Michael Kilgarriff

Known for ActingBorn 1937-06-16 (age 88)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). 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Jim Henson Hour

Taxi!

The Storyteller

The Story of Doctor Who

The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen

Doctor Who

UFO

Doctor Who: Frontier in Space

Carnival of Monsters

The Dark Crystal

Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen

Theatre 625

Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead

Tipping the Velvet

The Upchat Line

Doctor Who: Robot

Men of Affairs

Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story

Oscar's Orchestra

Camelot

We Joined the Navy

Wings Over Everest

Snow White: The Sequel

The Story of Music Hall

Albert's Speech

Are Friends Electric?

The Storyteller: Fearnot

The Storyteller: The True Bride

Artists and Models

Taxi!