Ralph Michael

Ralph Michael (26 September 1907 – 9 November 1994) was an English actor. He was born as Ralph Champion Shotter in London. His film appearances included Dead of Night, A Night to Remember, Children of the Damned, Grand Prix, The Assassination Bureau and Empire of the Sun.
Television credits include: The Adventures of Robin Hood, A Tale of Two Cities, Dixon of Dock Green, Danger Man, Kessler, The Forsyte Saga, Man in a Suitcase, The Avengers, Colditz, Doctor at Large, Gazette, Public Eye, Sutherland's Law, Softly, Softly, The Professionals, Rumpole of the Bailey, A Tale of Two Cities, Prince Regent, Doctor Who, Bergerac, Miss Marple, Dempsey and Makepeace, Rockliffe's Babies, Howards' Way, A Bit of Fry & Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster.
In Dempsey and Makepeace, Ralph Michael played the part of Lord Winfield, Harriet Makepeace's father, in three episodes, "Armed and Extremely Dangerous", "Make Peace not War" and "Cry God for Harry". He played Quirini in episode 28 of The Adventures of William Tell, The Avenger (1959).
Personal life
He was married twice. He was the fourth and last husband of actress Fay Compton (they divorced in 1946 after he had an affair with the actress Patricia Roc), and he was later married to actress Joyce Heron, from 1947 until her death in 1980.
Partial filmography
False Evidence (1937) – Police Constable Barlow
John Halifax (1938) – Phineas Fletcher
The Girl Who Forgot (1940) – Tony Stevenage
Front Line Kids (1942) – Paul
Gert and Daisy Clean Up (1942) – Jack Gregory
Women Aren't Angels (1943) – Jack
The Bells Go Down (1943) – Dunkirk Survivor (uncredited)
San Demetrio London (1943) – 2nd. Officer Hawkins
For Those in Peril (1944) – P / O Rawlings
They Came to a City (1944) – One of couple on hillside
Dead of Night (1945) – Peter Cortland
Johnny Frenchman (1945) – Bob Tremayne
The Captive Heart (1946) – Capt. Thurston R.A.M.C.
A Song for Tomorrow (1948) – Roger Stanton
Penny and the Pownall Case (1948) – Det. Insp. Michael Carson
The Hasty Heart (1949) – Kiwi
The Astonished Heart (1950) – Philip Lucas
The Sound Barrier (1952) – Fletcher
Women Without Men (1956) – Julian Lord
Blonde Bait (1956) – Julian Lord
Seven Waves Away (1957) – George Kilgore
The Birthday Present (1957) – Crowther (uncredited)
The Supreme Secret (1958) – Sgt. Milligan
A Night to Remember (1958) – Jay Yates
Date at Midnight (1959) – Sir Edward Leyton
A Taste of Money (1960) – Supt. White
The Court Martial of Major Keller (1961) – Colonel Winch
The Valiant (1962) – Commander Clark
Private Potter (1962) – Padre
Children of the Damned (1964) – Defense Minister
Murder Most Foul (1964) – Ralph Summers
A Jolly Bad Fellow (1964) – Superintendent Rastleigh
He Who Rides a Tiger (1965) – Carter
The Heroes of Telemark (1965) – Nilssen
Khartoum (1966) – Sir Charles Dilke
Grand Prix (1966) – Mr. Stoddard
House of Cards (1968) – Claude de Gonde
The Assassination Bureau (1969) – Editor (uncredited)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1975) – M. Dantes
Dagboek van een Oude Dwaas (1987) – Marcel Hamelinck
Lionheart (1987) – William Nerra
Empire of the Sun (1987) – Mr Partridge
The Camomile Lawn (1992) – older Tony
References
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1907 births
1994 deaths
Male actors from London
English male film actors
English male television actors
20th-century English male actors