Cast & creator
Michael Crawford
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Reacher, The South Bank Show
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.
Also known as: Michael Patrick Dumbell-Smith, Michael Patrick Smith
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film credits
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television credits
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1955–2026 · acting roles
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average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (66)
Showing 66 of 66 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Reacher
Terry
2022
The South Bank Show
1978
Play for Today
1970
Private Eyes
Attendant
2016
Theatre 625
Danny
1964Film '72
Self
1971
Parkinson
Self - Guest / Performer
1998Pebble Mill
Self
1991
One Step Beyond
Tony Hudson
1959The Heaven and Earth Show
1998
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Constable Gough
1969
Miss Universe
Self - Entertainment
1955
Going Live!
Self
1987
ITV Play of the Week
Tony
1955
Dixon of Dock Green
Howard Garland
1955
Remembers…
Self
2022
Sir Francis Drake
John Drake
1961Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
1964
Hello, Dolly!
Cornelius Hackl
1969
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Frank Spencer
1973
Armchair Theatre
Dermot Drage
1956Armchair Theatre
Edward
1956
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
The Phantom - Original Cast: Finale
2011
The Story of Musicals
Self (archive footage)
2012
Once Upon a Forest
Cornelius (voice)
1993
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Hero
1966All Star Musicals
Self - Mentor
2017
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
White Rabbit
1972Val Meets The VIPS
Self - Guest
1973
The Knack... and How to Get It
Colin
1965
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
The War Lover
Sgt. Junior Sailen
1962
How I Won the War
Goodbody
1967
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
2021The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Frank Spencer (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
It Started with Swap Shop
Self
2006
The Policeman and the Cook
Constable Gough
1970
Soapbox Derby
Peter Toms
1958
Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask
Self - "Phantom" - Original Cast
2006
The Games
Harry Hayes
1970
David Foster's Christmas Album
Self
1993
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
Self
1999
The Jokers
Michael Tremayne
1967
Condorman
Woody
1981
My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs
Self
2001
Two Left Feet
Alan Crabbe
1963
Mike Yarwood: Thank You For The Laughs
Self
2023
Two Living, One Dead
Nils Lindwall
1961
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom
1988
ABC Minors Song
Actor
2026
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore
Self
1992
Sorry...
Ferdinand Vanek
1978
Dance of the Vampires
Count Giovanni Von Krolock
2002
Blow Your Own Trumpet
Jim Fenn
1958
A French Mistress
Kent
1960
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Sport Relief Special
Frank Spencer
2016Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Sport Relief Special
Writer
2016
Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered
Self (archive footage)
2013
The Fantastic World of Michael Crawford
Self
1996
Barnum
Phineas Taylor Barnum
1986
Hello-Goodbye
Harry England
1970
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em: 50 Years Of Laughs
Self (archive footage)
2023
To Be Perfectly Frank
Self
1977
Michael Crawford in Concert
Himself
1998
Benjamin Britten on Camera
Self
2013