Michael Sheard

Michael Sheard (born 18 June 1940 in Aberdeen, died 31 August 2005) was a Scottish actor who featured in a large number of films and television programmes. Image File history File links Michael Sheard This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Image File history File links Michael Sheard This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Aberdeens location in Scotland Aberdeen (Obar Dheathain in Scottish Gaelic) is Scotlands third largest city, with a population of 212,125. ... August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining, as the final day of August. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages with Official Status1 English Scottish Gaelic Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ...

Star Wars fans know him as Admiral Ozzel from The Empire Strikes Back, whereas those of Grange Hill will remember his performance as the terrifying deputy headmaster Mr Maurice Bronson. In 1983, he played Herr Grunwald, the German manager of a building site in the first series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. He portrayed Adolf Hitler five times, including in The Tomorrow People (1978) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). In the early 1990s he was also the original actor to play solicitor Marcus Christie in EastEnders. Star Wars is a series of science fantasy films created by writer/producer/director George Lucas. ... Admiral Kendal Ozzel is a fictional character from the Star Wars universe. ... Movie poster Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is the sequel to the first released Star Wars movie, and the second film released in the original trilogy. ... Grange Hill is a British childrens television drama series which is shown on BBC1. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Auf Wiedersehen, Pet is a popular British comedy-drama series created by Franc Roddam and mostly written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, who also wrote The Likely Lads, What Ever Happened to the Likely Lads? and Porridge. ...   Adolf Hitler? (April 20, 1889–April 30, 1945) was the Chancellor of Germany from 1933, and Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Chancellor) of Germany from 1934, to his death. ... The Tomorrow People was a childrens science fiction television series, devised by Roger Price and produced by Thames Television for Britains ITV network between 1973 and 1979. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 movie directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Julian Glover, Alison Doody, River Phoenix and John Rhys-Davies. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... EastEnders is a popular BBC television soap opera which was first broadcast on February 19, 1985. ...

He made appearances in six stories in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, with the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Seventh Doctors. More recently he appeared with Eighth Doctor Paul McGann, in The Stones of Venice — a Doctor Who audio drama produced by Big Finish Productions. Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national publicly funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Main article: History of Doctor Who Doctor Who first appeared on BBC television on November 23, 1963. ... The First Doctor is the name given to the first incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... The Third Doctor is the name given to the third incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... The Fourth Doctor is the name given to the fourth incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... The Fifth Doctor is the name given to the fifth incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Sylvester McCoy (born August 20, 1943) is a British actor. ... The Eighth Doctor is the name given to the eighth incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Paul McGann (born November 14, 1959) is an actor who made his name on the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role. ... The Stones of Venice is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Radio drama (audio drama), which had its greatest popularity in the U. S. and in most other countries before the spread of television, depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the story in her or his minds eye. It resembles reading, in some ways... Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces audio plays released straight to compact disc, based on British cult science fiction properties. ...

He wrote several memoirs including Yes, Mr Bronson: Memoirs of a Bum Actor (ISBN 1840240075) published in 1997, Yes, Admiral (ISBN 1840241039) published in 1999, Yes, School's Out! (ISBN 9076953422) published 2001 and Yes, It's Photographic! published in 2004. 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He died 31 August 2005, aged 65, at his home on the Isle of Wight. He had been suffering from cancer. A few weeks previously (9 August 2005) he appeared via telephone on the Iain Lee show on LBC and talked about his many appearances in film and television. August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining, as the final day of August. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... The Isle of Wight is an island off the south coast of England, opposite Southampton. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... Iain Lee promotional photo Iain Lee (born 9 June, 1973) is a British comedian and radio and television presenter, who has appeared on The 11 OClock Show, video game review show Thumb Bandits and the ill-fated Channel 4 breakfast show RI:SE. He also presented the documentary Thumb... LBC (originally the London Broadcasting Company) is Britains first commercial independent local radio station, providing a service of news and information to London. ...

Selected Filmography

• Coronation Street (1960) (TV series) (1989)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) (uncredited)
• Grange Hill (1978) (TV series) (1985–1989)
• The Invisible Man (1984) (TV)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (uncredited)
• The Bunker (1981) (TV)
• Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• Take the High Road (1980) (TV series)
• Les Misérables (1978) (TV)
• Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
• Lillie (1978) (miniseries)
• Fall of Eagles (1974) (miniseries)
• Crossroads (1964) (TV series)

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External links

• Michael Sheard at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Site
• Yes, It's Photographic!