Michael Kilgarriff
Actor
- Born
- June 16, 1937 (age 89) · Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
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).
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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
The Dark Crystal
December 17, 1982
Camelot
October 25, 1967
The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
August 30, 2019
Snow White: The Sequel
January 31, 2007
Doctor Who: Robot
January 18, 1975
Wings Over Everest
December 31, 1934
We Joined the Navy
May 17, 1963
Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen
September 23, 1967
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen
January 12, 1985
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
March 31, 1973
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
May 27, 2008
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
February 9, 1983
Acting19
- 2019The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance as Self
- 2011The Story of Music Hall as Self
- 2008Albert's Speech as Voice of God
- 2008Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story as Cyberman Controller (archive footage)
- 2007Are Friends Electric?
- 2007Snow White: The Sequel as The Ogre (voice)
- 2003The Story of Doctor Who
- 1999Carnival of Monsters
- 1988The Storyteller: The True Bride as Lion (Voice)
- 1988The Storyteller: Fearnot