Michael Crawford

ActorWriter Jan 19 (age 84) Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK 1955–2023 (68 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

Himself

Film

Hello, Dolly!

Cornelius Hackl

Film

Once Upon a Forest

Cornelius (voice)

Film

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

Frank Spencer

Film

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Hero

Film

Condorman

Woody

Film

The Knack... and How to Get It

Colin

Film

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

White Rabbit

Filmography

Acting (52)

Movies (35)

Mike Yarwood: Thank You For The Laughs

2023

as Self

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em: 50 Years Of Laughs

2023

as Self (archive footage)

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

as Self

Broadway: The Next Generation

2017

as Self

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Sport Relief Special

2016

as Frank Spencer

6.0

Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered

2013

as Self (archive footage)

The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

2011

as Himself

8.3

Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask

2006

as Self - "Phantom" - Original Cast

5.6

It Started with Swap Shop

2006

as Self

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

2005

as Frank Spencer (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.0

My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs

2001

as Self

5.0

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve

1999

as Self

9.0

Michael Crawford in Concert

1998

as Himself

The Fantastic World of Michael Crawford

1996

as Self

Once Upon a Forest

1993

as Cornelius (voice)

6.5

Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore

1992

as Self

Barnum

1986

as Phineas Taylor Barnum

Condorman

as Woody

Sorry...

as Ferdinand Vanek

To Be Perfectly Frank

1977

as Self

7.0

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

as White Rabbit

Hello-Goodbye

as Harry England

The Games

as Harry Hayes

The Policeman and the Cook

as Constable Gough

Hello, Dolly!

as Cornelius Hackl

The Jokers

as Michael Tremayne

How I Won the War

as Goodbody

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966

as Hero

6.0

The Knack... and How to Get It

as Colin

Two Left Feet

as Alan Crabbe

The War Lover

as Sgt. Junior Sailen

Two Living, One Dead

as Nils Lindwall

A French Mistress

as Kent

Soapbox Derby

as Peter Toms

Blow Your Own Trumpet

1958

as Jim Fenn

7.0

Television (17)

Remembers…

2022

as Self

All Star Musicals

as Self - Mentor

Private Eyes

as Attendant

The Story of Musicals

2012

as Self (archive footage)

Parkinson

1998

as Self

The Heaven and Earth Show

Pebble Mill

as Self

Going Live!

as Self

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

as Frank Spencer

Play for Today

Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life

1964

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Sir Francis Drake

as John Drake

One Step Beyond

as Tony Hudson

Armchair Theatre

as Dermot Drage

Miss Universe

as Self - Entertainment

6.0

Dixon of Dock Green

1955

as Howard Garland

5.3

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Sport Relief Special

2016

Writer

6.0