Michael Sheard

Michael Sheard

Nacimiento : 1938-06-18, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

Muerte : 2005-08-31

Historia

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).

Perfil

Michael Sheard

Películas

Hitler of the Andes
Adolf Hitler
Declassified FBI documents trace an 11-year investigation of rumors that Hitler survived Germany's defeat in 1945, escaping via U-boat to Argentina.
Chronotrip
Himself
Philosophical Time Travel
Another Life
Mr. Justice Shearman
A woman is wrongly accused of murdering her husband in Edwardian London. Just before the outbreak of World War I, Edith Graydon married her boyfriend Percy Thomson. He survives the war but theirs is not a happy marriage. She doesn't really love him and he feels it every day. He's also possessive and their daily life is a constant battle. She meets and falls in love with Frederick Bywaters, her sister's one-time boyfriend. They have a long affair and her desperate attempts to get either a formal separation of divorce from her husband falls on deaf ears. They are at their wits end and Bywaters decides to do something about it. On a dark evening when Edith is walking with her husband, Bywaters stabs him to death. Edith is charged with murder along with Bywaters and both are found guilty. She claims her innocence right up until the day they are both executed by hanging in 1923. Based on a true story.
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
By her own admission, Katy Manning is ‘as blind as a bat’ and never knows where she’ll end up. When she suddenly arrived in the UK, Katy was probably as surprised as the rest of us! Determined to thank the legion of Doctor Who fans who had written and supported her during her years abroad, Katy embarked on a whirlwind tour of British conventions and shops before leaving (yet again) for Australia… Along the way bump into Nicholas Courtney, Richard Franklin, John Leeson, Sophie Aldred, Sylvester McCoy, Michael Sheard and other surprise guest stars!
Indiana Jones y la última cruzada
Adolf Hitler (uncredited)
En esta tercera entrega, el padre del protagonista (Harrison Ford), Henry Jones, también arqueólogo (Sean Connery), es secuestrado cuando buscaba el Santo Grial. Indiana tendrá que ir a rescatarlo y, de paso, intentar hacerse con la preciada reliquia, que también ambicionan los nazis.
Doombeach
Headmaster
A young boy dies after swimming at a seaside resort, and the local children, led by Gavin, investigate and are led to suspect that contamination from a nearby nuclear plant is to blame. Their teacher is sympathetic, but has broken into her house, perhaps as a warning. Gavin is nearly killed after talking about the problem on TV, but gradually all is uncovered - with terrible consequences for Gavin.
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
Headmaster
London, 1963: The Doctor returns to the place where it all began — alongside his latest companion, Ace, with unfinished business. Not for the first time, unusual events are unfolding at Coal Hill School. At 76 Totter's Lane, the Doctor discovers that his oldest foes — the Daleks — are on the trail of stolen Time Lord technology that he left on Earth long ago. The Daleks are planning to perfect their own time-travel capability, in order to unleash themselves across the whole of time and space.
La gran ruta hacia China
Charlie
Un piloto, que fue un as de la aviación durante la Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918), tiene problemas con la bebida. A pesar de ello, debe encontrar en Asia a un empresario, inventor y aventurero que ha desaparecido sin dejar huella. Con ayuda de la hija y heredera de éste, que lo perdería todo si no encuentra a su padre antes de una determinada fecha, el aviador tendrá que afrontar múltiples dificultades que no sólo pondrán a prueba su valor.
The Dark Side of the Sun
Colonel Von Reitz
Supernatural thriller series dealing with a secret society on the Greek island of Rhodes.
Doctor Who: Castrovalva
Mergrave
The Doctor needs somewhere peaceful to recover from his traumatic regeneration. But the sanctuary of Castrovalva is not all it seems, as the Master will stop at nothing to gain his revenge over the Doctor...
Indiana Jones en busca del arca perdida
U-Boat Captain (uncredited)
Año 1936. Indiana Jones es un profesor de arqueología, dispuesto a correr peligrosas aventuras con tal de conseguir valiosas reliquias históricas. Después de una infructuosa misión en Sudamérica, el gobierno estadounidense le encarga la búsqueda del Arca de la Alianza, donde se conservan las Tablas de la Ley que Dios entregó a Moisés. Según la leyenda, quien las posea tendrá un poder absoluto, razón por la cual también la buscan los nazis.
