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3 | Michael York OBE (born Michael Hugh Johnson in Fulmer, England, 27 March 1942) is an English actor. |
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5 | His career began in the 1960s when Franco Zeffirelli cast him in his film versions of ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'' and ''Film/{{Romeo and Juliet|1968}}''. In the 1970s, he appeared in ''Film/{{Cabaret}}'', ''[[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973 The Three Musketeers]]'', ''[[Film/MurderOnTheOrientExpress1974 Murder on the Orient Express]]'' and ''Film/LogansRun''. In the late 1990s, he became known to a new generation of moviegoers as Basil Exposition in the ''Film/AustinPowers'' series. |
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7 | His television career includes the miniseries ''Series/JesusOfNazareth'' (for which he reunited with Zeffirelli), ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'' ([[AdamWesting as a fictionalized version of himself]]), and several guest appearances on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', voicing both Mason Fairbanks (Homer's supposed birth father) and Dr. Budgie. |
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9 | York has been married to photographer Patricia [=McCallum=] since 1968. His stepson, Rick [=McCallum=], is a film producer in his own right. |
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12 | !!Selected Filmography: |
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14 | * ''Film/{{Romeo and Juliet|1968}}'' (1968): Tybalt. |
15 | * ''Film/{{Zeppelin}}'' (1972): Lt. Geoffrey Richter-Douglas. |
16 | * ''Film/{{Cabaret}}'' (1972): Brian Roberts. |
17 | * ''Film/LostHorizon'' (1973): George Conway. |
18 | * ''Film/{{The Three Musketeers|1973}}'' (1973): D'Artagnan. |
19 | * ''Film/{{Murder on the Orient Express|1974}}'' (1974): Count Rudolf Andrenyi. |
20 | * ''Film/ConductUnbecoming'' (1975): Lieutenant Arthur Drake. |
21 | * ''Film/LogansRun'' (1976): Logan 5. |
22 | * ''[[Film/TheIslandOfDrMoreau1977 The Island of Dr. Moreau]]'' (1977): Andrew Braddock. |
23 | * ''Series/JesusOfNazareth'' (1977): John the Baptist. |
24 | * ''Film/TheLastRemakeOfBeauGeste'' (1977): Beau Geste. |
25 | * ''Film/{{The Phantom of the Opera|1983}}'' (1983): Michael Hartnell. |
26 | * ''Film/AustinPowers'': Basil Exposition. |
27 | ** ''Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery'' (1997) |
28 | ** ''Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'' (1999) |
29 | ** ''Austin Powers in Goldmember'' (2002) |
30 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeVIITheStoneOfColdFire'' (2000): Pterano (voice). |
31 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{A Christmas Carol|1997}}'' (1997): Bob Cratchit (voice). |
32 | * ''Film/TheRipper1997'': Sir Charles Warren |
33 | * ''Film/WrongfullyAccused'' (1998): Hibbing Goodhue. |
34 | * ''Film/AKnightInCamelot'' (1998): King Arthur |
35 | * ''Film/TheOmegaCode'' (1999) and ''Megiddo: The Omega Code 2'' (2001): Stone Alexander. |
36 | * ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePoohAVeryMerryPoohYear'' (2002): Narrator (voice). |
37 | * ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'' (2009): A member of the Dynasty of Primes (voice) |
38 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' (2009): Dr. Nuvo Vindi (voice). |
39 | * ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryMeetSherlockHolmes'' (2010): Sherlock Holmes (voice). |
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