Best remembered in Britain for the television series
König Arthur (1972),
Ken Russell's
Die Teufel (1971) and as the villain
in In tödlicher Mission (1981).
His break into films came with
Don Levy's
Herostratus (1967). His career was intermittently successful, interspersing notable performances with spells of unemployment. Michael was
unmarried, living in Hampstead, London, and under treatment for
depression at the time of his suicide in 1992.
