Michael Carter

AKA: Mike Carter
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1947-06-29

Dumfries, Scotland, UK

Biography

Michael Carter (born 29 June 1947) is a Scottish actor of film, stage and television, known for portraying Gerald Bringsley in An American Werewolf in London, Bib Fortuna in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, and Von Thurnburg in The Illusionist.

Crew Roles

One Man’s War
Screenplay
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {33}

Von Thurnburg

2006-08-18 7.296

The Illusionist

With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy ...
Genre :Fantasy, Drama, Thriller, Romance

Hugh Truscott

1985-01-02 2

Operation Julie

A TV movie directed by Bob Mahoney. Based on the book by Dick Lee & Colin Pratt it tells the true story of a long running Police investigation which resulted in the arrests of 120 people and jail sent ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, TV Movie

Nicol Menzies

1986-03-16 0

Blood Hunt

The Highlands of Scotland. A fight outside the village hall. Robert Menzies lies dead and Allan Innes flees to the hills, pursued by Robert's brother. An old friend, Sandy Ross, tries to prevent the i ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller, TV Movie

Head Waiter

1989-07-09 5.5

She's Been Away

A woman who has been institutionalized for 60 years for the "crime" of not conforming to the 1920s image of what a proper young woman should be (in other words, she did what she wanted and didn't care ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

General Antoninus

2010-02-15 6.225

Centurion

Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face ...
Genre :Adventure, Action, Drama

Self

2009-09-14 7.2

Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'

Host Paul Davis takes a trip through some of the iconic backdrops of John Landis' 1981 werewolf classic An American Werewolf In London. The original cast and crew tell the story of how the film was ma ...
Genre :Documentary, Horror

John

2023-12-07 6.4

Falling into Place

Kira and Ian – both in their mid-30s – meet on a winter weekend on the Isle of Skye. Both are on the run – from their past as well as from the reality of their current lives. The 36 hours they spend t ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Bib Fortuna

1983-05-25 7.905

Return of the Jedi

Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion once and for all with a second dreaded Death Star. ...
Genre :Adventure, Action, Science Fiction

Peter Nelson

1991-03-24 0

Dreaming

Unemployed Ayrshire teenager Sammy Nelson is a dreamer, using his vivid imagination to conjure up a gallery of heroes. But far from simply providing an escape from grim reality, his dreams become weap ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Cameron

1987-01-01 0

Mary Rose

A young woman vanishes on a visit to an island with her husband and child, only to turn up decades later apparently unchanged in age or appearance and her once infant son is now older than she is… ...
Genre :

1st Youth

1980-12-09 4.5

The Flipside of Dominick Hide

Dominick Hide, a time traveller from the year 2130, is studying the London transport system of 1980. Time travellers are supposed to be observers, and are strictly forbidden to land their flying sauce ...
Genre :Science Fiction, TV Movie

Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

1984-10-09 7.461

A Christmas Carol

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that a ...
Genre :Drama, Fantasy, TV Movie, Family

VIP

2015-10-06 3.5

Maul Dogs

Three store owners discover their strip mall has been gambled away to a thug who loves to bowl. After unsuccessful attempts to pay the thug back they enter a bowling tournament to win the money, despi ...
Genre :Comedy

Gerald Bringsley

1981-08-21 7.406

An American Werewolf in London

American tourists David and Jack are savaged by an unidentified vicious animal whilst hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. Retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon experiences dis ...
Genre :Comedy, Horror

Police Inspector

1992-01-16 7

The Cloning of Joanna May

Joanna once was married to Carl May, a very rich and powerful nuclear energy magnate. They love each other, but had to divorce after Joanna was caught on an incidental love affair. Since then Carl has ...
Genre :Science Fiction, TV Movie

Radu Molasar

1983-12-16 5.6

The Keep

Set during World War II, a German army garrison is sent to guard a mountain pass in a village in Romania's Carpathian mountains and sets up barracks in an ancient stone fortress. Two of the soldiers u ...
Genre :Horror, Fantasy

Dr. Wynne

1978-03-08 0

A Most Public Affair

A re-creation of some of the confrontations and sketches in the remarkable background of the Windscale Enquiry. The dialogue is taken from the Official Verbatim Transcript of Proceedings. It was filme ...
Genre :Documentary, Drama

Geoffrey

1983-06-30 5

Heather Ann

Cornish fisherman John Lewis is waiting for a stroke of luck which will give him the money to pay his debts and rid himself of his wife and his trawler Heather Ann. One day he nets a torpedo... ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

2025-03-08 0

Reeling

A man mutters to himself, checks his to-do list, introduces himself to old friends, and grasps for a memory that always slips away. A pig slowly roasts in an IMU pit, a birthday luau devolves into cha ...
Genre :Drama

Ringer

1982-12-18 0

Grass

A petty criminal decides to turn into an informant, a grass, after he learns about a crooked chief inspector. But instead of getting paid all he gets is trouble for himself and his family. ...
Genre :

1996-01-08 0

Call Red

Call Red is a British drama television series created by J. C. Wilsher. The series premiered 8 January 1996, on ITV. ...
Genre :Drama

Rev John Carson

2000-04-26 7.075

Rebus

Detective series set in and around Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector John Rebus, whose methods earn him the wrath of his superiors, does not hesitate to circumvent the law to enforce it. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1st Youth

1970-10-15 6.333

Play for Today

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original tel ...
Genre :Drama

Godfrey Norton

1984-04-24 8.125

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Auctioneer

1992-04-10 7.125

Heartbeat

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Comedy

King Jaehaerys Targaryen

2022-08-21 8.33

House of the Dragon

The Targaryen dynasty is at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires crumble from such heights. In the case of the Targaryens, their slow fall begins wh ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure

Maurice Dior

2024-02-13 7.5

The New Look

The shocking story of how fashion icon Christian Dior and his contemporaries including Coco Chanel, Pierre Balmain, and Cristóbal Balenciaga navigated the horrors of World War Il and launched modern f ...
Genre :Drama, War & Politics

Sir Maurice Clark

2002-05-13 7.7

Spooks

Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the ...
Genre :Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime

Mike Hazard

1993-04-25 5

Seekers

Seekers is a four-part TV mini-series released in 1992 about a police officer who disappears, and when his wife tries to find him, she discovers... another wife. They team up to search for him. It sta ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama

Brig Hemmings

1991-06-10 6.6

Soldier Soldier

The daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion The King's Fusiliers. ...
Genre :Drama, War & Politics

Hurst

1985-01-11 6.4

Dempsey and Makepeace

Dempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham. The leading roles were played by Michael Brandon and Glynis ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama

Dodge

1982-11-10 0

Nobody's Hero

Billy and his family are forced to leave their temporary home in Wales and return to London. Billy escapes and starts living rough on the streets. The series follows his misadventures that result from ...
Genre :

Thomas Setter

1990-04-20 6

The Chief

The Chief is a British crime drama transmitted on ITV from 20 April 1990 to 16 June 1995. Produced by Anglia Television, it centred on the politics at the top of a typical English police force in its ...
Genre :Drama