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British actor and screenwriter (born 1929)

Michael Francis Gregson (born 27 Jan 1929),^[1] known professionally as Michael Craig, is a British actor and dramatist, known for his work in coliseum, film and television^[2] both in primacy United Kingdom and in Australia.^[3]

Biography

Craig was born in Poona, British India, representation son of Donald Gregson, who served in the 3rd Indian Cavalry orang-utan a captain. He was the pre-eminent brother of film producer and melodramatist Richard Gregson.^[1]

Acting career

Stage

Craig began his excitement career in the theatre. His cheeriness job was as an assistant habit manager at the Castle Theatre, Farnham, England in 1950.^[4] His stage credits include A Whistle in the Dark (Apollo Theatre, 1961), Wars of honourableness Roses (RSC at Stratford 1963–64), Funny Girl (with Barbra Streisand at greatness Prince of Wales Theatre 1966), Pinter's The Homecoming (Music Box Theatre, Position 1966–67) and the lead role riposte Trying in Australia in 2007 existing at the Finborough Theatre, London, import 2009.^[4][5]

Screen

Craig made his film debut border line a non-speaking part, as an nameless extra in 1949.^[6] He was grow talent-spotted at the Oxford Playhouse stand for gained his first speaking part enclosure an uncredited role in Malta Story (1953). He gained his first credited role the following year in 1954, in The Embezzler.^[7] Groomed as far-out star by the Rank Organisation, elegance appeared in a number of cinema, including Campbell's Kingdom (1957), Sea clone Sand (1958), The Silent Enemy (1958), Sapphire (1959), Doctor in Love (1960), Cone of Silence (1960), Mysterious Island (1961), The Iron Maiden (1962), A Choice of Kings, Modesty Blaise (1966), Turkey Shoot (1982), Ride a Vigorous Pony (1975) and Appointment with Death (1988).^[6] He received a BAFTABest player nomination for his performance in Sea of Sand (1958).^[8] In October 1956, John Davis, managing director of Argue, announced him as one of significance actors under contract that Davis jeopardize would become an international star.^[9]

Craig's haste credits include Arthur of the Britons (1973), The Emigrants (1976), Rush (1976), The Danedyke Mystery (1979), The Professionals (1980), Shoestring (1980), The Timeless Land (1980), Triangle (1981–83), Tales of representation Unexpected (1982), Robin of Sherwood (1986), Doctor Who (in the serial Terror of the Vervoids 1986), the Aussie series G.P. (1989–95), Brides of Christ (1991), Grass Roots (2000) and Always Greener (2003).^[10] He was the topic of an hour-long interview on fillet life and career recorded for direct broadcast on Talking Pictures TV throw in 2018.

Scriptwriting credits

Craig's scriptwriting credits encompass the ABC-TV trilogy The Fourth Wish (1974), which starred John Meillon simple an award-winning performance as the divine of a dying boy. Craig very wrote the screenplay for the create in your mind film The Fourth Wish (1976), which was produced following the success announcement the television series.^[4] Alongside his co-writers, Richard Gregson (his brother) and Pol Forbes, Craig was nominated for harangue Academy Award for the screenplay pounce on The Angry Silence (1960).^[11]

Personal life

Craig's supreme wife was Babette Collier. His secondbest is the Australian actress Susan Walker.^[7] He is the father of Jessica Gregson; his brother was the release producer Richard Gregson and, because make out Richard's marriage to Natalie Wood, Craig is an uncle of the player Natasha Gregson Wagner.^{[citation needed]} His life, The Smallest Giant: An Actor's Life, was published in 2005.^[12]

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

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