Michael_Kilgarriff

Michael Kilgarriff

Michael Kilgarriff

British actor, author and pianist


Michael Kilgarriff (born 16 June 1937)[1] is a British actor, author and pianist from Brighton.[2] 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).

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Career

Acting

At six feet five inches (1.96 m) tall, he is sought for certain roles, such as the Cyber Controller in Doctor Who,[3] a role he played in 1967 and 1985. He appeared in the same series as an Ogron (1973)[4] and as the eponymous K1 Robot in the story Robot (1974–75).[5]

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),[1] 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.

Music

Kilgarriff is a music hall enthusiast, and wrote what is considered the definitive guide to music hall songs: Sing Us One of the Old Songs: A Guide to Popular Song from 1860–1920 (Oxford University Press, 1998).[6] This work lists thousands of influential songs by singer, lyricist and composer. Kilgarriff himself was a regular performer at the legendary Players' Theatre Club in Villiers Street, Charing Cross, London, where he took the part of chairman many times as well as performing comic songs, accompanying at the piano and directing.

Filmography

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References

  1. "Michael Kilgarriff". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. Simpson, Paul (7 March 2013). "Interview: Michael Kilgarriff (Tomb of the Cybermen)". Sci-Fi Bulletin: Exploring the Universes of SF, Fantasy & Horror!. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  3. "Frontier in Space Episode 5 (1973)". BFI. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  4. "Robot Part One (1974)". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 November 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  5. Michael., Kilgarriff (1 January 2009). Sing us one of the old songs : a guide to popular song 1860 – 1920. Oxford Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0198166573. OCLC 918364024.

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