Michael Culver (born 16 June 1938) is an English actor. He was born in Hampstead, London, the son of actor Roland Culver and casting director Daphne Rye. He was educated at Gresham's School. Apart from acting being in his blood (his aunt, father, mother and brother all had theatrical careers), he gained experience at the Old Vic, Dundee Rep (performing in 35 plays in 2 years) and London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
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- Michael Culver (born 16 June 1938) is an English actor. He was born in Hampstead, London, the son of actor Roland Culver and casting director Daphne Rye. He was educated at Gresham's School. Apart from acting being in his blood (his aunt, father, mother and brother all had theatrical careers), he gained experience at the Old Vic, Dundee Rep (performing in 35 plays in 2 years) and London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Culver has appeared in several television series in recurring roles, as Squire Armstrong in The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972–74), Major Erwin Brandt in the BBC drama Secret Army (1977–78), crooked banker Ralph Saroyan in the second series of The House of Eliott (1992) and the strict Prior Robert ('Brother Prior') in Cadfael (1994–98). His guest roles include an episode of The Professionals (1982) as Lawson, Miss Marple "The Moving Finger" (1985) as Edward Symmington and as Sir Reginald Musgrave, in the episode "The Musgrave Ritual" (1986) in the Granada Television series The Return of Sherlock Holmes. He appeared as Captain Needa in The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and played a major part in A Passage to India (1984) as a bigoted police inspector. In 2008, he appeared in a guest role in Sidetracked, the first episode of Wallander. Culver was in the first ever episode of New Tricks in 2003 as a corrupt dinosaur detective. Performed in three of Tricycle Theatre’s Tribunal Plays: Nuremberg (A distillation of the 1945-46 Nuremberg Trials - of leading Nazi war criminals); Half the Picture (From transcripts from the Scott Inquiry into Arms-to-Iraq - the first play to be performed in the Palace of Westminster. ) and The Colour of Justice (The dramatisation of the evidence given during Sir William Macpherson’s inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence, his family's search for justice and endemic racism in the police force). They were directed by Nicolas Kent. The Colour of Justice and Half the Picture and were broadcast by the BBC Television. He is a peace activist and supporter of Brian Haw who has been protesting in Parliament Square, opposite the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, since 2001. On the day Tony Blair appeared for the first time at the Chilcot Inquiry into the invasion of Iraq, Michael Culver was shown on BBC News (and later used on Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe) outside shouting "If we're going to have a police state, at least organise it properly!".
- Michael Culver, född 16 juni 1938 är en brittisk skådespelare, bäst känd för TV-tittarna genom sin roll som major Erwin Brandt i TV-dramat Hemliga armén, producerad av BBC i slutet av 1970-talet. Han har medverkat i flera engelska TV-serier under 1970- och 1980-talen. Han är också känd för Star Wars-fans för sin roll som kapten Needa i Rymdimperiet slår tillbaka. Han hade även en liten biroll i James Bond-filmen "Åskbollen" (Thunderball) som andrepilot i ett bombplan som kapades och alla i den ordinarie besättningen gasades ihjäl tämligen omgående. I samma film spelade även hans far Roland Culver, Englands premiärminister. 2008 spelade han en biroll i den första engelska filmen om Kurt Wallander. Han föddes i Hampstead, London, som son till Daphne Rye och skådespelaren Roland Culver.
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- Michael Culver (born 16 June 1938) is an English actor. He was born in Hampstead, London, the son of actor Roland Culver and casting director Daphne Rye. He was educated at Gresham's School. Apart from acting being in his blood (his aunt, father, mother and brother all had theatrical careers), he gained experience at the Old Vic, Dundee Rep (performing in 35 plays in 2 years) and London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
- Michael Culver, född 16 juni 1938 är en brittisk skådespelare, bäst känd för TV-tittarna genom sin roll som major Erwin Brandt i TV-dramat Hemliga armén, producerad av BBC i slutet av 1970-talet. Han har medverkat i flera engelska TV-serier under 1970- och 1980-talen. Han är också känd för Star Wars-fans för sin roll som kapten Needa i Rymdimperiet slår tillbaka.
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