Michael Wisher

Michael Wisher
Birth date:	19 May 1935
Death date:	21 July 1995
Work in the DWU
Main roles:	Davros, Dalek voices
Main jobs:	Actor
IMDb profile

Michael Wisher (19 May 1935-21 July 1995) appeared in many Doctor Who television stories and originated the character of Davros, the creator of the Daleks.

During the 1970s, he played Dalek voices both on Doctor Who and on an episode of Blue Peter and Thirty Years in the TARDIS.

Through archive material, he contributed to the Davros Connections and Genesis of a Classic documentaries.

He is the father of Big Finish's voice actor Andrew Wisher.

Filmography

Doctor Who

• The Seeds of Death (uncredited voice work) (DWM 274)
• The Ambassadors of Death (as John Wakefield)
• Terror of the Autons (as Rex Farrel)
• Carnival of Monsters (as Kalik)
• Frontier in Space (as Dalek voices)
• Planet of the Daleks (as Dalek voices)
• Death to the Daleks (as Dalek voices)
• Genesis of the Daleks (as Davros; also provides an uncredited Dalek voice) (DWM 250)
• Revenge of the Cybermen (as Magrik; also provides the uncredited voices of Colville and a Vogan Radio Operator) (DWM 297)
• Planet of Evil (as Morelli; also provides the uncredited voice of Ranjit) (DWM 183)

Theatre

• The Trial of Davros as Davros also co-writer, with Kevin Taylor

Related video spin-offs

• Wartime as John Benton's father
• Summoned by Shadows as the Controller; related production not set in Doctor Who universe
• The Airzone Solution as Richard Allenby; not set in the Doctor Who Universe
• Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans as Robar
• Myth Runner as the Boss; Doctor Who parody not actually set in the Whoniverse. He also appears in interview footage as himself

External links

• Michael Wisher at the Internet Movie Database