Michael Kilgarriff
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 16, 1937 (age 89)
- Birthplace
- Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Biography
Michael Kilgarriff (born 16 June 1937)is a British actor, author and pianist from Brighton. As an actor, he is well known for his rich voice and height. His film and television roles include The Dark Crystal (1982) as the General, and the Doctor Who serials The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967), Robot (1974–75) and Attack of the Cybermen (1985). At six feet five inches (1.96 m) tall, he is sought for certain roles, such as the Cyber Controller in Doctor Who, a role he played in 1967 and 1985. He appeared in the same series as an Ogron (1973) and as the eponymous K1 Robot in the story Robot (1974–75). He returned to play the K1 robot in the Big Finish Productions Bernice Summerfield audio adventure The Relics of Jegg-Sau. He did voice work for The Twelve Tasks of Asterix as Obelix, the Jim Henson movie The Dark Crystal (1982) as SkekUng, the Garthim master (Named "The General" in the movie), was film director Joe Steiner in the UFO episode "Conflict", and played the part of the Green King in the BBC Television serial The Moon Stallion (1978). In 1979, he provided voices for several characters in the cult television adventure series "Monkey" when it was dubbed into English. These were invariably gruff, often villainous characters, including warlords and demons.
Known For
Filmography
The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Movie · as Self
The Story of Music Hall
Movie · as Self
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
Movie · as Cyberman Controller (archive footage)
Albert's Speech
Movie · as Voice of God
Snow White: The Sequel
Movie · as The Ogre (voice)
Are Friends Electric?
Movie
The Story of Doctor Who
Movie
Tipping the Velvet
TV · as Music Hall Chairman
Carnival of Monsters
Movie
Oscar's Orchestra
TV · 39 eps
The Jim Henson Hour
TV · as The Thought Lion (archive audio) · 1 ep
The Storyteller: Fearnot
Movie · as Pond Sprite (Voice)
The Storyteller: The True Bride
Movie · as Lion (Voice)
The Storyteller
TV · as Lion (voice), Pond Sprite (voice) · 1 ep
Artists and Models
TV · as Sardanapalus · 1 ep
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen
Movie · as Cyber Controller
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
Movie · as K1 Robot (archive footage)
The Dark Crystal
Movie · as General (voice)
The Upchat Line
TV · as Husband · 1 ep
Doctor Who: Robot
Movie · as The Robot
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
Movie · as Second Ogron
Men of Affairs
TV · as Jim Draper · 1 ep
UFO
TV · as Steiner · 1 ep
Camelot
Movie · as Sir Paul (uncredited)
Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen
Movie · as Cyber Controller
Theatre 625
TV · as O'Grady · 1 ep
We Joined the Navy
Movie · as Claude
Doctor Who
TV · as Robot, Second Ogron, Cyberman Controller
Taxi!
TV · as Ron Farnes · 26 eps
Wings Over Everest
Movie · as Narrator