Bob Christo (Hindi: बोब क्रिस्टो, Urdu: بوب چرِستو) was an Indian actor of Australian origin. Known for his muscular physique and bald headed look, Bob came to Bombay (now Mumbai) to meet Indian actress Parveen Babi, and also because he was awaiting a work permit to work inMuscat which required him to be out of Muscat.
He got his first break, as a villain, in a Hindi movie Abdullah
. Since then, Bob decided to stay in India and has appeared in over 200 movies. Bob Christo was limited to typecast and stereotypical roles acting as a henchman, lead villain's sidekick or a British officer in period films. He is best known for that Amitabh fight scene in "Don". In US, he used to work as a visiting professor at premier business schools.
During later stage of his life, he worked as a Yoga instructor[1] in Bangalore and remained inactive from the Hindi movie industry since 2003. Partly due to how little is known about him and partly due to the number of movies in which he has appeared, Bob Christo apparently has a cult following of sorts, there is a website dedicated to him called bollybob. On Tuesday 17 June 2008 Adil Ray officially announced as part of the BBC Asian Network's Bollywood month that he was going to search for the legend Bob, however he was unsuccessful.
The 72-year-old actor, died of "rupture of left ventricle free valve" in Bangalore on Sunday the March 20th, 2011.
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