John Dennis Arthur "Biffo" Bindon (4 October 1943 – 10 October 1993) was a flamboyant British actor and bodyguard, noted for his film roles as a London underworld figure and tough police detective, and his involvement with the underworld in real life. In its obituary, The Independent claimed "he was the archetypal actor-villain, and an all-round 'good geezer'"
John Bindon was born in Fulham, London, and was the son of Dennis Bindon, a merchant se...
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John Dennis Arthur "Biffo" Bindon (4 October 1943 – 10 October 1993) was a flamboyant British actor and bodyguard, noted for his film roles as a London underworld figure and tough police detective, and his involvement with the underworld in real life. In its obituary, The Independent claimed "he was the archetypal actor-villain, and an all-round 'good geezer'"
John Bindon was born in Fulham, London, and was the son of Dennis Bindon, a merchant seaman and engineer, turned cab driver. The second eldest in a working class family of three children, Bindon went to St Mark's Church School in Fulham where he became a noted rugby union junior, but left at the age of 15. He was given the nickname "Biffo" for starting or getting into fights.
As a teenager, he served time in a Borstal institution for possessing live ammunition. After jobs ranging from laying asphalt to dealing in antiques (his best friend for several years was the glamorous and now-infamous international antiques dealer John...
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