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Michael York was born in Fulmer, England, 27 March 1942. He performed on stage with the National Youth Theatre in London's East End and on international tour. Other early acting experience came through the Oxford University Dramatic Society (he graduated from Oxford in1964), the Dundee Repertory, and Laurence Olivier's National Theater Company - where he worked with Franco Zeffirelli, who gave him his film debut as Lucentio in The Taming of The Shrew (1967) and his breakthrough role as Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet (1968). He achieved early TV acclaim for his portrayal of Jolyon in The Forsyte Saga (1967). Other notable early movie roles include Brian Roberts in Cabaret (1972), Count Andrenyi in Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and D'Artagnan in several Musketeers films. He has starred in over 50 TV movies, continued stage work, starring on Broadway, made many spoken word recordings, written and lectured internationally. His autobiography (1993) was issued as "Accidentally on Purpose" in the U.S. and "Travelling Player" in Britain. He was in the h
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Michael York first acted with the National Youth Theatre before joining OUDS while at Oxford, graduating in 1964. His blond, blue-eyed boyish looks and plummy accent incarnated a traditionally English public-school manliness, which Joseph Losey exploited in York's first screen role as the doomed aristocrat William in Accident (1967).
Then, as Tybalt in Franco Zeffirelli's innovative Romeo and Juliet (UK/US, 1968), he demonstrated a sinewy athleticism rare amongst English actors. He used this quality to great effect as Viking chieftain Guthrum in Alfred the Great (d. Clive Donner, 1969), and D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (Panama, d. Richard Lester, 1973) and sequel The Four Musketeers (Panama/Spain, d. Lester, 1974)
Although York continued to play derring-do heroes in The Last Remake of Beau Geste (US, d. Marty Feldman, 1977) and as the quintessentially English Charles Carruthers in The Riddle of the Sands (d. Tony Maylam, 1979), he also performed convincing variations on the introspective, bored, dissipated or disillusioned Englishman in Justine (
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Michael York
British actor
For other people named Michael York, see Michael York (disambiguation).
Michael York (born Michael Hugh Johnson;[1] 27 March 1942[2]) is an English film, television, and stage 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-class demeanour 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 twosequels, Count Andrenyi in Murder on the Orient Express (1974), and Logan 5 in Logan's Run (1976).
In his later career York 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:
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