Michael Gover

{{Short description|English actor (1913–1987)}}

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|name=Michael Gover

|birth_date={{birth date|df=y|1913|08|31}}

|birth_place=Denmark

|death_date={{death-date and age|2 May 1987|31 August 1913}}

|death_place=Sussex, England

}}

Michael Ole Phillipson Gover (31 August 1913 – 2 May 1987) was an English actor best known for his portrayal of Arthur Russell in the BBC television series Survivors.{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/518741/credits.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Survivors (1975-77) Credits|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}} He started acting late in life after failing in his dream of being an astronaut, and first appeared in an episode of The Avengers Man in the Mirror in 1963 as "One Six".{{Cite web|url=https://www.dissolute.com.au/the-avengers-tv-series/series-2/222-man-in-the-mirror-cast.html|title=The Avengers : Series 2 : Man in the Mirror : cast|website=www.dissolute.com.au}} He returned to the show two episodes later, in the same role.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IRdKAQAAQBAJ&dq=michael+gover+the+avengers&pg=PT50|title=The Avengers Dossier|first1=Paul|last1=Cornell|first2=Martin|last2=Day|first3=Keith|last3=Topping|date=October 31, 2013|publisher=Orion|isbn=9780575133211|via=Google Books}}

His other television appearances include 10 episodes of Z-Cars, The Troubleshooters, Dixon of Dock Green, Softly, Softly, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Doomwatch.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=25255|title=Michael Gover|website=www.aveleyman.com}}

His movie roles include the prison governor in A Clockwork Orange (1971) and one of the Elders in Superman (1978).{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba006831b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806090020/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba006831b|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 August 2016|title=Michael Gover|website=BFI}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/michael-gover-p28001/filmography|title=Michael Gover | Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}