Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1/19/1942
Place of Birth
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Also Known As
Michael Patrick Dumbell-SmithMichael Patrick Smith
Michael Crawford
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 ...
Known For
The Games
as Harry Hayes
Barnum
as Phineas Taylor Barnum
Condorman
as Woody
The Jokers
as Michael Tremayne
Hello, Dolly!
as Cornelius Hackl
Hello-Goodbye
as Harry England
Once Upon a Forest
as Cornelius (voice)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
as Self
The War Lover
as Sgt. Junior Sailen
The Knack... and How to Get It
as Colin
How I Won the War
as Goodbody
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Hero
Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask
as Self - "Phantom" - Original Cast
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
It Started with Swap Shop
as Self
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore
as Self
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
as Himself
Two Left Feet
as Alan Crabbe
Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered
as Self (archive footage)