He shaped the legendary “Star Wars” scene: actor Michael Culver is dead. He played Lorth Needa in Star Wars and several roles in James Bond films.

After a long illness, Culver died on February 27th. In 2000, he largely gave up his acting career in order to become politically active. A few weeks ago the film world said goodbye to Pamela Salem. She played “Miss Moneypenny” alongside Sean Connery and died at the age of 80.