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.