Michael Gothard

Born: 1939-06-24, Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK

Died: 1992-12-02

Biography

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

• Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
• The Professionals (1977)
• Out of the Unknown (1965)
• For Your Eyes Only (1981)
• Lifeforce (1985)
• Jack the Ripper (1988)
• The Devils (1971)
• The Further Adventures of the Musketeers (1967)
• The Four Musketeers (1974)
• The Last Valley (1971)
• Warlords of Atlantis (1978)
• Scream and Scream Again (1970)
• Herostratus (1967)
• Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
• Michael Kohlhaas - Der Rebell (1969)
• Destroying Angel (1987)
• King Arthur, the Young Warlord (1975)
• Up the Junction (1968)
• The Serpent of Death (1990)
• The Machine Stops (1966)
• The Sweet Scent of Death (1984)
• Gioco al massacro (1989)