Job Actor, singer, comedian
Years active 1955-present
Top Roles Cornelius Hackl, Colin, Nils Lindwall, Alan Crabbe, Hero
Top GenresComedy, Romance, Musical, War, Film Adaptation, Adventure
Top TopicsRomance (Comic), World War II, Mistaken Identity
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Shares birthday with Jean Stapleton, B.P. Schulberg, Tippi Hedren  see more..

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Two Living, One Dead

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Two Left Feet

Two Left Feet

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Michael Crawford Overview:

Actor, Michael Crawford, was born Michael Patrick Dumbell-Smith on Jan 19, 1942 in Salisbury, Wiltshire. As of December 2024, Michael Crawford was 83 years old.

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Michael Crawford Quotes:

Cornelius Hackl: Look, I'm dancing!
[carelessly backs into a chair and falls]
Cornelius Hackl: Uh, I was.

Cornelius Hackl: I've lost everything: my job, my future, everything people *think* is important, but I don't care - because even if I have to dig ditches for the rest of my life, I shall be a ditch-digger who once had a wonderful day.

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Michael Crawford Facts
Was cast for the role of Cornelius Hackl in Hello, Dolly! (1969), by Gene Kelly after auditioning in a 1960s outfit of striped blue pants and a checkered shirt (after changing his clothes numerous times) with a bleeding (from shaving too many times) face and trying to tap dance. Kelly said, "What we are looking for (for Cornelius Hackl) is an attractive idiot. My wife thinks you're attractive, and I think you're an idiot".
The first Disney film he ever saw Dumbo (1941). Years later, he performed his version of the famous lullaby from the film, "Baby Mine," on the DVD release.
As Frank Spencer, in "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em" (1973), he did many stunts, some quite hazardous to the normal person, in portraying a certain scene or part. So much so did people associate him with this image that they literally thought he was as clumsy in real life as he was on the show. But in reality, although he admitted to a few comical episodes in real life in the past, he is in no way anywhere near as clumsy as his character Frank is.
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