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Michael York

Michael York

Actor·b. 1942·Fulmer, England, UK

10 horror credits

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 (1997–2002). 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.

Actor10 films

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

Stone Alexander

2001
The Haunting of Hell House

The Haunting of Hell House

Professor Ambrose

1999
The Omega Code

The Omega Code

Stone Alexander

1999
The Ripper

The Ripper

Sir Charles Warren

1997
Not of This Earth

Not of This Earth

Paul Johnson

1995
Phantom of Death

Phantom of Death

Robert Dominici

1988
The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

Michael Hartnell

1983
Fedora

Fedora

Self

1978
The Island of Dr. Moreau

The Island of Dr. Moreau

Andrew Braddock

1977 3.0
Logan's Run

Logan's Run

Logan

1976 3.5

Producer1 film

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

Co-Producer

2001