Hielo verde
Jaap
Un experto electrónico llamado Wiley se marcha de Nueva York a la ciudad de México, donde se encontrará con la bella Holbrook. Juntos, vivirán toda una serie de aventuras. En México, ambos conocerán al extraño y misterioso Argenti y descubrirán que, justo en el hotel donde se hospedan, hay una magnífica y espectacular colección de esmeraldas. A partir de aquí, se verán envueltos en el peligroso mundo del contrabando latino de piedras preciosas.
El bunker
Heinrich Himmler
Narra los últimos días del dictador Adolf Hitler y de su entorno en mayo de 1945 en su búnker en Berlín, así como el clima de demencia que reinaba en el Bunker en esas últimas horas de muchos de sus habitantes. Hitler, hombre senil que pasa de la tranquilidad a una violencia extrema, no admite su derrota.
El imperio contraataca
Admiral Ozzel
Tras un ataque sorpresa de las tropas imperiales a las bases camufladas de la alianza rebelde, Luke Skywalker, en compañía de R2D2, parte hacia el planeta Dagobah en busca de Yoda, el último maestro Jedi, para que le enseñe los secretos de la Fuerza. Mientras, Han Solo, la princesa Leia, Chewbacca, y C3PO esquivan a las fuerzas imperiales y piden refugio al antiguo propietario del Halcón Milenario, Lando Calrissian, en la ciudad minera de Bespin, donde les prepara una trampa urdida por Darth Vader.
Murder Rap
Conrad Tucker
An Englishman's home is his castle, and Wallie aims to prove it.
A Hole in Babylon
Prison Officer
Three black men rob a Knightsbridge Italian restaurant. But when the police are called and the robbery becomes a siege, the men find themselves in a situation out of their control.
The Riddle of the Sands
Boehme
In the early years of the 20th Century, two British yachtsmen (Michael York and Simon MacCorkindale) stumble upon a German plot to invade the east coast of England in a flotilla of specially designed barges. They set out to thwart this terrible scheme, but must outwit not only the cream of the German Navy, but the feared Kaiser Wilhelm himself.
Evasión en Atenea
Sergeant Mann
Grecia, Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Con la ayuda de Zeno, el líder de la resistencia griega, un grupo de prisioneros planea escapar del campo que dirige el Mayor Otto Hecht, un militar alemán que no simpatiza con el nazismo. El objetivo del grupo no es sólo alcanzar la libertad, sino también apoderarse de un tesoro constituido por reliquias de la antigua Grecia que los nazis esconden en un recóndito monasterio.
Los miserables
Commissary
Es una película británica para la televisión del año 1978 basada en la famosa novela de Víctor Hugo "Les Misérables". Esta protagonizada por Richard Jordan como Jean Valjean, y Anthony Perkins interpreta al policía Javert. Narra la historia de Jean Valjean quien es enviado a prisión por robar pan para su familia, al salir sólo un obispo se compadece de él y lo trata con caridad pero Valjean necesitado de dinero le roba unos cubiertos de plata, cuando es capturado y llevado frente al obispo este declara que se los regaló y conmovido por esta acción, Valjean decide ayudar a los demás convirtiéndose en el alcalde de un pueblo, sin embargo será perseguido constantemente por el inspector Javert quien lo busca por el robo que cometió hace años.
Fuerza 10 de Navarone
Sgt. Bauer
Segunda Guerra Mundial, 1943. Mallory y Miller, los héroes que destruyeron los cañones de Navarone, son enviados a Yugoslavia en busca de un fantasma del pasado.
Law & Order
Insurance Assessor
Four-part drama serial about the British juicidal system, dealing with an investigation presented from the perspectives of the police force, the criminal, the solicitor and the prison system.
Doctor Who: The Invisible Enemy
Lowe
A three-man rocket crew are nearly done with their mission to Titan Base until a course change puts the rocket in the path of a strange cloud in space. By the time they arrive, they have come under the control of a sentient virus which threatens the galaxy. When the TARDIS picks up an emergency message, it flies into the cloud, infecting the Doctor. To save himself and others, he must undertake a dangerous journey.
Beasts: The Dummy
Sergeant
A washed-up actor has a nervous breakdown and believes that he really is the movie monster that he has been hired to play. Created as an episode of Nigel Kneale’s “Beasts” horror anthology miniseries.
Stones
Police Inspector
From BBC2 Playhouse's The Mind Beyond series. Professor Reeve wonders about strange events that seem to be connected to Stonehenge (Source: BBC).
Rogue Male
Adolf Hitler
