---
name: "Michael Percival"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-percival"
fi1m_id: "michael-percival"
imdb_id: "nm0672888"
tmdb_id: 115283
wikidata_id: "Q110652725"
roles: []
died: "14 September 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T00:16:36.868559+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Michael Percival

## Identity

Michael Percival

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-percival
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-percival
- **IMDb ID:** nm0672888
- **TMDB ID:** 115283
- **Wikidata ID:** Q110652725
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110652725, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0672888/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/115283

Actor. Died 14 September 2015.

## Details

- **Died:** 14 September 2015
- **Active:** 1988–1996
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 78 (2), 1990s 54 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 65 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Family 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $700m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110652725, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0672888/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/115283

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*101 Dalmatians*](https://film.one/film/101-dalmatians.md) (54)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Michael Percival was a British actor. His film roles included Percival in *A Fish Called Wanda* (1988), the Police Inspector in *101 Dalmatians* (1996), the Ant Keeper in *Fierce Creatures* (1997), and Moses Bognor in *Drowning by Numbers* (1988). He also appeared uncredited as a chef in *The Living Daylights* (1987).

On television, Percival played Joop Hoop de Hoop in *'Allo 'Allo!* (1984), an auctioneer in *Lovejoy* (1986), and an inspector in *Doctor Who* (2010). He was the long-term partner of actress Janet Fielding.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2)

- *101 Dalmatians* (1996), Fi1m 54, as Police Inspector — [page](https://film.one/film/101-dalmatians.md)
- *A Fish Called Wanda* (1988), Fi1m 83, as Percival — [page](https://film.one/film/a-fish-called-wanda.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Living Daylights* (1987), Fi1m 74, as Chef (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-living-daylights.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Inspector — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Fierce Creatures* (1997), as Ant Keeper
- *101 Dalmatians* (1996), as Police Inspector — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/101-dalmatians.md)
- *Adam Bede* (1992), as Court Official
- *The House of Eliott* (1991), series, as Vicar
- *The Piglet Files* (1990), series, as Dexter
- *Bosses From Hell* (1989), Actor
- *Communicators From Hell* (1989), Actor
- *Teams from Hell* (1989), Actor
- *Number 27* (1988), as Farrant
- *Drowning by Numbers* (1988), as Moses Bognor
- *A Fish Called Wanda* (1988), as Percival — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/a-fish-called-wanda.md)
- *The Living Daylights* (1987), as Chef (uncredited) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-living-daylights.md)
- *Clockwise* (1986), as Man in Wood
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, as Auctioneer
- *Winter Flight* (1984), as Doctor
- *'Allo 'Allo!* (1984), series, as Joop Hoop de Hoop
- *Me & My Girl* (1984), series, as Bates
- *Strangers and Brothers* (1984), series, as Gilbert Cooke
- *The Aerodrome* (1983), as Fred
- *Grange Hill* (1978), series, as Mr. Mitchell
- *No Blade of Grass* (1970), as Police Constable
- *The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade* (1967), as Patient

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