What is Michael Sheard?
{{Infobox person | name = Michael Sheard | image = Michael Sheard, PanoptiCon 2003 (cropped).jpg | caption = Sheard in 2003 | birth_name = Michael Lawson Perkins | birth_date = {{birth date|1938|6|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Aberdeen]], Scotland | death_date = {{death date and age|2005|8|31|1938|6|18|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Isle of Wight]], England | othername = | occupation = [[Actor]] | yearsactive = 1971-2005 | spouse = {{marriage|Rosalind Moir|1961}}<ref name=guardian>{{cite web|author=Toby Hadoke |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/sep/13/broadcasting.guardianobituaries |title=Obituary: Michael Sheard &#124; Media |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=2018-09-05}}</ref> | website = }} '''Michael Sheard''' (18 June 1938 – 31 August 2005)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1497330/Michael-Sheard.html |title=Michael Sheard |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=2005-09-01 |access-date=2018-09-05}}</ref> was a Scottish [[character actor]] who featured in many [[movie]]s and [[television programme]]s, and was known for playing villains. His most prominent television role was as strict deputy headmaster Maurice Bronson in the children's series ''[[Grange Hill (television)|Grange Hill]]'', which he played between 1985 and 1989. He appeared as [[Admiral Ozzel]] in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' (1980). ==Early life== Sheard was born '''Michael Lawson Perkins''' in [[Aberdeen]], [[Scotland]], the son of Donald Marriot Perkins, a church minister. He trained at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] in [[London]], and took his mother's maiden name as his stage name. During his [[national service]] Sheard was a [[Royal Air Force]] [[aircraftman]]. ==Personal life== Sheard died of cancer on 31 August 2005, aged 67, at his home on the [[Isle of Wight]], leaving his wife, Rosalind Moir, whom he married in