Michael Craze(1942-1998)
- Actor
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Michael Craze was born on 29 November 1942 in Cornwall and got into
acting quite by chance as, at the age of twelve, he discovered through
Boy Scout Gang Shows that he had a perfect boy soprano voice. This led
him to win parts in "The King and I" and "Plain and Fancy", both at
Drury Lane, and "Damn Yankees" at the Coliseum. Once he had left
school, he went into repertory and got into TV through his agent. His
first televison was a show called "Family Solicitor" for Granada which
was followed for Granada which was followed, amongst others, by a part
in ABC TV's 1960 series "Target Luna" (written by Malcolm Hulke and
Eric Price and produced by Sydney Newman). When he was twenty Michael
wrote, directed and acted in a film called "The Golden Head" which won
an award at the Commonwealth Film Festival in Cardiff. Following Doctor
Who, Michael worked on several ITV productions, including one episode
(The Last Visitor) of Hammer Films' first TV series "Journey to the
Unknown" in 1968. In the eighties Michael acted only occasionally and
also managed a pub.
