Michael Spice

Michael Spice
Born(1931-05-20)20 May 1931
England
Died2 November 1983(1983-11-02) (aged 52)
Dartford, Kent, England
OccupationActor
Notable workDoctor Who

Michael Spice (20 May 1931 – 2 November 1983) was a British character actor who appeared in television roles.

He portrayed two Doctor Who villains, the voice of Morbius in The Brain of Morbius,[1] and Weng-Chiang / Magnus Greel in The Talons of Weng-Chiang.[2]

Spice played the character of Peter Tyson in the BBC Radio play The Ropewalk in January 1969.[3] The play evolved into the long-running BBC Radio 2 serial Waggoners' Walk, in which Basil Moss took over the role of Peter Tyson, with Spice taking the role of Matt Prior, a role he played until the serial's end in May 1980.[4] Spice other screen roles included minor characters in A Countess from Hong Kong,[5] The Brothers, Public Eye and Blake's 7.

  1. ^ Mulkern, Patrick (27 July 2010). "The Brain of Morbius". Radio Times. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. ^ "The Talons of Weng Chiang – Episode Guide". BBC. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Saturday-Night Theatre: The Ropewalk". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Waggoners' Walk". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  5. ^ "A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)". BFI. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016.