Michael York

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1. #001

   Michael York claims his biggest career mistake was turning down the lead role in Love Story. Producers offered him the part along with 10% of the gross. York thought the film would not make money, so he passed. That decision cost him more than $10 million in the 1970s.

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   At the age of three, Michael York broke his nose when he jumped off the roof of a coal shed while trying to fly.

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   Michael York is a graduate of Oxford University.

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   Michael York was appointed OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours for his services to drama.

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5. #005

   Contrary to a widespread rumor, Michael York did not play one of the monkeys in Spaceballs (1987) or provide a voice for it. In 2016, at the National Press Club, he said he had tried to claim the credit from his online résumés but had since given up on it.

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   Michael York's father was an officer and businessman, and his mother was a musician.

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7. #007

   Michael York is a good friend and mentor of actor Casper Van Dien. He is a lifelong friend of Casper's wife, Catherine Oxenberg.

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8. #008

   Michael York was the original choice to play Sergeant Howie in The Wicker Man (1973), but he was not available for the role. The part went to Edward Woodward.

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9. #009

   Michael York is the stepfather of producer Rick McCallum.

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10. #010

    Michael York has suffered from a rare disease called amyloidosis since 2013, which required a stem cell transplant in 2012 to alleviate the symptoms. In 2022, he and his wife moved to Rochester, Minnesota, to be closer to the Mayo Clinic.

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11. #011

    Michael York served on the jury of the Venice Film Festival in 1987.

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12. #012

    Some sources give Michael York's birth name as Michael York-Johnson, but this is incorrect. Birth records show his original name was Michael Hugh Johnson. He is said to have taken the name York from a popular British cigarette brand.

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13. #013

    Michael York co-wrote a book with Adrian Brine titled 'A Shakespearean Actor Prepares'.

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    Michael York's wife, Pat, is an American photographer.

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15. #015

    Michael York played Merlin in A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1995), King Arthur in A Knight in Camelot (1998), and David McIntyre, who believes he is King Arthur, in Late Delivery from Avalon (1996).

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16. #016

    Michael York appears in Romeo and Juliet (1968) and The Three Musketeers (1973)/The Four Musketeers (1974). Both literary works on which these are based were later satirized in the play Cyrano de Bergerac, which used the balcony scene from the first and the character d'Artagnan from the second.

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17. #017

    Michael York is sometimes mistakenly thought to be related to the English actress Susannah York, with whom he appeared in Conduct Unbecoming (1975). In fact, neither of them was born with the name York.

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18. #018

    Michael York was educated at Oxford.

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19. #019

    At one point, Michael York was attached to Death on the Nile (1978).

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20. #020

    Michael York joined the National Theatre in January 1965.

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21. #021

    Michael York appeared in two films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: Romeo and Juliet (1968) and Cabaret (1972).

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22. #022

    Michael York publicly supported the idea that a "Bible Code" exists, as proposed by Michael Drosnin.

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23. #023

    Michael York had his first acting experience at the National Youth Theatre.

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24. #024

    Michael York supports the California Youth Theatre.

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