Michael Gover

Acting
1913-08-31
Copenhagen, Denmark

Biography

Michael Gover was born on August 31, 1913 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an actor, known for A Clockwork Orange (1971), Superman (1978) and The Avengers (1961). He died on May 2, 1987 in Felpham, West Sussex, England, UK.

Known For & Full Filmography24 Titles

#1Coronation Street

Drama Series - 1960, 16 episodes as Edward Pollard

5.4 / 10
Soap

The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions at home, in the workplace, and in their local pub, the Rovers Return Inn. Britain's longest-running soap.

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#2The Avengers

Drama Series - 1961, 16 episodes as One Six

7.8 / 10
Action & AdventureCrimeSci-Fi & Fantasy

A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).

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#3The Avengers

Drama Series - 1961, 16 episodes as One-Six

7.8 / 10
Action & AdventureCrimeSci-Fi & Fantasy

A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).

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#4A Clockwork Orange

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m as Prison Governor

8.2 / 10
Sci-FiCrime

In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that'll rob him of all personal agency. In a time when conscience is a commodity, can Alex change his tune?

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#5Z-Cars

Drama Series - 1962, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

7.3 / 10
Drama

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.

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#6Superman

Movie - 1978, 2h 15m as 6th Elder

7.2 / 10
Sci-FiActionAdventure

Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.

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#7Centre Play

Drama Series - 1973, 16 episodes as Telephone Caller (voice)

7.0 / 10
Drama

Anthology series of half hour plays produced in BBC's Television Centre's studios.

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#8The Troubleshooters

Drama Series - 1965, 16 episodes as Company Director

7.3 / 10
Drama

The Troubleshooters is a British television series made by the BBC between 1965 and 1972, created by John Elliot. During its run, the series made the transition from black and white to colour transmissions. The series was based around an international oil company – the "Mogul" of the title. The first series was mostly concerned with the internal politics within the Mogul organisation, with episodes revolving around industrial espionage, internal fraud and negligence almost leading to an accident on a North Sea oil rig.

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#9Justice

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes as Coroner

7.3 / 10
Drama

Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margaret Lockwood stars as Harriet Peterson a female barrister in the North of England. It was made by Yorkshire Television and was based loosely on Justice Is a Woman, an episode of ITV Playhouse broadcast in 1969 in which Lockwood had previously also played a barrister. The theme music was Crown Imperial by William Walton.

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#10Justice

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes as Philip

7.3 / 10
Drama

Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margaret Lockwood stars as Harriet Peterson a female barrister in the North of England. It was made by Yorkshire Television and was based loosely on Justice Is a Woman, an episode of ITV Playhouse broadcast in 1969 in which Lockwood had previously also played a barrister. The theme music was Crown Imperial by William Walton.

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#11Doomwatch

Drama Series - 1970, 16 episodes as Kelsey

6.4 / 10
DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

Doomwatch is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on BBC 1 between 1970 and 1972. The series was set in the then present-day, and dealt with a scientific government agency led by Doctor Spencer Quist, responsible for investigating and combating various ecological and technological dangers. The series was followed by a film adaptation produced by Tigon British Film Productions and released in 1972, and a revival TV film was broadcast on Channel 5 in 1999.

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#12Survivors

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes as Arthur Russell

7.9 / 10
DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

Survivors is a British post-apocalyptic fiction television series devised by Terry Nation and produced by Terence Dudley at the BBC from 1975 to 1977. It concerns the plight of a group of people who have survived an accidentally released plague – referred to as "The Death" – that kills nearly the entire human population of the planet.

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#13The Main Chance

Drama Series - 1969, 16 episodes as James Earnshaw

8.3 / 10
Drama

The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.

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#14The Moonstone

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes as Superintendent Seegrave

8.0 / 10
DramaMystery

A priceless jewel, originally plundered from a Hindu shrine, is presented to Rachel Verinder on her 18th birthday. The jewel goes missing and suspicion falls over the household, threatening to destroy someone close to Rachel's heart.

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#15The Assassination Bureau

Movie - 1969, 2h 15m as Venice Hotel Manager (uncredited)

6.7 / 10
ActionAdventureCrime

In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its motives are called into question, she commissions the assassination of its chairman. Knowing that his colleagues have recently become more motivated by greed than morality, he turns the situation into a challenge for his board members: kill him or be killed.

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#16The Protectors

Drama Series - 1964, 16 episodes as Milton

8.0 / 10
CrimeDrama

Ex-insurance investigator Ian Souter sets up his own security agency — the SIS (Specialists in Security) — alongside ex-cop Robert Shoesmith and secretary Heather Keys - and fight crime.

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#17The Edwardians

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes as Reuben Bigland

6.2 / 10
Drama

The Edwardians is an eight-part miniseries broadcast in 1972–73. An anthology, each 90-minute episode explores influential figure(s) of the Edwardian era: Charles Rolls and Henry Royce; Horatio Bottomley; E. Nesbit; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Robert Baden-Powell; Marie Lloyd; Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick; and David Lloyd George.

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#18Bill Brand

Drama Series - 1976, 16 episodes as Wale

7.3 / 10
Drama

Following the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as Labour candidate for a Lancashire textile constituency.

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#19The Georgian House

Drama Series - 1976, 16 episodes as Sir Jeremy

7.5 / 10
Sci-Fi & FantasyFamily

Two children travel back in time and attempt to help a Black slave boy who possesses strange powers.

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#20Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

Movie - 1969, 2h 15m as Guest - Reading newspaper

6.3 / 10
HorrorSci-Fi

Blackmailing a young couple to assist with his horrific experiments the Baron, desperate for vital medical data, abducts a man from an insane asylum. On route the abductee dies and the Baron and his assistant transplant his brain into a corpse. The creature is tormented by a trapped soul in an alien shell and, after a visit to his wife who violently rejects his monstrous form, the creature wreaks his revenge on the perpetrator of his misery: Baron Frankenstein.

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#2111 Harrowhouse

Movie - 1974, 2h 15m as Doctor

5.8 / 10
DramaActionComedy

A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen from him, he is blackmailed into pulling off a major heist at the Diamond Exchange, located at 11 Harrowhouse.

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#22The Magnificent Two

Movie - 1967, 2h 15m as Dr Pablo

3.3 / 10
Comedy

Two salesmen travel to a small South American Country to peddle their wares. However the country is in the middle of a major conflict between the Government led by Diaz and the rebels led by Torez. When Torez is accidentally killed the rebels mistaken pick up one of the salesmen, Eric, as he looks like Torez. Eric and Ernie are promised millions to carry on the charade once the rebels take charge. However once Eric takes charge he finds himself back in danger as scheming general Carillo plans to remove the impostor from his role.

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#23Post Mortem

Movie - 1975, 2h 15m as Telephone Calle (voice)

8.8 / 10

With her boss unexpectedly absent. Helen, his secretary takes charge.

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#24The Operation

Movie - 1973, 2h 15m as Alec

8.8 / 10
DramaTV Movie

David Adler is an operator. He strips assets, other men's wives, and his oldest friend's soul - anything for a cool million.

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