The Richard Bonehill collection

Richard Bonehill was a British sword master and fighting double for theatre, television and feature films. He was Assistant Sword Master on several films.

He played character extras in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, the second and third films of the Star Wars original trilogy. His film credits also include Top Secret! (1984), Rob Roy (1995), Frenchman's Creek (1998), and Jason and the Argonauts (2000). His television credits include Doctor Who.

Actor Richard Bonehill appeared in the final two films of the Star Wars original trilogy, primarily playing masked background extras. Bonehill worked on Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back for three weeks and Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi for six weeks. Although uncredited for any of his roles in either film, Bonehill is noted for playing a snowtrooper, a stormtrooper, and Rebel officer Palo Torshan in The Empire Strikes Back; and a stormtrooper, a Mon Calamari, an X-wing pilot, a TIE pilot, and named characters Nien Nunb, Ree-Yees, and Mosep Binneed in Return of the Jedi.