Michael York

1942-

Biography: life and films

Michael York is an English actor whose birth name is Michael Hugh Johnson. He was born in Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, England on 27th March 1942.

His best films as an actor include Harold Prince's Something for Everyone (1970), Bob Fosse's Cabaret (1972), Lewis Gilbert's Seven Nights in Japan (1976), Andy Crabb's The Wanderer (1991) and Jay Roach's comedy-thriller Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997).

Michael York has so far appeared in 69 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Richard Lester (3 films), Michael Anderson (3), Jay Roach (3), Peter Patzak (2), Franco Zeffirelli (2) and Charles Jarrott (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (38 films), Thriller (14), comedy (13), romance (9), Fantasy (5), comedy-romance (4), War (4), comedy-drama (3), Horror (3), Animation (3), history (2), crime-thriller (2), comedy-thriller (2) and Documentary (2).

Our average rating for Michael York over all films is: 2.7

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Accident (1967) [a]

Smashing Time (1967) [a]

The Taming of the Shrew (1967) [a]

Romeo and Juliet (1968) [a]

Separation (1968) [a]

The Strange Affair (1968) [a]

Alfred the Great (1969) [a]

Justine (1969) [a]

The Guru (1969) [a]

Something for Everyone (1970) [a]

La Poudre d'escampette (1971) [a]

Zeppelin (1971) [a]

Cabaret (1972) [a]

England Made Me (1973) [a]

Lost Horizon (1973) [a]

The Three Musketeers (1973) [a]

Murder on the Orient Express (1974) [a]

The Four Musketeers (1974) [a]

Conduct Unbecoming (1975) [a]

Logan's Run (1976) [a]

Seven Nights in Japan (1976) [a]

The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977) [a]

The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977) [a]

Fedora (1978) [a]

Formula uno, febbre della velocità (1978) [a]

The Riddle of the Sands (1979) [a]

Final Assignment (1980) [a]

The White Lions (1981) [a]

Au nom de tous les miens (1983) [a]

Success Is the Best Revenge (1984) [a]

L'Aube (1985) [a]

Der Joker (1987) [a]

Killing Blue (1988) [a]

Un Delitto poco comune (1988) [a]

The Return of the Musketeers (1989) [a]

Night of the Fox (1990) [a]

Eline Vere (1991) [a]

The Wanderer (1991) [a]

The Long Shadow (1992) [a]

Discretion Assured (1993) [a]

Wide Sargasso Sea (1993) [a]

A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1995) [a]

Gospa (1995) [a]

Not of This Earth (1995) [a]

Dark Planet (1996) [a]

A Christmas Carol (1997) [a]

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) [a]

Goodbye America (1997) [a]

Lovers and Liars (1998) [a]

Merchants of Venus (1998) [a]

The Treat (1998) [a]

Wrongfully Accused (1998) [a]

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) [a]

Le Château des singes (1999) [a]

The Haunting of Hell House (1999) [a]

The Omega Code (1999) [a]

Borstal Boy (2000) [a]

One Hell of a Guy (2000) [a]

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001) [a]

Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) [a]

Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion (2006) [a]

Chris & Don. A Love Story (2007) [a]

The Mill and the Cross (2009) [a]

Pravosudie volkov (2010) [a]



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