Ralph Michael

Not be confused with actor Michael Ralph.

Ralph Michael
Born	Ralph Champion Shotter (1907-09-26)26 September 1907 London, England, United Kingdom
Died	9 November 1994(1994-11-09) (aged 87) Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1937-1994
Spouse(s)	Joyce Heron

Ralph Michael (26 September 1907 – 9 November 1994) was an English actor. He was born in London, England.

His film appearances include: A Night to Remember, Children of the Damned, Khartoum, Grand Prix, The Assassination Bureau, and Empire of the Sun.

Television credits include: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Dixon of Dock Green, Danger Man, Kessler, The Forsyte Saga, Man in a Suitcase, The Avengers, Colditz, Doctor at Large, Public Eye, Sutherland's Law, Softly, Softly, The Professionals, Rumpole of the Bailey, Doctor Who (in the serial The Pirate Planet), Bergerac, Miss Marple, Dempsey & Makepeace, Rockliffe's Babies, Howards' Way, A Bit of Fry & Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster.

In Dempsey & Makepeace, Ralph Michael played the part of Lord Winfield, Harriet Makepeace's father, in two episodes, "Armed and Extremely Dangerous" and "Cry God for Harry". They had previously been in the same cast in an episode of Blake's 7 entitled "Assassin".

He was married to the actress Joyce Heron.

Selected filmography

• The Girl Who Forgot (1940)
• San Demetrio London (1943)
• For Those in Peril (1944)
• Johnny Frenchman (1945)
• A Song for Tomorrow (1948)
• The Astonished Heart (1950)
• The Sound Barrier (1952)
• Women Without Men (1956)
• The Court Martial of Major Keller (1961)
• Private Potter (1962)
• Murder Most Foul (1964)
• He Who Rides a Tiger (1965)
• The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
• House of Cards (1968)

External links

• Ralph Michael at the Internet Movie Database
• Ralph Michael at the Internet Broadway Database
• Ralph Michael at Find a Grave