{{Short description|British actor, author and pianist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use British English|date=August 2012}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2011}} {{Infobox person | name = Michael Kilgarriff | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1937|6|16}} | birth_place = Brighton, East Sussex, England | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actor, singer, author | known_for = Cyber Controller in ''Doctor Who'' | years_active = 1959–present | height = {{convert|6|ft|5|in}} | spouse = {{marriage|Sarah Greatorex|1968}} | children = 1 | website = {{url|www.michaelkilgarriff.co.uk}} }}
'''Michael Kilgarriff''' (born 16 June 1937)<ref name="behindthevoiceactors">{{Cite web |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Michael-Kilgarriff/ |title=Michael Kilgarriff |website=Behind The Voice Actors |access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref> is a British actor, author and pianist from Brighton.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Michael Kilgarriff - Life and career | url=http://www.michaelkilgarriff.co.uk/life-and-career.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831045544/http://michaelkilgarriff.co.uk/life-and-career.htm | archive-date=2018-08-31}}</ref> As an actor, he is well known for his rich voice and height. His film and television roles include ''The Dark Crystal'' (1982) as the General, and the ''Doctor Who'' serials ''The Tomb of the Cybermen'' (1967), ''Robot'' (1974–75) and ''Attack of the Cybermen'' (1985).
==Career==
===Acting===
At {{convert|6|ft|5|in|spell=in}} tall, he is sought for certain roles, such as the Cyber Controller in Doctor Who,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://scifibulletin.com/doctor-who/interviews/interview-michael-kilgarriff-tomb-of-the-cybermen/ |title=Interview: Michael Kilgarriff (Tomb of the Cybermen) |last=Simpson |first=Paul |date=7 March 2013 |website=Sci-Fi Bulletin: Exploring the Universes of SF, Fantasy & Horror! |access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref> a role he played in 1967 and 1985. He appeared in the same series as an Ogron (1973)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b858df5d1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621215105/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b858df5d1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 June 2015 |title=Frontier in Space Episode 5 (1973) |website=BFI |access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref> and as the eponymous K1 Robot in the story ''Robot'' (1974–75).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b865eed9a |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119092337/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b865eed9a |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 November 2014 |title=Robot Part One (1974) |website=BFI |access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref>
He returned to play the K1 robot in the Big Finish Productions Bernice Summerfield audio adventure ''The Relics of Jegg-Sau''. He did voice work for ''The Twelve Tasks of Asterix'' as Obelix, the Jim Henson movie ''The Dark Crystal'' (1982) as SkekUng, the Garthim master (Named "The General" in the movie),<ref name="behindthevoiceactors" /> was film director Joe Steiner in the ''UFO'' episode "Conflict", and played the part of the Green King in the BBC Television serial ''The Moon Stallion'' (1978). In 1979, he provided voices for several characters in the cult television adventure series "Monkey" when it was dubbed into English. These were invariably gruff, often villainous characters, including warlords and demons.
===Music===
Kilgarriff is a music hall enthusiast, and wrote what is considered the definitive guide to music hall songs: ''Sing Us One of the Old Songs: A Guide to Popular Song from 1860–1920'' (Oxford University Press, 1998).<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sing us one of the old songs : a guide to popular song 1860 – 1920|last=Michael.|first=Kilgarriff|date=1 January 2009|publisher=Oxford Univ. Press|isbn=978-0198166573|oclc=918364024}}</ref> This work lists thousands of influential songs by singer, lyricist and composer. Kilgarriff himself was a regular performer at the legendary Players' Theatre Club in Villiers Street, Charing Cross, London, where he took the part of chairman many times as well as performing comic songs, accompanying at the piano and directing.
===Writing===
He wrote the 1968 BBC Radio adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Hobbit''. He is also the author of many book dealing with drama, music hall tradition, and humour.
