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Michael York
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Michael York OBE (born Michael Hugh Johnson; March 27, 1942) is an English actor. After performing on-stage with the Royal National Theatre, he had a breakthrough in films by playing Tybalt in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968). His blond, blue-eyed boyish looks and English upper social class demeanor saw him play leading roles in several major British and Hollywood films of the 1970s. His best known roles include Konrad Ludwig in Something for Everyone (1970), Geoffrey Richter-Douglas in Zeppelin (1971), Brian Roberts in Cabaret (1972), George Conway in Lost Horizon (1973), D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (also 1973) and its two sequels, Count Andrenyi in Murder on the Orient Exβ¦
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Michael York OBE (born Michael Hugh Johnson; March 27, 1942) is an English actor. After performing on-stage with the Royal National Theatre, he had a breakthrough in films by playing Tybalt in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968). His blond, blue-eyed boyish looks and English upper social class demeanor saw him play leading roles in several major British and Hollywood films of the 1970s. His best known roles include Konrad Ludwig in Something for Everyone (1970), Geoffrey Richter-Douglas in Zeppelin (1971), Brian Roberts in Cabaret (1972), George Conway in Lost Horizon (1973), D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (also 1973) and its two sequels, Count Andrenyi in Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Logan 5 in Logan's Run (1976). In his later career he found success as Basil Exposition in the Austin Powers film series (1997β2002). 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 received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to motion pictures.
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BODY OF WORK
Michael York's Filmography
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The Crystal Planet
as The Patriarch (voice)
Dreams
as Private Agent
No Poster
Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora
as Self
Sleeping Beauty
as The Narrator
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals
as Self
FlatlandΒ²: Sphereland
as Spherius (voice)
No Poster
Earth Songs
as Narrator
Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta
as Self
The Mill and the Cross
as Nicolaes Jonghelinck
The Justice of Wolves
as Mika - Adult
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert
as Narrator
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
as Prime #1 (voice)
No Poster
Εwiadectwo
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self - Narrator
Chris & Don: A Love Story
as Self - Narrator
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
as Self
Flatland
as Spherius (voice)
Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion
as Narrator
No Poster
Vanishing Cultures: Bushmen of the Kalahari
The Hobart Shakespeareans
as Self
Crusader
as McGovern
William Powell: A True Gentleman
as Narrator
Alias Nick and Nora
as Narrator
Icon
as Sir Nigel Irvine
Moscow Heat
as Roger Chambers
Freedom from Despair
as Voice Over
Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'
as Self
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
as Narrator (voice)
Austin Powers in Goldmember
as Basil Exposition
In Search of Peace
as Chaim Herzog (voice)
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
as Stone Alexander
Borstal Boy
as Joyce
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
as Pterano (voice)
One Hell of a Guy
as The Devil
Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'
as Self
The Haunting of Hell House
as Professor Ambrose
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
as Basil Exposition (segment "Beautiful Stranger")
The Omega Code
as Stone Alexander
Puss in Boots
as Puss In Boots (voice)
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
as Basil Exposition
Lovers and Liars
as Dick
A Knight in Camelot
as King Arthur
The Treat
as Simon
54
as Ambassador
Wrongfully Accused
as Hibbing Goodhue
Perfect Little Angels
as Calvin Lawrence
Merchants of Venus
as Alex Jakoff
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
as David 'Arthur' McIntyre (arcive footage, uncredited)
The Ripper
as Sir Charles Warren
A Christmas Carol
as Bob Cratchit (voice)
The Long Way Home
as (voice)
Un coup de baguette magique
as Ilya
Dark Planet
as Winter
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
as Basil Exposition
Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club
as The Swingers Club
Goodbye America
as Senator Bladon
The Ring
as Walmar von Gotthard
Basketball Mozart
as Narrator (voice)
The Miracle of Medjugorje
as Milan Vukovic
Not of This Earth
as Paul Johnson
Shadow of a Kiss
as Albert
A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Merlin
Discretion Assured
as Trevor
Fall from Grace
as Hans-Dieter Stromelburg
The Magic Flute
as King Sarastro
TekWar: TekLab
as Richard Stewart
David Copperfield
as Edward Murdstone (voice)
The Magic Paintbrush
as The King (voice)
Wide Sargasso Sea
as Paul Mason
Rochade
as Paul Grumbach
Duel of Hearts
as Gervaise Warlingham
The Long Shadow
Eline Vere
as Lawrence St. Clare
The Wanderer
as Saxon Warrior
Night of the Fox
as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / Caporal Berger
Come See the Paradise
as Dance Hall Band
Till We Meet Again
as Paul de Lancel
The Heat of the Day
as Robert
The Return of the Musketeers
as D'Artagnan
The Lady and the Highwayman
as King Charles II
The Four Minute Mile
as Franz Stampfl
Midnight Cop
as Karstens
Phantom of Death
as Robert Dominici
Lethal Obsession
as Dr. Proper
The Dawn
as John Dawson
Ponce de Leon
as Ponce de Leon
Sword of Gideon
as Robert
Dark Mansions
as Jason Drake
Are You My Mother?
as Chet Gordon
The Bengal Lancers!
as Captain Walberton
Success Is the Best Revenge
as Alex Rodak
The Master of Ballantrae
as James Durie
The Weather in the Streets
as Rollo Spencer
For Those I Loved
as Martin's Father / Martin Gray (age 40)
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
The Phantom of the Opera
as Michael Hartnell
Twilight Theater II
as Self- Guest
Twilight Theatre
The White Lions
as Chris McBride
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
as Beast (voice)
No Poster
Beauty and the Beast
as The Beast (voice)
Final Assignment
as Lyosha Petrov
The Riddle of the Sands
as Charles Carruthers
Formula 1 - Speed fever
as Self
Fedora
as Self
No Poster
Regie: Billy Wilder
as Self
True Patriot
as Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Andrew Braddock
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
as Beau Geste
Seven Nights in Japan
as Prince George
Logan's Run
as Logan
A Look Into the 23rd Century
as Self
Conduct Unbecoming
as 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Drake
Murder on the Orient Express
as Count Andrenyi
The Four Musketeers
as D'Artagnan
Great Expectations
as Pip
The Three Musketeers
as D'Artagnan
England Made Me
as Anthony Farrant
Lost Horizon
as George Conway
Tennessee Williams' South
Cabaret
as Brian Roberts
The Recreation of an Era
as Self
Touch and Go
as Basil
Zeppelin
as Geoffrey Richter-Douglas
Something for Everyone
as Konrad Ludwig
Alfred the Great
as Guthrum
Justine
as Darley
The Guru
as Tom Pickle
The Strange Affair
as Peter Strange
Red and Blue
as Acrobat
Romeo and Juliet
as Tybalt
Red, White, and Zero
as Acrobat
Smashing Time
as Tom Wabe
The Taming of the Shrew
as Lucentio
Confessions of Loving Couples
as Peter
Accident
as William