
Michael Kilgarriff
Known For
Acting
Born
1937-06-16 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
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.
Most Known For

Doctor Who

Doctor Who
as Robot

Doctor Who
as Second Ogron

Doctor Who
as Cyberman Controller

Theatre 625
as O'Grady

UFO
as Steiner

The Storyteller
as Lion (voice)

The Storyteller
as Pond Sprite (voice)

Camelot
as Sir Paul (uncredited)

The Dark Crystal
as General (voice)

Tipping the Velvet
as Music Hall Chairman

Oscar's Orchestra

Taxi!
as Ron Farnes

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

Snow White: The Sequel
as The Ogre (voice)

Taxi!
as Ron Farnes

We Joined the Navy
as Claude

The Upchat Line
as Husband

Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen
as Cyber Controller