==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Roles !! Notes |- | 1962 || ''We Joined the Navy'' || Claude || |- | 1967 || ''Camelot'' || Sir Paul || Uncredited |- | 1976 || ''The Twelve Tasks of Asterix'' || Obelix || Voice only |- | 1982 || ''The Dark Crystal'' || General || Voice only |- | 2007 || ''Snow White: The Sequel'' ||Hannibal The Ogre || Voice only |- | 2008 || ''Albert's Speech'' || Voice of God || Voice only |}
===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Roles !! Notes |- | rowspan="2"|1959 || ''Whack-O!'' || Security escort || Episode #4.1 |- | ''The Golden Spur'' || King Edward IV || |- | 1963, 1969 || ''ITV Playhouse'' || Tiny<br />Lagarde || Episodes: "The Lads"<br />"Colombe" |- | 1963 || ''Taxi!'' || Ron Farnes || |- | 1965 || ''Theatre 625'' || O'Grady || Episode: "The Physicists" |- | 1967, 1973–1975, 1985 || ''Doctor Who'' || Cyber Controller, Second Ogron, Robot || Episodes-Tomb of the Cybermen, Frontier in Space, Robot, Attack of the Cybermen |- | 1970 || ''UFO'' || Steiner || Episode: "Conflict" |- | 1972 || ''Aquarius'' || Father Christmas || Episode: "Down by the Greenwood Side – A Pantomime with a Difference" |- | 1974 || ''Men of Affairs'' || Jim Draper || Episode: "...As a New Born Babe" |- | 1976, 1978 || ''Jackanory Playhouse'' || Troll<br />Big Pete || Episodes: "Peter and the Princess"<br />"Big Pete, Little Pete" |- | 1977 || ''The Upchat Line'' || Husband || Episode: "Pulling" |- | 1978 || ''The Moon Stallion'' || Green King || Episode #1.4 & #1.6 |- | 1981 || ''The Borgias'' || Cardinal San Severino || Episode: "Part 1" |- | 1986 || ''Artists and Models'' || Sardanapalus || Episode: "Slaves of Fashion" |- | 1987, 1988 || ''The Storyteller'' || Pond Sprite<br />Lion || Episodes: "Fearnot"<br />"The True Bride" |- | 1989 || ''The Jim Henson Hour'' || Thought Lion || Episode: "Musicians" |- | 1991 || ''Watt on Earth'' || Watt's Uncle || |- | 1995 || ''Oscar's Orchestra'' || Mr. Crotchit || Voice only |- | 2002 || ''Tipping the Velvet'' || Music Hall chairman || Episode #1.1 |}
===Video games===
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Roles |- | 2014 || ''Dark Souls II'' || Blacksmith Lenigrast<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Dark-Souls-II/|title=Dark Souls II|website=Behind The Voice Actors}}</ref> |}
==Partial bibliography==
* {{Cite book|last=Kilgarrif|first=Michael|title=Three Melodramas (Edited by)|year=1970|publisher=Samuel French|isbn=978-0573000188}} * {{Cite book|last=Kilgarrif|first=Michael|title=It Gives Me Great Pleasure|year=1972|publisher=Samuel French|isbn=978-0573090363}} * {{Cite book|last=Kilgarrif|first=Michael|title=Three More Melodramas|year=1973|publisher=Samuel French|isbn=978-0573000195}} * {{Cite book|last=Kilgarrif|first=Michael|title=Best Service Jokes|year=1974|publisher=Wolfe|isbn=978-0723405900}} * {{Cite book|last=Kilgarrif|first=Michael|title=The Golden Age of Melodrama|year=1974|publisher=Wolfe|isbn=978-0723405146 }} * {{Cite book|last=Kilgarrif|first=Michael|title=Make 'Em Laugh|year=1974|publisher=Wolfe|isbn=978-0723405207}} * {{Cite book|last=Kilgarrif|first=Michael|title=More Best Religious Jokes|year=1974|publisher=Wolfe|isbn=978-0723405399}} * {{Cite book|last=Kilgarrif|first=Michael|title=Best Foreigner Jokes|year=1975|publisher=Wolfe|isbn=978-0723406709}} * {{Cite book|last=Kilgarrif|first=Michael|title=Best Boss & Worker Jokes|year=1975|publisher=Wolfe|isbn=978-0723406723 }} * {{Cite book|last=Kilgarrif|first=Michael|title=One Thousand Jokes for Functions|year=1975|publisher=Wolfe|isbn=978-0723406358}} * {{Cite book|last=Kilgarrif|first=Michael|title=Best Legal Jokes|year=1975|publisher=Wolfe|isbn=978-0723405917}} * {{Cite book|last=Kilgarrif|first=Michael|title=Best Teenager Jokes|year=1976|publisher=Wolfe|isbn=978-0723407010}} * {{Cite book|last=Kilgarrif|first=Michael|title=Music Hall Miscellany|year=1977|publisher=Samuel French|isbn=978-0573000133}} * {{Cite book|last=Kilgarrif|first=Michael|title=Comic Speeches for All Occasions|year=1978|publisher=Futura|isbn=978-0708814604 }} * {{Cite book|last=Kilgarrif|first=Michael|title=Make 'Em Roar - Volume One|year=1979|publisher=Samuel French|isbn=978-0708814604 }} * {{Cite book|last=Kilgarrif|first=Michael|title=Make 'Em Roar - Volume Two|year=1980|publisher=Samuel French|isbn=978-0573190056}} * {{Cite book|last=Kilgarrif|first=Michael|title=1,000 Jokes for Kids |year=1982|publisher=Ward Lock|isbn=978-0706358254}} * {{Cite book|last=Kilgarrif|first=Michael|title=Doctors and Nurses Joke Book|year=1985|publisher=Littlehampton Book Services|isbn=978-0706363883}} * {{Cite book|last=Kilgarrif|first=Michael|title=5001 Jokes for Kids|year=1986|publisher=Ward Lock|isbn=978-0706364309}} * {{Cite book|last=Kilgarrif|first=Michael|title=Oh No! Not Another 1,000 Jokes for Kids|year=1987|publisher=Ballantine|isbn=978-0345340351}} * {{Cite book|last=Kilgarrif|first=Michael|title=It Gives Me Further Pleasure|year=1996|publisher=Samuel French|isbn=978-0573190070}} * {{Cite book|last=Kilgarrif|first=Michael|title=Grace, Beauty & Banjos|year=1998|publisher=Oberon Books|isbn=978-1840020083}} * {{Cite book|last=Kilgarrif|first=Michael|title=Back Stages|year=2010|publisher=CallioViva|isbn=978-0857780478 }}
==References==
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==External links== *{{official website|http://www.michaelkilgarriff.co.uk}} *{{IMDb name|id=0453023}}
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