Early in 1939 Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and left for dead, Sir Robert makes his way back to England where he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Knowing that his government would turn him over to German authorities, Sir Robert goes underground in his battle with his pursuers.
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
Laurence Scarman
In a Victorian Gothic mansion, strange things are afoot. The master of the house, away in Egypt, has been replaced by a sinister Egyptian. Cloth-wrapped Mummies roam the grounds, killing people. Beneath a pyramid, the last of the Osirans — Sutekh the Destroyer — waits to be freed, to at long last bring his gift of death to all who live.
In Sickness and in Health
Mr Turnish
A hard-working doctor must also carry the burden of a turbulent home life, due to the expectations of his demanding wife. Part of Thames Televison's Armchair Cinema.
Lucky
Prison officer
“Set in Liverpool in the early 70s, the film tells the story of Samuel 'lucky' Ubooto, a half African, half Irish man in his 20s whose decidedly unlucky career as a criminal has resulted in a series of stretches in prison for theft. The story follows Lucky on the day of his release from his latest sentence. As he wanders around Liverpool, not really belonging anywhere, it becomes clear that he is still waiting for his father, a man who has long since abandoned Lucky and his family, to return and take him back 'home' to Africa.” - Richard Parkin
Camas blandas, batallas duras
Military Governor
En una lujosa casa de citas de Madame Grenier, en el París ocupado por las tropas alemanas, el mayor Robinson, miembro del servicio secreto británico y ex cliente de la casa, se dedica a liquidar a los oficiales del estado mayor alemán cuando van sin uniforme, lo cual tiene como consecuencia que Grenier y sus chicas ingresen en la resistencia.
England Made Me
Fromm
A young, English, ne'er-do-well who goes to stay with his sister and her wealthy fiancé/benefactor in 1930's Germany, just before the rise of the Nazi party.
Holiday on the Buses
Depot Manager
Due to a female passenger falling out of her top whilst running for the bus Stan is distracted and crashes the bus resulting in the depot managers car being written off. As a result Stan, Jack and Blakey are fired. Stan and Jack soon get new jobs as a bus crew at a Pontins holiday resort but discover that Blakey has also gotten a job there as the chief security guard.
Mamma la Turca
Williamson (uncredited)
Un policía camuflado se infiltra en dos organizaciones de tráfico de drogas para acabar con ellas. Sus métodos no siempre son ortodoxos..
The Death of Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
The final days in the Bunker, with Hitler becoming more and more paranoid, plumbing the depths of his madness and reaching his well deserved fate.
The Darwin Adventure
Man #1
The story of Charles Darwin's journey on The Beagle.
Universal Soldier
Customs Officer
A life-long mercenary commander and weapons expert is commissioned to train an army for an exiled African leader. But as his conscience finally catches up to him, he is seen as a threat to the powers behind the operation.
To Encourage the Others
Insp. Fairfax
The true story of Derek Bentley, whose conviction and execution for a murder committed by someone else provoked a public revulsion.
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Dr. Roland Summers
Professor Emil Keller has created a machine that can pacify even the most dangerous of criminals. But when the Doctor and Jo arrive at Stangmoor Prison for a demonstration, things start to go horribly wrong - especially when they discover that the Doctor's old enemy the Master is responsible for the machine.
Los que saben morir
Ingenieur-Offizier Unger
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, un grupo de oficiales alemanes, que se hallan presos en un campo de prisioneros situado en Escocia, intentan escapar. Los servicios de inteligencia británicos envían a un capitán para que descubra el método que quieren emplear en su fuga. (FILMAFFINITY)
Doctor Who: The Ark
Rhos
The Doctor and his companions Steven Taylor and Dodo Chaplet arrive some ten million years into the future, on board a generation starship which is carrying the last of humanity away from an Earth that is about to fall into the Sun. However, the cold that Dodo has could prove devastating to these future humans and their servants, the Monoids.
The World of George Orwell: 1984
Man in white coat
Early adaption of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four as part of the Theatre 625 series.