Alfie Curtis, 87, of ‘Star Wars’ is dead

ALFIE CURTIS, who played an angry bar customer in “Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope,” has died. He was 87.

Actor Mark Hamill paid tribute to his 1977 co-star in a Twitter post Tuesday.

“Alfie Curtis made the #Star Wars Mos Eisley Cantina scene (one of the most memorable I’ve ever been a part of) even MORE memorable,” Hamill wrote. “As horrific as he was on-camera, off-camera he was funny, kind & a real gentleman. Thanks Alf — you’ll be missed. #RIP.”

Curtis wore a disfiguring prosthetic to portray Dr. Cornelius Evazan (photo inset), as he picked a fight with Hamill’s Luke Skywalker in the Mos Eisley cantina scene.

“You just watch yourself. We’re wanted men. I have the death sentence on 12 systems,” Curtis’ dastardly doctor tells Luke.

The tense exchange ended with ObiWan Kenobi slicing Evazan’s companion Ponda Baba’s arm clean off.

Curtis also played Milkman in “The Elephant Man” (1980), and Matt Beckett on the “Cribb” TV series from 1980 to 1981. He also had a role as Ted in the TV miniseries “Lost Empires” in 1986.