Portrait of Michael Crawford

Michael Crawford

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.

Born: January 19, 1942

Place of Birth: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK

Filmography

2025
now and then

as Cornelius Hackl (archive footage)

2016
Private Eyes

as Attendant

2013
2012
The Story of Musicals

as Self (archive footage)

2006
Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask

as Self - "Phantom" - Original Cast

1998
Parkinson

as Self

1993
Once Upon a Forest

as Cornelius (voice)

1987
1986
Barnum

as Phineas Taylor Barnum

1981
Condorman

as Woody

1978
Sorry...

as Ferdinand Vanek

1973
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

as Frank Spencer

1970
The Games

as Harry Hayes

1970
Hello-Goodbye

as Harry England

1969
Hello, Dolly!

as Cornelius Hackl

1967
1967
The Jokers

as Michael Tremayne

1963
Two Left Feet

as Alan Crabbe

1962
The War Lover

as Sgt. Junior Sailen

1961
Sir Francis Drake

as John Drake

1959
One Step Beyond

as Tony Hudson

1958
1958
Soapbox Derby

as Peter Toms

1955
Miss Universe

as Self - Entertainment

1955
Dixon of Dock Green

as Howard Garland