Michael Crawford
Born: 1942-01-19 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Michael Crawford CBE (born 19 January 1942) is an English actor and singer. He has garnered great critical acclaim and won numerous awards during his career, which covers radio, television, film, and stagework on both London's West End and on Broadway in New York City. With a career that spans over four decades, he is known both in and out of Britain for originating the title role in The Phantom of the Opera, as well as playing the hapless Frank Spencer in the popular 1970s British sitcom, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, which successfully earned him a place as a household name and made him famous to millions around the world. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Crawford, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2023
- Mike Yarwood: Thank You For The Laughs as Self
- Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em: 50 Years Of Laughs as Self (archive footage)
2022
- Remembers… as Self
2021
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
2017
- All Star Musicals as Self - Mentor
2016
- Private Eyes as Attendant
- Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Sport Relief Special as Frank Spencer
2013
- Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered as Self (archive footage)
2012
- The Story of Musicals as Self (archive footage)
2011
- The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall as The Phantom - Original Cast: Finale
2006
- Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask as Self - "Phantom" - Original Cast
- It Started with Swap Shop as Self
2005
- The Funny Blokes of British Comedy as Frank Spencer (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001
1998
- Parkinson as Self
- The Heaven and Earth Show
- Michael Crawford in Concert as Himself
1996
1993
- Once Upon a Forest as Cornelius (voice)
1992
1991
- Pebble Mill as Self
1987
- Going Live! as Self
1986
- Barnum as Phineas Taylor Barnum
1981
- Condorman as Woody
1978
- Sorry... as Ferdinand Vanek
1977
- To Be Perfectly Frank as Self
1973
- Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em as Frank Spencer
1972
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as White Rabbit
1970
- Play for Today
- Hello-Goodbye as Harry England
- The Games as Harry Hayes
- The Policeman and the Cook as Constable Gough
1969
- Hello, Dolly! as Cornelius Hackl
1967
- How I Won the War as Goodbody
- The Jokers as Michael Tremayne
1966
1965
- The Knack... and How to Get It as Colin
1963
- Two Left Feet as Alan Crabbe
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The War Lover as Sgt. Junior Sailen
1961
- Sir Francis Drake as John Drake
- Two Living, One Dead as Nils Lindwall
1960
- A French Mistress as Kent
1959
- One Step Beyond as Tony Hudson
1958
- Soapbox Derby as Peter Toms
- Blow Your Own Trumpet as Jim Fenn
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Dermot Drage
1955
- Miss Universe as Self - Entertainment
- Dixon of Dock Green as Howard Garland