Michael Sheard
Known for Acting · 127 credits
- Born
- 1938-06-18
- Died
- 2005-08-31
- Place of birth
- Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
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
TV Shows (76)
Play for Today
1970
as Conrad Tucker
Doctor Who
1963
as Laurence Scarman / Lowe / Dr. Summers / Mergrave / Headmaster
Crown Court
1972
as Sergeant Goss
Grange Hill
1978
as Mr. Maurice Bronson
Z-Cars
1962
Minder
1979
as Elliot
Playhouse
1974
as Police Inspector / Preston
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Inspector
The Professionals
1977
as Merton
Theatre 625
1964
as Whitecoat
The Sweeney
1975
as Mr. Penketh
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Prison Officer / German padre
The Persuaders!
1971
as Walden
Space: 1999
1975
as Darwin King
'Allo 'Allo!
1984
as Goering's Double
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Reporter / 2nd Cabbie / 1st Patrol Officer / Night Porter / Bernie Moss
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
as Adderley
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
Blake's 7
1978
as Klegg
Going Live!
1987
The Protectors
1972
as Inspector Luhrs
The Expert
1968
as Mr. Justice Caldwell
Van der Valk
1972
as Paul Harkemer / Ruytens
Churchill's People
1974
as Archbishop
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Dr. Jones
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Doctor Gowan
The Onedin Line
1971
as Smethurst
The Main Chance
1969
as Analyst
The New Avengers
1976
as Peters
Softly, Softly
1966
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982
as Herr Uwe Braun
On the Buses
1969
Paul Temple
1969
Mind Your Language
1977
as Police Sergeant
Father Brown
1974
as Philip Aylmer
Enemy at the Door
1978
as Oberstleutnant Koerner
Press Gang
1989
as Dr. Clipstone
Colditz
1972
as Kommandant
Jason King
1971
The Darling Buds of May
1991
as Building Society Manager
Fall of Eagles
1974
as Losehek
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Paul's Father
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983
as Herr Grunwald
The Famous Five
1978
as Police Inspector
Danger UXB
1979
as Police Superintendent
Beasts
1976
as Sergeant
The Invisible Man
1984
as Reverend Edward Bunting
Hannay
1988
The First Lady
1968
Cold Warrior
1984
as Professor Berner
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967
as Driver
The Sandbaggers
1978
as Dr Crabbe
Hazell
1978
as DC Finch
The Likely Lads
1964
as Nesbit
The Walls of Jericho
1981
as Professor David Masson
The Mask of Janus
1965
as Driver
Takin' Over the Asylum
1994
as Mr Wyatt
Not on Your Nellie
1974
as Detective Inspector / PC Breamwater
Bulman
1985
as Joe Wright
Buccaneer
1980
as John Lancaster
Movies (51)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
as U-Boat Captain (uncredited)
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
as Admiral Ozzel
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
as Adolf Hitler (uncredited)
Frenzy
1972
as Jim (uncredited)
Force 10 from Navarone
1978
as Sgt. Bauer
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
as Peter's Father
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
1974
as Military Governor (uncredited)
Les Misérables
1978
as Commissary
Escape to Athena
1979
as Sergeant Mann
Green Ice
1981
as Jaap
High Road to China
1983
as Charlie
The Bunker
1981
as Heinrich Himmler
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as Banker #3 (uncredited)
Chronotrip
2002
Doctor Who: Castrovalva
1982
as Mergrave
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
1985
as Hitler
Killer Exposed
1984
as Det Supt Harrison
Beasts: The Dummy
1976
as Sergeant
Holiday on the Buses
1973
as Depot Manager
Blake's 7: Aftermath
1986
as Klegg
The Best of Enemies
1977
as German Padre
The Hiding Place
1975
as Kapteyn
The McKenzie Break
1970
as Ingenieur-Offizier Unger
Caught on a Train
1980
as Preston
Lucky
1974
as Prison officer
England Made Me
1973
as Fromm
Rogue Male
1976
as Adolf Hitler
An Enemy of the People
1980
as The Provost
Another Life
2001
as Mr. Justice Shearman
The Darwin Adventure
1972
as Man #1
The Captain's Doll
1983
as Colonel
The Dancing Years
1976
as Capt. Goetzer
Mafia Junction
1973
as Williamson (uncredited)
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
The Riddle of the Sands
1979
as Boehme
The Death of Adolf Hitler
1973
as Heinrich Himmler
To Encourage the Others
1972
as Insp. Fairfax
The World of George Orwell: 1984
1965
as Man in white coat
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
1971
as Dr. Roland Summers
Doombeach
1989
as Headmaster
A Hole in Babylon
1979
as Prison Officer
Universal Soldier
1972
as Customs Officer
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
1988
as Headmaster
Doctor Who: The Invisible Enemy
1977
as Lowe
Doctor Who: The Ark
1966
as Rhos
The Dark Side of the Sun
1983
as Colonel Von Reitz
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
1975
as Laurence Scarman
Murder Rap
1980
as Conrad Tucker
Hitler of the Andes
2003
as Adolf Hitler
Stones
1976
as Police Inspector
In Sickness and in Health
1975
as Mr Turnish
About Michael Sheard
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). With 127 credits spanning from 1951 to 2003, Michael Sheard has appeared in 51 films and 76 TV shows.
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Most Popular Michael Sheard Movies
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) — as U-Boat Captain (uncredited)
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980) — as Admiral Ozzel
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) — as Adolf Hitler (uncredited)
- Frenzy (1972) — as Jim (uncredited)
- Force 10 from Navarone (1978) — as Sgt. Bauer
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