original scene with a new version where McDiarmid voiced the ...

Those four words from Darth Vader are the most well-known in "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" and possibly the entire ...

The Empire Strikes Back” changed Hollywood with its bold twists, deeper characters, and the introduction of Yoda. It's the ...

Clive Revill, the actor known for voicing Emperor Palpatine in “The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), died March ... with Oliver Reed and Diana Rigg and played the fire marshall in “Robin Hood ...

For Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), director Irvin Kershner ... who went on to play the emperor in Return of the Jedi (1983) and the franchise's three prequels - but he ...

appeared in two films for Billy Wilder and provided the original voice of the evil Emperor Palpatine in The Empire Strikes Back, has died. He was 94. Revill died March 11 at a care facility in ...

Veteran actor Clive Revill, who voiced Emperor Palpatine in the second Star Wars movie, The Empire Strikes Back, has died.He was 94. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Revill passed away on ...