Michael Crawford

He starred in "Dance of the Vampires" on Broadway during late 2002 & early 2003 and is currently appearing in Lloyd Webber's new musical "The Woman in White" which opened at the Palace Theatre, London in September 2004. It is called Kirk Douglas Way. At the gala, Michael was presented with a Birthday cake. In October 2004, Douglas had a Palm Springs, California street named after him by the Palm Springs International Film Society and International Film Festival. He also performed "Music of the Night" at the Inaugural Gala for President George Bush in Washington DC on Jan 19th 1989. Douglas did not win any competitive Oscars, but received a special Oscar in 1996 for "50 years as a moral and creative force in the motion picture community.". Crawford has played leading roles in films such as Hello, Dolly (1968), but more often appears on stage, having starred in West End productions such as Billy (based on the novel, Billy Liar) (1974), Barnum (1981) (one of the longest runs by a leading man) and, most notably, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (1986), for which he won an Olivier Award (Best Actor in a Musical), a Tony Award (Best Performance By An Actor In a Lead Role, Musical), a N.Y's Drama Desk Award, and a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Achievement in Theatre (Lead Performance). Douglas received three Academy Award nominations for his work in Champion, The Bad and the Beautiful, and Lust for Life.

It was one of the BBC's most successful series of all time. Popular at home and around the world, Kirk Douglas received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981 and the French Legion of Honor in 1985. Although he most often appears in musicals, he became known to millions for his role as the hapless Frank Spencer in the television sitcom, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, for which he performed most of his own stunts. His son, Michael Douglas, is also an actor. Crawford began his acting career as a seven-year-old, appearing in the première of Benjamin Britten's work for children, Let's Make an Opera. Kirk Douglas (birth name Issur Danielovitch Demsky) (born December 9, 1916) is an American actor. He was born in Amsterdam, New York to Belarusian-Jewish parents (who come from Homel). Michael Patrick Dumble-Smith (born January 19, 1942), better known as Michael Crawford, is one of Britain's leading actors, so much so that he was voted into the Top "100 Greatest Britons" in a 2002 poll sponsored by the BBC. The Heroes of Telemark (1966).

Mickey Marcus. Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) title role as Col. Spartacus (1960) title role. Paths of Glory (1957).

Corral (1957). Gunfight at the O.K. Lust for Life (1956) as Vincent van Gogh. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954).