Michael Sheard

Michael Sheard (born Donald Marriot Perkins, he took his mother's name as his stage name) was born in Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland in 1940.  He was the son of a minister of the kirk (minister of the church), Reverend David Perkins.

Michael Sheard was first introduced to theater when his father put on little stage plays for the children of the parish.  Michael's father always managed to find a little bit of a part for Michael.  At thirteen Michael was working in the theater.  His first professional theatre work was with the Perth Repertory Theatre in Perth, Scotland.   Sheard attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where he worked diligently to curtail his Scottish accent, and did two years National Service in the Royal Air Force as an aircraftsman, guarded Halfpenny Green Airfield.

Mr. Sheard began his TV and film career in the early 60's but had also done much stage work.  (NHA.n is in the process of obtaining his theatre credits)

Mr. Sheard died on Wednesday August 31, 2005 on the Isle of Wight of complications from stomach cancer, he was surrounded by his family.  He is survived by his wife, Ros (an artist), three children, Simon (accountant), Rupert (teacher), Susannah (doctor), and their two dogs Sophie and Emma.

 

 

Film

Order of the Sith~2006 - narrator

Another Life~2001 - Mr. Justice Shearman

Millennium Blue~1999 - 

Doombeach~1989 - Headmaster

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade~1989 (uncredited) - Adolf Hitler (see Actor Connections - Film)

Murder Rap~1987 - Defense Counsel

High Road to China~1983 - Charlie Shane, Tozar's Attorney (see Actor Connections - Film)

Green Ice~1981 - Jaap

Raiders of the Lost Ark~1981 (uncredited) - U-Boat Captain (see Actor Connections - Film)

Aftermath~1980 (V) - Klegg

Rough Cut~1980 - Man at Airport (with Wolf Kahler) (see Actor Connections - Film)

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back~1980 - Admiral Kendal Ozzel

Riddle of the Sands, The~1979 - Boehme

Escape to Athena~1979 - Sergeant Mann

Force 10 from Navarone~1978 - Sergeant Bauer (see Actor Connections - Film)

Erotic Inferno~1975 - Eric Gold

Lord Peter Wimsey: Five Red Herrings~1975 - 

Hitler: The Last Ten Days~1973 - Herr Doktor Schacht (his part during the prologue was cut) (see Actor Connections - Film)

England Made Me!~1973 - Fromm

Holiday on the Buses~1973 - Depot Manager  (see Actor Connections - Film)

Darwin Adventure, The~1972 - First Man

McKenzie Break, The~1970 - Ingenieur-Offizier Unger

Chaos~  (see Actor Connections - Film)

Warship~ -  (see Actor Connections - Film)

 

TV

Nature's Guard~2005 - (see Actor Connections - TV)

Chronotrip~2002 - Himself

Top Ten~2000 - Himself in TV Bastards 4/20/02

Banza~2001 - Himself 2001

First Frontier~1999  - Joseph Makian (see Actor Connections - TV)

Manic Moonsters~1999 -  Professor Nubrubble Smith

Where On Earth Is... Katy Manning Because She'd Really Like to Know!~1998 (V) - Himself

Press Gang~1989 - Dr. Clipstone in UnXpected (# 4.2) 1/14/92

Darling Buds of May~1991 - Manager

Touch of Spice, A~1989 - Gordon Pugh

Coronation Street~1960 - Arthur Dabner (1989) (Thanks Skippy!)

Doctor Who~1963 - Headmaster in Remembrance of the Daleks (# 25.1) 10/5/88

Hannay~1988 - Perrin

Tickets for the Titanic~1987 - Ministry Man

Knights of God~1987 - Dr. Stevens

Space~1985 TV mini-series - Himmler

Dirty Dozen: The Next Mission, The~1985  - Adolph Hitler (see Actor Connections - TV)

Auf Wiedersehen Pet~1984 -  Herr Grunwald (1984) (see Actor Connections - TV)

Invisible Man, The~1984  - Reverend Edward Bunting

'Allo 'Allo!~1984 - Herman Goering double

Doctor Who~1963 - Mergrave in Castrovalva (# 19.1) 1/4/82

Outsider, The~1982  - Reuben Flaxman

Bunker, The~1981 - Himmler

Maggie~1981 - McKinley

Caught on a Train~1980  - Preston 

Fear of God~1980 - Colonel Morgan (see Actor Connections - TV) (Thanks Skippy!)

Play for Today: Murder Rap~1980 - (see Actor Connections - TV)

Tales of the Unexpected~1979 - Inspector in Umbrella Man, The (# 2.11) 5/10/80 (Thanks Skippy!)

All Quiet on the Western Front~1979  - Paul's Father

Miserables, Les~1978  - Commissary

Lillie~1978  - Colonel Hertzl (see Actor Connections - TV)

Grange Hill~1978 - Mr. Maurice 'Charlie' Bronson (see Actor Connections - TV)

Enemy at the Door~1979 - Oberstleutnant Koerner in The Raid (#2.7) 2/16/80 (see Actor Connections -TV)

Blake's 7~1978 - Section Leader Klegg in Powerplay (# 3.2) 1/14/80

Take the High Road~1980 - Nikki Zaharoff

Minder~1979 - Elliott in Tethered Goat, A (# 1.4) 11/19/79 (Thanks Skippy!)

