Mike Edmonds

{{short description|British actor}}

{{about||the American academic administrator|Mike Edmonds (educator)|the British astrophysicist|Mike Edmunds}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}

{{BLP sources|date=April 2019}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Mike Edmonds

| image = Mike Edmonds.jpg

| caption = Edmonds at Cardiff Comic Con 2014

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1944|01|13}}

| birth_place = Chelmsford, Essex, England

| occupation = Actor

| height = 132 cm

| yearsactive = 1975–present

}}

Mike Edmonds (born 13 January 1944) is an English actor with achondroplasia (dwarfism), known for his role as Little Ron in the children's television show Maid Marian and Her Merry Men.

Edmonds has appeared in several films, including Flash Gordon (1980), The Dark Crystal (1982), and Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). He played the role of Og in the Terry Gilliam film Time Bandits (1981). In Return of the Jedi, (1983) he performed as the Ewok Logray as well as the operator for Jabba the Hutt's tail.

Edmonds can be seen dancing in the Men Without Hats music video "The Safety Dance" as a dwarf jester, wearing a shirt for their Rhythm of Youth album.{{cite news|title= Mini Jester in "The Safety Dance": 'Memba Him? |work= TMZ |date= 11 August 2013 |accessdate= 26 November 2015 |url= http://www.tmz.com/2013/08/11/mike-edmonds-safety-dance-little-person-now-photos/}}

With the death of Malcolm Dixon in 2020, Edmonds became the last surviving actor to have played one of the titular "Time Bandits".{{cite web | url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/time-bandits-return-of-the-jedi-actor-malcolm-dixon-dies-at-66 | title=Time Bandits, Return of the Jedi actor Malcolm Dixon dies at 66 | date=11 April 2020 }}