MICHAEL BYRNE (1943-Died June 20th 2026,at 82).British actor known for his roles in the National Theatre, Hollywood films, and television shows. During his career he performed a wide variety of roles that included several films in which he played German military roles.
In 1972, he played Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset in the historical drama film Henry VIII and His Six Wives. In 1976 he played the German NCO Feldwebel Karl Hofer in the film The Eagle Has Landed Byrne appeared in the role of Lieutenant-Colonel Giles Vandeleur in the 1977 film A Bridge Too Far. In 1978, he played Major Schroeder in Force 10 from Navarone[7] and Paul Vercors, the Communist Resistance leader in Secret Army.
In 1989, he played Colonel Vogel in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
In 1995, he acted in the film Braveheart appearing to audiences as Smythe, a soldier who attempts to rape William Wallace's wife and first inspires Wallace to seek independence from England. In 1997, Byrne played the role of Royal Navy Admiral Kelly, in command of a British task force on HMS Bedford in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies. In 1998, Byrne appeared as a Jewish concentration camp survivor who is instrumental in the capture of a Nazi war criminal (played by Sir Ian McKellen) in the film Apt Pupil.
His other film credits include Butley, The Medusa Touch, The Saint, The Good Father, The Sum of All Fears, Gangs of New York and Mortdecai. He has also played Reinhard Beck in The Scarlet and the Black and General Olbricht in The Plot to Kill Hitler. He was also the SS interrogator in Rogue Male.
On television, he appeared in Thriller, Tales of the Unexpected, The Professionals, The Devil's Crown, Smiley's People as Peter Guillam, Yes, Prime Minister, Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy, Between The Lines, Sharpe, Hornblower, A Touch of Frost (the episode "Quarry", in which he played the father of Allie Byrne, his real-life daughter), Agatha Raisin (Hell’s Bells), Midsomer Murders (the episode "The Ghost of Causton Abbey"), The Mists of Avalon, Waking the Dead, The Body Farm, Honest, Hamish Macbeth, and Casualty.
From April 2008 to January 2010, Byrne starred in Coronation Street, as Ted Page, Gail Platt's long-lost father and the ex-lover of Audrey Roberts.Michael Byrne (actor) - Wikipedia
He also appeared in the 2010 film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 as Gellert Grindelwald, a powerful wizard that had been defeated by Dumbledore and was imprisoned at Nurmengard, the prison he built for his own enemies.Michael Byrne (actor) - Wikipedia
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