All Creatures Great and Small~1978 - Adderley in Sleeping Partners (# 1.10) 3/12/78

Professionals, The~1977 - Merton in When The Heat Cools Off (# 1.9) 2/24/78

Mind Your Language~1977 - Police Sergeant in Best Things In Life, The (# 1.5) 1/27/78

Doctor Who~1963 - Supervisor Lowe in The Invisible Enemy (# 15.2) 10/1/77

Tomorrow People, The~1973 - Hitler in Hitler's Last Secret 1977

New Avengers, The~1976 - Peters in Faces (# 1.9) 12/12/76

Rogue Male~1976  - Adolf Hitler

Five Red Herrings~1975  mini-series - Inspector MacPherson

Doctor Who~1963 - Laurence Scarman in Pyramids of Mars (# 13.3) 10/25/75

Sweeney, The~1975 - Mr Penketh (headmaster) in Hit And Run (# 2.5) 9/29/75

Invisible Man, The~1975 - Rev. Bunting

Space: 1999~1975 - Dr. Darwin King in Dragon's Domain 1975

Protectors, The~1972 - Inspector Luhrs in Wam (2) (# 2.9) 11/16/73

On the Buses~1969 - Manager in:

    Gardening Time (# 7.13) 5/20/1973

    Allowance, The (# 7.11) 5/6/73

    What The Stars Foretell (# 7.10) 4/29/73

    Hot Water (# 7.8) 4/15/73

On the Buses~1969 - 1st Judge in The Poster (# 7.4) 3/18/73

Emmerdale Farm~1972 - The Colonel

Van der Valk~1972 - Harkemer in Elected Silence  4/10/72

Persuaders!, The~1971 - Walden in Home of One's Own, A (# 16) 12/31/71

Jason King~1971 - The Electrician in Page Before Dying, A (# 1.2) 9/22/71

Likely Lads, The~1965 - in Last of the Big Spenders (# 2.4) 7/7/65

Doctor Who~1963 - Dr. Summers in Mind of Evil, The (# 8.2) 1/30/71

Adventures of Don Quick~1970 - Broul in People Isn't Everything (#) (with Ronald Lacey)

Outsider, The~1968 - Reuben Flaxman

Adam Adamant Lives~1966 - Major in D for Destruction (#1.16) 10/13/66

Doctor Who~1963 - Rhos in Ark, The (# 3.6) 3/5/66

Theatre 625: The World of George Orwell: 1984~1965  - one of the Men in White Coats 12/28/65

Reporting Christ~ - Reporter

Day of the Anorak~

Connemara Days~

Task Force~ - (see Actor Connections - TV)

Dixon of Dock Green~1955-1976 - (see Actor Connections - TV)

Shades of Green~ - Detective Inspector Tweedie (see Actor Connectionss - TV)

Dark Side of the Sun~ - 

Randall and Hopkirk (deceased)~ - German

Gatecrash~ - 

Je m'appelle Crawford~19?? - Uncle Airdrie Dunbar

Inspector Alleyn~ - 

Dr. Finlay's Casebook~ - 

Z-Cars~ - (see Actor Connections - TV)

Colditz~ - 

Danger UXB~ - 

Bulman~ -

 

Airline~ - 

Grandad~ - 

GMTV~ - Interviewee

Murder Not Proven~19?? -  (see Actor Connections - TV)

Saturday Aardvark, The~ - 

Meridian TV show~ - reading Alfred Lord Tennyson poems

 

Director

Peggy's Song

Maureen at the Zanzibar

 

Theatre

Ghosts~ - Oswald (Perth Repertory Theatre, Perth, Scotland)

Meet Me By Moonlight~ - (Perth Repertory Theatre, Perth, Scotland)

Merchant of Venice, The~ - Bassanio (Shaftesbury Theatre, London, UK)

?~ ? - Godbole (Perth Repertory Theatre, Perth, Scotland)

 

Theatre Director

A Sleep Of Prisoners

The Woman In Black~2001 (Derngate Hall, Northampton, Northamptonshire, UK)

Shirley Valentine~2003

Breaking Through~2001 (Queen Elizabeth Hospital Theatre, Bristol, UK)

 

Audio Plays

Stones of Venice~2001 - Orsino, A Duke 

 

Radio

High Moon~2003 - Wizard (performed at CONvergence 2003, Minneapolis, MN, US)

Peter Galaxy, Interstellar Envoy~2003 - Steven St. Stephen/Dr. Simon (performed at CONvergence 2003, Minneapolis, MN, US)

Dr. Who~2002 - Orsino in The Stones of Venice (Three part series)

Phill Jupitas Show~ - (Radio 6 BBC)

Fred MacAulay Show~ - Interviewee

Dundee Radio~199? - Interviewee

Piccadilly Radio~ - Interviewee

Galaxy Radio~ - Interviewee

 

Books

Yes, Mr. Bronson - Memoirs of a Bum Actor

Yes, Admiral - Sci-Fi and Further Memories

Yes, School's Out - Sci-Fi Conventions, Parties, and Much, Much More!

 

Miscellany

Enjoyed golf.

 

Made appearances at retro “School Disco” nights across the country (UK)

 

Worked with Harrison Ford on Force 10 From Navarone, The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

 

Has worked with more 'Dr. Who's' than any other actor, other than Micholas Courtney.

 

Star Toys Museum, a fan-based Star Wars toy museum, has a board of directors and Michael Sheard is listed on its advisory council (with Kevin J. Anderson).

 

Was in the midst of being attached to a Chaos Films unproduced third film script of Dr. Who AS the Dr. himself.

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