Michael Billington

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Biography

English actor

  • Primary profession
  • Actor·writer·soundtrack
  • Country
  • United Kingdom
  • Nationality
  • British
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 16 November 1939
  • Place of birth
  • Leamington Spa
  • Death date
  • 2005-06-03
  • Death age
  • 64
  • Place of death
  • Margate
  • Cause of death
  • Natural causes
  • Education
  • St Catherine's College· Oxford·Trinity College
  • Knows language
  • English language
  • Member of
  • U.S. Labor Party

Movies

TV

Books

Awards

Trivia

Perennial James Bond candidate from the seventies into the early eighties - screentested several times according to his website.

By a sad co-incidence, he and his "UFO" co-star, Ed Bishop , both died within a week of one another.

Acted in cabaret for one year as straight man to Danny La Rue.

Taught at Lee Strasbergs acting school in London during the 1990s.

British journalist and critic. He is noted for his film and play reviews, and had been the drama critic with the Guardian since 1971.

He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2013 Queens New Years Honours List for his services to the Theatre. He is the Theatre Critic for the Guardian in London, England.

(December 2012) London, England: Drama Critic

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