Michael Spice

{{Short description|British actor (1931–1983)}}

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| name = Michael Spice

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|05|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|11|02|1931|05|20|df=y}}

| death_place = Dartford, Kent, England

| occupation = Actor

| notable_works = Doctor Who

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Michael Spice (20 May 1931 – 2 November 1983) was a British character actor who appeared in television roles.

He portrayed two Doctor Who villains, the voice of Morbius in The Brain of Morbius,{{Cite web|last=Mulkern|first=Patrick|date=2010-07-27|title=The Brain of Morbius|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2010-07-27/the-brain-of-morbius/|access-date=2020-12-07|website=Radio Times|language=en}} and Weng-Chiang / Magnus Greel in The Talons of Weng-Chiang.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Talons of Weng Chiang – Episode Guide|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/talonswengchiang/detail.shtml|access-date=2020-12-07|website=BBC}}

Spice played the character of Peter Tyson in the BBC Radio play The Ropewalk in January 1969.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Saturday-Night Theatre: The Ropewalk|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/342015f1650c464c99fdb02bc74fd40e|access-date=2020-12-07|website=BBC Genome Project}} The play evolved into the long-running BBC Radio 2 serial Waggoners' Walk, in which Basil Moss took over the role of Peter Tyson, with Spice taking the role of Matt Prior, a role he played until the serial's end in May 1980.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Waggoners' Walk|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/573db9e4ce4741d090d255767c7c2836|access-date=2020-12-07|website=BBC Genome Project}}

Spice other screen roles included minor characters in A Countess from Hong Kong,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bbb9165|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817105143/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bbb9165|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 August 2016|access-date=|website=BFI}} The Brothers, Public Eye and Blake's 7.