Michael Sheard

Personal Info

Birthday

June 18, 1938

Day of Death

2005-08-31

(67 years old)

Place of Birth

Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

Michael Sheard

Biography

Michael Sheard (18 June 1938 – 31 August 2005) was a Scottish actor who featured in a large number of films and television programmes and was best known for playing villains. His most prominent television role was as strict deputy headmaster Maurice Bronson in the British children's series Grange Hill which he played from 1985-89. His most prominent film role was that of Admiral Ozzel in The Empire Strikes Back (1980).

Known For

Grange Hill

Doctor Who

Space: 1999

Minder

Play for Today

Tales of the Unexpected

The Professionals

The Persuaders!

Filmography

2003
Hitler of the Andes
as Adolf Hitler
2001
Another Life
as Mr. Justice Shearman
1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
as Adolf Hitler (uncredited)
Doombeach
as Headmaster
1988
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
as Headmaster
1984
Killer Exposed
as Det Supt Harrison
1983
High Road to China
as Charlie
The Captain's Doll
as Colonel
The Dark Side of the Sun
as Colonel Von Reitz
1982
Doctor Who: Castrovalva
as Mergrave
1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark
as U-Boat Captain (uncredited)
Green Ice
as Jaap
The Bunker
as Heinrich Himmler
1980
The Empire Strikes Back
as Admiral Ozzel
Murder Rap
as Conrad Tucker
1979
A Hole in Babylon
as Prison Officer
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Peter's Father
The Riddle of the Sands
as Boehme
Escape to Athena
as Sergeant Mann
1978
Les Misérables
as Commissary
Force 10 from Navarone
as Sgt. Bauer
1977
Doctor Who: The Invisible Enemy
as Lowe
The Best of Enemies
as German Padre
1976
Beasts: The Dummy
as Sergeant
Stones
as Police Inspector
Rogue Male
as Adolf Hitler
The Dancing Years
as Capt. Goetzer
1975
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
as Laurence Scarman
In Sickness and in Health
as Mr Turnish
The Hiding Place
as Kapteyn
1974
Lucky
as Prison officer
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
as Military Governor
1973
England Made Me
as Fromm
Holiday on the Buses
as Depot Manager
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
as Banker #3 (uncredited)
Mafia Junction
as Williamson (uncredited)
The Death of Adolf Hitler
as Heinrich Himmler
1972
The Darwin Adventure
as Man #1
Frenzy
as Jim (uncredited)
Universal Soldier
as Customs Officer
To Encourage the Others
as Insp. Fairfax
1971
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
as Dr. Roland Summers
1970
The McKenzie Break
as Ingenieur-Offizier Unger
1966
Doctor Who: The Ark
as Rhos
1965
The World of George Orwell: 1984
as Man in white coat