Michael Gothard

from Hendon - Middlesex - England - UK

Artwork for For Your Eyes OnlyImage of Michael Gothard

Biography

British actor who may be best remembered as the villainous Emile Locque in For Your Eyes Only. A native of Hendon, Middlesex, England, Gothard made his feature film debut as Max, the young poet star of director Don Levy’s drama Herostratus (1967).

Specializing in characters with odd traits and personalities, Gothard also appeared in Scream and Scream Again (1970); The Last Valley (1971); The Devils (1971); Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972); The Three Musketeers (1973); Warlords of the Deep (1978); Lifeforce (1985); and Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992).

Sadly he committed suicide after a bout with depression.

Timeline

1993Aged 54

  • Poster for Frankenstein

    Boatswain

1990Aged 51

  • Poster for The Serpent of Death

    Xaros

1989Aged 50

  • Poster for Massacre Play

    Zabo

1987Aged 48

  • Poster for Destroying Angel

    Ennio Volpe

1985Aged 46

  • Poster for Lifeforce

    Dr. Bukovsky

1984Aged 45

  • Poster for The Sweet Scent of Death

    Terry Marvin

1982Aged 43

  • Poster for Ivanhoe

    Athelstone

1981Aged 42

1978Aged 39

  • Poster for Warlords of Atlantis

    Atmir

1975Aged 36

  • Poster for King Arthur, the Young Warlord

    Kai

1974Aged 35

  • Poster for The Four Musketeers

    Felton

1973Aged 34

  • Poster for The Three Musketeers

    Felton

1972Aged 33

  • Poster for Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

    Albie

  • Poster for The Valley

    Olivier

1971Aged 32

  • Poster for The Last Valley

    Hansen

  • Poster for The Devils

    Father Pierre Barre

1970Aged 31

  • Poster for Scream and Scream Again

    Keith

1969Aged 30

  • Poster for Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel

    John

1968Aged 29

  • Poster for Up the Junction

    Terry

1967Aged 28

  • Poster for Herostratus

    Max

1966Aged 27

  • Poster for The Machine Stops

    Kuno