Norwich Duff, also credited as "Norwick Duff," is a British screen actor who has appeared in several major motion pictures and numerous British, Canadian, and American television series. His major film credits include Superman (1978), Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Short Circuit 2 (1988), while his television credits include Space: 1999 (1976), Evergreen (1985), Street Legal (1988, 1991), and The Strain (2015).
Biography
Duff also landed a small part in George Lucas's 1980 blockbuster, Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back,[1] which today stands as the defining role of his career.[2] Playing Echo Base Rebel officer Jeroen Webb on the ice planet Hoth,[3] Duff appears fleetingly and without dialogue in the film's sequence in which actor Harrison Ford (Han Solo) departs the base atop a tauntaun mount in search of the missing Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), against the protests of base personnel.[1][3]
Duff's film credit in The Empire Strikes Back, along with four other actors, lists him only as one of several "Other Officers" in the Rebel Forces.[1] As such, this may create some ambiguity regarding which character Duff portrays in the film—indeed, among many Star Wars online fan sites, including Star Wars author Bob Vitas's now-defunct The Completely Unofficial Star Wars Encyclopedia, Duff is widely incorrectly credited as playing the role of Rebel officer Trey Callum,[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] who, in fact, is played by stuntman Bob Anderson.[12][13][14] Duff's role as Jeroen Webb was officially confirmed by a Lucasfilm publication in the 2010 book The Making of The Empire Strikes Back.[3]
Duff's character, Jeroen Webb, was first provided a canon name and personal backstory through Decipher, Inc.'s 1996 Hoth Limited expansion set of the Star Wars Customizable Card Game.[15]
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