Michael Gothard

Acting

Born June 24, 1939, Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK

British actor who may be best remembered as the villainous Emile Locque in For Your Eyes Only. A native of Hendon, Middlesex, England, Gothard made his feature film debut as Max, the young poet star of director Don Levy’s drama Herostratus (1967). Specializing in characters with odd traits and personalities, Gothard also appeared in Scream and Scream Again (1970); The Last Valley (1971); The Devils (1971); Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972); The Three Musketeers (1973); Warlords of the Deep (1978); Lifeforce (1985); and Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992). Sadly he committed suicide after a bout with depression.

Filmography

• 1993Frankenstein — Boatswain
• 1990The Serpent of Death — Xaros
• 1989Massacre Play — Zabo
• Jack the Ripper — George Lusk
• 1987Destroying Angel — Ennio Volpe
• 1985Lifeforce — Dr. Bukovsky
• Lytton's Diary — Jake Cutler
• Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense — Marvin
• 1984The Sweet Scent of Death — Terry Marvin
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King
• 1982Ivanhoe — Athelstone
• 1981For Your Eyes Only — Emile Leopold Locque
• 1981The Perfect House — Dieter
• A Tale of Two Cities — Gaspard
• Minder — Sergei
• Shoestring — Harry
• 1978Warlords of Atlantis — Atmir
• Warrior Queen — Volthan
• The Professionals — Kodai
• 1975King Arthur, the Young Warlord — Kai
• 1974The Four Musketeers — Felton
• 1973The Three Musketeers — Felton
• Arthur of the Britons — Kai
• 1972The Valley — Olivier
• 1972Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? — Albie
• 1971The Devils — Father Pierre Barre
• 1971The Last Valley — Hansen
• Menace — Pip
• 1970Scream and Scream Again — Keith
• Department S — Weber
• 1969Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel — John
• 1968Up the Junction — Terry
• 1967Herostratus — Max
• ITV Playhouse — Dieter
• The Further Adventures of the Musketeers — Mordaunt
• 1966The Machine Stops — Kuno
• Out of the Unknown — Kuno
• Thirty-Minute Theatre — Grady
• Armchair Theatre — Brian