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Michael York
Michael York OBE (born Michael Hugh Johnson; 27 March 1942) is an accomplished English film, television, and stage actor. He first found fame performing on stage with the Royal National Theatre before making a breakthrough in films by playing Tybalt in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968). His strong, charming British persona landed him leading roles in several major British and Hollywood films of the 1970s, including roles in films like Something for Everyone (1970), Cabaret (1972) and The Three Musketeers (also 1973). He is also known for his part in Logan's Run (1976).
In his later career, he has been recognized for his role as Basil Exposition in the Austin Powers film series (1997–2002). He is a two-time Emmy Award nominee, for the ABC Afterschool Special: Are You My Mother? (1986) and the AMC series The Lot (2001). In 2002, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his significant contributions to motion pictures. York was born in Fulmer, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, son of Florence Edith May Chown, a musician, and Joseph Gwynne Johnson, a Welsh British Army officer and businessman. York was educated at Bromley Grammar School for Boys, Hurstpierpoint College, and University College, Oxford.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Michael Hugh Johnson
Born: Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, England
Citizenship: British
Birthday: March 27, 1942
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1964-present
Spouses: Patricia McCallum
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Movies Featuring Michael York
The Three Musketeers
Cabaret
Romeo and Juliet
Logan's Run
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
Flatland²: Sphereland
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
Moscow Heat
William Powell: A True Gentleman
The Hobart Shakespeareans
One Hell of a Guy
Icon
Crusader
Come See the Paradise
Eline Vere
Twilight Theatre
The Phantom of the Opera
The Master of Ballantrae
Making ‘Murder on the Orient-Express’
Flatland
Duel of Hearts
For Those I Loved
Success Is the Best Revenge
Space
The Secret of the Sahara
Phantom of Death
Midnight Cop
Dark Mansions
Sword of Gideon
Ponce de Leon
The Four Minute Mile
The Lady and the Highwayman
Judith Krantz’s Till We Meet Again
Night of the Fox
The Return of the Musketeers
Final Assignment
Dark Mansions
Sword of Gideon
Ponce de Leon
The Four Minute Mile
The Lady and the Highwayman
Judith Krantz’s Till We Meet Again
Night of the Fox
The Return of the Musketeers
Separation
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Something For Everyone
Touch and Go
A Look Into the 23rd Century
Conduct Unbecoming
The Magic Flute
Not of This Earth
A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
Wide Sargasso Sea
England Made Me
Fedora
TekWar: TekLab
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Virgin Mary
Discretion Assured
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
A Man Called Intrepid
Smashing Time
Red and Blue
The Treat
Perfect Little Angels
The Riddle of the Sands
Accident
Red, White, and Zero
A Knight in Camelot
Austin Powers’ Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club
Jesus of Nazareth
Wrongfully Accused
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Great Expectations
True Women
The Guru
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
The Strange Affair
The Haunting of Hell House
Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn
A Christmas Carol
Seven Nights in Japan
The Four Musketeers
The Ring
Puss in Boots
Dark Planet
Alfred the Great
Tennessee Williams’ South
The Taming of the Shrew
Formula 1 - Speed fever
Justine
Lost Horizon
Career Timeline
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2008
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Self - Narrator
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
Self
2005
William Powell: A True Gentleman
Narrator
The Hobart Shakespeareans
Himself
Icon
Sir Nigel Irvine
Crusader
McGovern
1998
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
David 'Arthur' McIntyre (arcive footage, uncredited)
The Treat
Simon
Perfect Little Angels
Calvin Lawrence
A Knight in Camelot
King Arthur
Wrongfully Accused
Hibbing Goodhue
1997
Austin Powers’ Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club
The Swingers Club
A Christmas Carol
Bob Cratchit (voice)
Dark Planet
Winter
1995
Not of This Earth
Paul Johnson
A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
Merlin
Virgin Mary
Milan Vukovic
1990
Come See the Paradise
Dance Hall Band
Night of the Fox
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / Caporal Berger
Night of the Fox
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / Caporal Berger
1988
Phantom of Death
Robert Dominici
Midnight Cop
Karstens
The Four Minute Mile
Franz Stampfl
The Lady and the Highwayman
King Charles II
The Four Minute Mile
Franz Stampfl
The Lady and the Highwayman
King Charles II
1986
Dark Mansions
Jason Drake
Sword of Gideon
Robert
Ponce de Leon
Ponce de Leon
Dark Mansions
Jason Drake
Sword of Gideon
Robert
Ponce de Leon
Ponce de Leon
1983
The Phantom of the Opera
Michael Hartnell
For Those I Loved
Martin's Father / Martin Gray (age 40)
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