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Michael Crawford

Michael Crawford

Born: 1942-01-19 • Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK

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.

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Filmography
Mike Yarwood: Thank You For The Laughs poster
Mike Yarwood: Thank You For The Laughs
2023 • Self
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em: 50 Years Of Laughs poster
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em: 50 Years Of Laughs
2023 • Self (archive footage)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age poster
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021 • Self
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Sport Relief Special poster
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Sport Relief Special
2016 • Frank Spencer
Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered poster
Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered
2013 • Self (archive footage)
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall poster
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
2011 • Himself
It Started with Swap Shop poster
It Started with Swap Shop
2006 • Self
Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask poster
Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask
2006 • Self - "Phantom" - Original Cast
No Image
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 • Frank Spencer (archive footage) (uncredited)
My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs poster
My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs
2001 • Self
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve poster
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
1999 • Self
Michael Crawford in Concert poster
Michael Crawford in Concert
1998 • Himself
The Fantastic World of Michael Crawford poster
The Fantastic World of Michael Crawford
1996 • Self
Once Upon a Forest poster
Once Upon a Forest
1993 • Cornelius (voice)
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore poster
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore
1992 • Self
Barnum poster
Barnum
1986 • Phineas Taylor Barnum
Condorman poster
Condorman
1981 • Woody
Sorry... poster
Sorry...
1978 • Ferdinand Vanek
To Be Perfectly Frank poster
To Be Perfectly Frank
1977 • Self
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland poster
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972 • White Rabbit
The Policeman and the Cook poster
The Policeman and the Cook
1970 • Constable Gough
The Games poster
The Games
1970 • Harry Hayes
Hello-Goodbye poster
Hello-Goodbye
1970 • Harry England
Hello, Dolly! poster
Hello, Dolly!
1969 • Cornelius Hackl
How I Won the War poster
How I Won the War
1967 • Goodbody
The Jokers poster
The Jokers
1967 • Michael Tremayne
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum poster
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 • Hero
The Knack... and How to Get It poster
The Knack... and How to Get It
1965 • Colin
Two Left Feet poster
Two Left Feet
1963 • Alan Crabbe
The War Lover poster
The War Lover
1962 • Sgt. Junior Sailen
No Image
Two Living, One Dead
1961 • Nils Lindwall
A French Mistress poster
A French Mistress
1960 • Kent
Soapbox Derby poster
Soapbox Derby
1958 • Peter Toms
Blow Your Own Trumpet poster
Blow Your Own Trumpet
1958 • Jim Fenn
Broadway: The Next Generation poster
Broadway: The Next Generation
— • Self