Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 16, 1937
Place of Birth
Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Credits
30 titles
Michael Kilgarriff
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
Self
The Story of Music Hall
Self
Albert's Speech
Voice of God
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
Cyberman Controller (archive footage)
Are Friends Electric?
Snow White: The Sequel
The Ogre (voice)
The Story of Doctor Who
Tipping the Velvet
Music Hall Chairman
Carnival of Monsters
Oscar's Orchestra
The Jim Henson Hour
The Thought Lion (archive audio)
The Storyteller: The True Bride
Lion (Voice)
The Storyteller: Fearnot
Pond Sprite (Voice)
The Storyteller
Lion (voice)
Artists and Models
Sardanapalus
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen
Cyber Controller
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
K1 Robot (archive footage)
The Dark Crystal
General (voice)
The Upchat Line
Husband
Doctor Who: Robot
The Robot
Men of Affairs
Jim Draper
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
Second Ogron
UFO
Steiner
Camelot
Sir Paul (uncredited)
Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen
Cyber Controller
Theatre 625
O'Grady
Doctor Who
Taxi!
Ron Farnes
We Joined the Navy
Claude
Wings Over Everest
Narrator