Michael Wisher

Andrew Michael Wisher (19 May 1935 – 21 July 1995) was an English actor. He played various roles on Doctor Who and was the first actor to play the villain Davros.

Life and career Born 19 May 1935, in London, Wisher appeared in a number of television series before making his Doctor Who, 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. 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. 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.

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

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

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