Michael Sheard

Michael Sheard (18 June 1938 – 31 August 2005) was a Scottish character actor who featured in many movies and television programmes, and was known for playing villains. His most prominent television role was as strict deputy headmaster Maurice Bronson in the children's series Grange Hill, which he played between 1985 and 1989. He appeared as Admiral Ozzel in The Empire Strikes Back (1980).

Early life
Sheard was born Michael Lawson Perkins in Aberdeen, Scotland, the son of Donald Marriot Perkins, a church minister. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and took his mother's maiden name as his stage name. During his national service Sheard was a Royal Air Force aircraftman.

Personal life
Sheard died of cancer on 31 August 2005, aged 67, at his home on the Isle of Wight, leaving his wife, Rosalind Moir, whom he married in 1961, and three children; two sons: Simon and Rupert and a daughter Susannah

Filmography

The McKenzie Break (1970) as Ingenieur-Offizier Unger
Universal Soldier (1971) as Man (uncredited)
Frenzy (1972) as Jim (uncredited)
The Darwin Adventure (1972) as Man #1
Super Bitch (1973) as Williamson (uncredited)
England Made Me (1973) as Fromm
Holiday on the Buses (1973) as Depot Manager
Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974) as New Military Governor (uncredited)
The Hiding Place (1975) as Kapteyn
 The Sweeney - Hit and Run  (1975) as Mr Penketh (headmaster)
Erotic Inferno (1975) as Eric Gold
Rogue Male (BBC movie) (1976) as Adolf Hitler
Force 10 from Navarone (1978) as Sgt. Bauer
Escape to Athena (1979) as Sergeant Mann
Riddle of the Sands (1979) as Böehme
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) as Paul's father
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as Admiral Ozzel
Rough Cut (1980) as Man at Airport (uncredited)
Green Ice (1981) as Jaap
The Bunker (1981) as Himmler
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) as U-Boat Captain (uncredited)
High Road to China (1983) as Charlie
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985, TV movie) as Adolf Hitler
Murder Rap (1988) as Defense Counsel (uncredited)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) as Adolf Hitler (uncredited)
Doombeach (1989) as Headmaster
The Darling Buds of May as Building Inspector (1992)
Another Life (2001) as Mr. Justice Shearman

References

Bibliography
 Yes, Mr Bronson: Memoirs of a Bum Actor () published in 1997
 Yes, Admiral () published in 1999
 Yes, School's Out! () published in 2001
 Yes, It's Photographic! published in 2004

Other websites

 Bio at Ancestry.com - shows birth year as 1938
 Obit from The Independent also shows birth year as 1938
 Obituary: The Guardian shows incorrect birth year

Category:Scottish movie actors
Category:Scottish television actors
Category:Actors from Aberdeen
Category:1940 births
Category:2005 deaths