Michael Sheard

Michael Sheard was a Scottish actor who often played villains and became familiar to science fiction fans through a long run of television work. Born in Aberdeen, he trained at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and acted at the Perth Repertory Theatre in 1960. He appeared in six Doctor Who serials between 1966 and 1988, from The Ark to Remembrance of the Daleks, and also recorded an audio drama for Big Finish. His most prominent television role was strict deputy headmaster Maurice Bronson in Grange Hill, which he played from 1985 to 1989. His film work included The Empire Strikes Back (1980), as Admiral Ozzel, and he portrayed Adolf Hitler five times, including in Rogue Male (1976), The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). He also played Heinrich Himmler three times. He died in 2005.