Michael Sheard

Michael Sheard
Sheard in 2003
Born	Michael Lawson Perkins (1938-06-18)18 June 1938 Aberdeen, Scotland
Died	31 August 2005(2005-08-31) (aged 67) Isle of Wight, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1971-2005
Spouse	Rosalind Moir ​ (m. 1961)​

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

Bibliography

• Yes, Mr Bronson: Memoirs of a Bum Actor (ISBN 1-84024-007-5) published in 1997
• Yes, Admiral (ISBN 1-84024-103-9) published in 1999
• Yes, School's Out! (ISBN 90-76953-42-2) published in 2001
• Yes, It's Photographic! published in 2004

Other websites

• Michael Sheard on IMDb
• 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