Michael Sheard
Michael Sheard (1938-2005) was a Scottish character actor with a very long career, usually as villains. Notably, he has played Adolf Hitler five times.
Roles
- All Creatures Great and Small as Adderley
- Allo Allo as Goering's double
- Blakes Seven as Klegg
- Coronation Street as Arthur Dabner
- Crossroads
- The Dirty Dozen: The Next Mission as Adolf Hitler
- Dixon of Dock Green in various roles
- Doctor Who in six roles
- Force Ten from Navarone as Sergeant Bauer
- Grange Hill as Mr Bronson
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as Adolf Hitler
- The Invisible Man (1984 BBC TV adaptation) as Reverend Edward Bunting
- Les Misérables as the Commissary
- Space1999 as Dr Darwin King
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back as Admiral Ozzel
- Takin Over the Asylum as Mr Wyatt
- Z Cars in five roles
Tropes
- Fan Nickname: "One Take Mike" for his professionalism.
- Mean Character, Nice Actor: He was a very professional actor, and was very warm toward Whovians and other fans of the shows he had been in.
- Typecasting: As Adolf Hitler, Those Wacky Nazis, and various other villains.
- You Look Familiar: He has the page picture.