Michael Kilgarriff
Born
June 16, 1937 (87 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Michael Kilgarriff (born 16 June 1937)is a British actor, author and pianist from Brighton. 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).
At six feet five inches (1.96 m) tall, he is sought for certain roles, such as the Cyber Controller in Doctor Who, a role he played in 1967 and 1985. He appeared in the same series as an Ogron (1973) and as the eponymous K1 Robot in the story Robot (1974–75).
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), 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.

The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019

The Story of Music Hall
Self
2011

Albert's Speech
Voice of God
2008

Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
Cyberman Controller (archive footage)
2008

Are Friends Electric?
2007

Snow White: The Sequel
The Ogre (voice)
2007

The Story of Doctor Who
2003

Tipping the Velvet
Music Hall Chairman · (1 episode)
2002

Carnival of Monsters
1999
Oscar's Orchestra
(39 episodes)
1995

The Storyteller
Lion (voice) · (1 episode)
1988

The Storyteller
Pond Sprite (voice) · (1 episode)
1988

Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen
Cyber Controller
1985

Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
K1 Robot (archive footage)
1983

The Dark Crystal
General (voice)
1982
The Upchat Line
Husband · (1 episode)
1977

Doctor Who: Robot
The Robot
1975

Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
Second Ogron
1973

UFO
Steiner · (1 episode)
1970

Camelot
Sir Paul (uncredited)
1967

Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen
Cyber Controller
1967

Doctor Who
(0 episode)
1963

Doctor Who
Robot · (4 episodes)
1963

Doctor Who
Second Ogron · (2 episodes)
1963

Doctor Who
Cyberman Controller · (5 episodes)
1963

We Joined the Navy
Claude
1963

Wings Over Everest
Narrator
1934