Michael Wisher
Actor, Voice-over
London, England, UK
Michael Wisher (19 May 1935 – 21 July 1995) was a British actor.
A regular character actor in television drama from the 1960s onwards, he appeared in programmes such as Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Moonbase 3 and Colditz. His theatre work was also extensive (and included a lengthy tour of New Zealand).
He is also remembered for a series of different roles in the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, becoming the first actor to play Davros, the wheelchair-using scientific mastermind and creator of the Daleks. The serial in which the character was first seen, Genesis of the Daleks, was originally broadcast in 1975.
A sudden heart attack resulted in his death in 1995.
Michael Wisher (19 May 1935 – 21 July 1995) was a British actor.
A regular character actor in television drama from the 1960s onwards, he appeared in programmes such as Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Moonbase 3 and Colditz. His theatre work was also extensive (and included a lengthy tour of New Zealand).
He is also remembered for a series of different roles in the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, becoming the first actor to play Davros, the wheelchair-using scientific mastermind and creator of the Daleks. The serial in which the character was first seen, Genesis of the Daleks, was originally broadcast in 1975.
A sudden heart attack resulted in his death in 1995.