Michael Wisher

Born 19 May 1935, in London, Wisher appeared in a number of television series before making his Doctor Who,^[1] debut in The Seeds of Death, providing a radio voiceover. His first onscreen appearance was as John Wakefield in The Ambassadors of Death in 1970.^[1] The following year he played Rex Farrel in Terror of the Autons.^[1] In 1973, Wisher began voicing the Daleks with Frontier in Space, and in 1975 he originated the role of Dalek creator Davros in Genesis of the Daleks.^[1] He was unavailable to reprise the role in Destiny of the Daleks (1979),^[1] and Resurrection of the Daleks (1984),^[1] so was replaced by other actors. He also played Kalik in Carnival of Monsters (1973),^[1] and Morelli in Planet of Evil (1975).^[1]

Wisher also appeared in several spin-offs of Doctor Who. In 1987, Wartime, was released by Reeltime Pictures, starring John Levene in his television role as Sergeant Benton. Wisher played the ghost of Benton's father.^[2] He followed this by playing a villain with several faces in Summoned by Shadows, produced by BBV in 1991 and as a Minister in The Airzone Solution in 1993.^[3] That production included performances by four of the actors who had played the lead character in Doctor Who. Finally, he played a spaceship engineer in Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans in 1994.^[4]

Outside of Doctor Who, Wisher voiced many commercials. He narrated episodes the BBC's science series Horizon.^[5]

Wisher died of a heart attack on 21 July 1995, aged 60, in Dacorum.^[6]

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