Guy Siner

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Guy Siner
Siner in 2010
Born	Guy Domville Siner (1947-10-16) 16 October 1947 (age 73) New York City, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1972–present
Website	guysiner.com

Guy Domville Siner (born 16 October 1947) is an American-born English actor best known for his role as Oberleutnant Hubert Gruber in the British television series 'Allo 'Allo! and Dr. Mittenhand in Leprechaun 4: In Space.

Early life[]

Siner was born in New York City. His father was American, born in Manhattan, New York, and his mother English, born in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. His mother wanted him to be educated in the United Kingdom, and the family returned there when he was five. After attending St Edmund's School, Hindhead, he trained for the stage at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

He is cousin to the actress Selina Cadell and her brother, the late Simon Cadell.

Career[]

TV credits include -

• Z Cars (1972) - Arthur Naylor
• Softly, Softly: Taskforce (1973) - David Stevens
• Doctor Who story Genesis of the Daleks (1975) - Ravon
• I, Claudius (1976) - Pylades
• Secret Army (1979)
• You Rang, M'Lord? (1990) - Noël Coward
• 'Allo 'Allo! (1982-1992) - Lieutenant Hubert Gruber
• The Brittas Empire (1994) - Philip Silverman
• Seinfeld (1995) - Mandel
• Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996) - Dr. Mittenhand
• Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac (1997) - Tyler Billings
• Babylon 5 (1997) - Religious #1
• Martial Law (1999) - Dr. Dreece
• Diagnosis: Murder (1999) - Auctioneer
• That's My Bush! (2001) - Dr. Thomas Klestil
• Star Trek: Enterprise (2002) - Stuart Reed
• ChuckleVision (2008) - Beethoven
• Family Tree (2013) - Mitch Connelly
• The Crown (2020) - Season 4/Episode 2 - British minister, Francis Pym

In 1980, Siner portrayed director Mack Sennett in The Biograph Girl, a short-lived West End musical about the silent film era.

He played a small role in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003).

He was originally going to voice the villain Man Ray in the SpongeBob SquarePants season 2 episode "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III."^[1] Ultimately, John Rhys-Davies replaced Guy Siner as the voice of Man Ray in "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III."

In 2006, Siner appeared in two films by writer and director David Roden (of Dimensions in Time fame) called Beginner's Please and The Resurrectionist.

In June and July 2007, he reprised his role of Lieutenant Gruber in the stage play of 'Allo 'Allo, for Twelfth Night Theatre in Brisbane, alongside Gorden Kaye and Sue Hodge, playing their original roles of René Artois and Mimi Labonq. The other characters were portrayed by various Australian actors, including Katy Manning, Steven Tandy and Jason Gann.^[2]

Siner is one of only ten actors to appear in both the Star Trek and Doctor Who franchises.

After 'Allo 'Allo came to the end of its run in 1992, Siner worked for a time in the United States, based in Los Angeles, California. He has since returned to the United Kingdom, and now resides in Chesham in Buckinghamshire.

Other ventures[]

Siner voiced several Star Wars video games:

• Star Wars: TIE Fighter (1994)
• Star Wars: Force Commander (2000)
• Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds (2001)
• Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast (2002)

He worked as a script editor on two expanded universe Doctor Who stories in 2008.

Filmography[]

References[]

External links[]

• Guy Siner at IMDb
• Official website