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Michael Sheard

Acting

Born June 18, 1938 · Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

Died August 31, 2005

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).

Filmography38 titles

Hitler of the Andes

2003as Adolf Hitler

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

1980as Admiral Ozzel

The Sandbaggers

1978as Dr Crabbe

Mind Your Language

1977as Police Sergeant

Enemy at the Door

as Oberstleutnant Koerner

The Sweeney

1975as Mr. Penketh

The Darling Buds of May

1991as Building Society Manager

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1989as Adolf Hitler (uncredited)

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

1983as Herr Grunwald

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981as U-Boat Captain (uncredited)

Doctor Who

1963as Dr. Summers

'Allo 'Allo!

1982as Goering's Double

All Creatures Great & Small

1978as Adderley

The Persuaders!

1971as Walden

The Professionals

1977as Merton

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Dr. Jones

Blake's 7

1978as Klegg

On the Buses

1969

Les Misérables

1978as Commissary

Space: 1999

1975as Darwin King

Frenzy

1972as Jim (uncredited)

The Onedin Line

1971as Smethurst

The Hiding Place

1975as Kapteyn

Tales of the Unexpected

1979as Inspector

Father Brown

as Philip Aylmer

All Quiet on the Western Front

1979as Peter's Father

Rogue Male

1976as Adolf Hitler

The Bunker

1981as Heinrich Himmler

Force 10 from Navarone

1978as Sgt. Bauer

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973as Banker #3 (uncredited)

Van der Valk

1972as Ruytens

The Riddle of the Sands

1979as Boehme

The Protectors

as Inspector Luhrs

High Road to China

1983as Charlie

The McKenzie Break

1970as Ingenieur-Offizier Unger

Another Life

2001as Mr. Justice Shearman

Green Ice

1981as Jaap

Escape to Athena

1979as Sergeant Mann