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Michael Kilgarriff
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 ro…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2011
The Story of Music Hall
Movie Self
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2008
Albert's Speech
Movie Voice of God
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2008
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
Movie Cyberman Controller (archive footage)
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2007
Are Friends Electric?
Movie
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2007
Snow White: The Sequel
Movie The Ogre (voice)
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2003
The Story of Doctor Who
Movie
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2002
Tipping the Velvet
TV show Music Hall Chairman
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1999
Carnival of Monsters
Movie
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1995
Oscar's Orchestra
TV show
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1989
The Jim Henson Hour
TV show The Thought Lion (archive audio)
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1988
The Storyteller: The True Bride
Movie Lion (Voice)
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1988
The Storyteller: Fearnot
Movie Pond Sprite (Voice)
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1988
The Storyteller
TV show Lion (voice)
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1986
Artists and Models
TV show Sardanapalus
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1985
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen
Movie Cyber Controller
More credits
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1983
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
Movie K1 Robot (archive footage)
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1982
The Dark Crystal
Movie General (voice)
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1977
The Upchat Line
TV show Husband
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1975
Doctor Who: Robot
Movie The Robot
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1973
Men of Affairs
TV show Jim Draper
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1973
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
Movie Second Ogron
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1970
UFO
TV show Steiner
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1967
Camelot
Movie Sir Paul (uncredited)
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1967
Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen
Movie Cyber Controller
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1964
Theatre 625
TV show O'Grady
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1963
Doctor Who
TV show
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1963
Taxi!
TV show Ron Farnes
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1963
We Joined the Navy
Movie Claude
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1934
Wings Over Everest
Movie Narrator
