Michael Kilgarriff | |
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Born | Brighton, East Sussex, England | 16 June 1937
Occupation(s) | Actor, singer, author |
Years active | 1959–present |
Known for | Cyber Controller in Doctor Who |
Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Spouse | Sarah Greatorex (m. 1968) |
Children | 1 |
Website | www |
Michael Kilgarriff (born 16 June 1937) [1] is a British actor, author and pianist from Brighton. [2] 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, [3] a role he played in 1967 and 1985. He appeared in the same series as an Ogron (1973) [4] and as the eponymous K1 Robot in the story Robot (1974–75). [5]
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), [1] 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.
Kilgarriff is a music hall enthusiast, and wrote what is considered the definitive guide to music hall songs: Sing Us One of the Old Songs: A Guide to Popular Song from 1860–1920 (Oxford University Press, 1998). [6] This work lists thousands of influential songs by singer, lyricist and composer. Kilgarriff himself was a regular performer at the legendary Players' Theatre Club in Villiers Street, Charing Cross, London, where he took the part of chairman many times as well as performing comic songs, accompanying at the piano and directing.
Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
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1962 | We Joined the Navy | Claude | |
1967 | Camelot | Sir Paul | Uncredited |
1976 | The Twelve Tasks of Asterix | Obelix | Voice only |
1982 | The Dark Crystal | General | Voice only |
2007 | Snow White: The Sequel | The Ogre | Voice only |
2008 | Albert's Speech | Voice of God | Voice only |
Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
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1959 | Whack-O! | Security escort | Episode #4.1 |
The Golden Spur | King Edward IV | ||
1963, 1969 | ITV Playhouse | Tiny Lagarde | Episodes: "The Lads" "Colombe" |
1963 | Taxi! | Ron Farnes | |
1965 | Theatre 625 | O'Grady | Episode: "The Physicists" |
1967, 1973–1975, 1985 | Doctor Who | Cyber Controller, Second Ogron, Robot | Episodes-Tomb of the Cybermen, Frontier in Space, Robot, Attack of the Cybermen |
1970 | UFO | Steiner | Episode: "Conflict" |
1972 | Aquarius | Father Christmas | Episode: "Down by the Greenwood Side – A Pantomime with a Difference" |
1974 | Men of Affairs | Jim Draper | Episode: "...As a New Born Babe" |
1976, 1978 | Jackanory Playhouse | Troll Big Pete | Episodes: "Peter and the Princess" "Big Pete, Little Pete" |
1977 | The Upchat Line | Husband | Episode: "Pulling" |
1978 | The Moon Stallion | Green King | Episode #1.4 & #1.6 |
1981 | The Borgias | Cardinal San Severino | Episode: "Part 1" |
1986 | Artists and Models | Sardanapalus | Episode: "Slaves of Fashion" |
1987, 1988 | The Storyteller | Pond Sprite Lion | Episodes: "Fearnot" "The True Bride" |
1989 | The Jim Henson Hour | Thought Lion | Episode: "Musicians" |
1991 | Watt on Earth | Watt's Uncle | |
1995 | Oscar's Orchestra | Mr. Crotchit | Voice only |
2002 | Tipping the Velvet | Music Hall chairman | Episode #1.1 |
Year | Title | Roles |
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2014 | Dark Souls II | Blacksmith Lenigrast [7] |
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