Michael York Net Worth

Michael York's Quotes

• Cinema, it has always seemed to me, is essentially a filmed thought.
• [when told by Angelo Evangelatos that he wanted to be an actor, 2/5/05] If you want to do it, then forget about it. If you have to do it, then no one you talk to or seek advice from will make any difference.
• Everyone wants to do "Hamlet" when you're young. And when you're old, you do "King Lear." And you hope to do "Hamlet" many times, because you never get it right in one go. It's so inexhaustibly fascinating. Shakespeare [William Shakespeare] is so brilliant, because you don't have to know what the author intended, because you don't quite know what the author did intend. He just wants you to use your imagination, he gives you some great words, and then you see where you end up.
• [on director Michael Anderson] Michael is the kindest man. And it all comes from the top. He creates this benign atmosphere. The actors are not threatened, they're encouraged, and they're treated as human beings, and that's because he knows his stuff: Michael's been everything -- from the clapper boy, all the way up to editor and director. He knows what he wants.
• I think all of the great directors are comfortable to make film a collaborative effort with actors.

Interesting Facts about Michael York

1. Stepfather of producer Rick McCallum.
2. He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama.
3. Good friend and mentor to actor Casper Van Dien. Lifelong friend to Casper's wife Catherine Oxenberg.
4. Was attached to Death on the Nile (1978) at one stage.
5. Appeared in Sword of Gideon (1986), based on the book Vengeance by George Jonas. In Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), he appears with Steven Spielberg, who directed the remake, Munich (2005).
6. Co-wrote a book with Adrian Brine called 'A Shakesperean actor prepares.'
7. Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1987.
8. Was the original choice to play Sgt. Howie in The Wicker Man (1973) but was unavailable for the part. The part went to Edward Woodward.
9. At age three, he broke his nose when he jumped off the roof of a coal house while trying to fly.
10. His father was an army officer turned businessman and his mother a musician.
11. Joined the National Theatre in January of 1965.
12. Provides a voice-over for one of the apes in Spaceballs (1987), which spoofed several science fiction series, but mainly Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). His stepson, Rick McCallum, produced the Star Wars prequels.
13. Graduate of Oxford University.
14. Appears in Romeo and Juliet (1968) and De Drie Musketeers (1973)/The Four Musketeers (1974). Both of the literary works on which these were based were later satirized in the play Cyrano de Bergerac, which makes use of the balcony scene from the former and the character of d'Artagnan from the latter.
15. Claims his biggest career mistake was turning down the lead in Love Story. The producers offered him a scale rate to star together with 10% of the gross. York felt the movie would not make any money so passed. This decision cost him well over 10 million in 1970's dollars.
16. Has publicly given support for Michael Drosnin's idea that there is a "Bible Code".
17. He has three roles in common with Jeremy Brett: (1) Brett played d'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (1966) while York played him in De Drie Musketeers (1973), The Four Musketeers (1974), The Return of the Musketeers (1989) and La Femme Musketeer (2004), (2) Brett played Sherlock Holmes in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984), The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986), The Sign of Four (1987), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988), The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991) and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994) while York played in Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010) and (3) Brett played King Arthur in Morte d'Arthur (1984) while York played him in The Wonderful World of Disney: A Knight in Camelot (1998).
18. He has two roles in common with Joss Ackland: (1) Ackland played d'Artagnan in The Further Adventures of the Musketeers (1967) while York played him in De Drie Musketeers (1973) (in which Ackland played his father), The Four Musketeers (1974), The Return of the Musketeers (1989) and La Femme Musketeer (2004) and (2) Ackland played King Arthur in A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995) while York played him in The Wonderful World of Disney: A Knight in Camelot (1998).
19. He has two roles in common with both Malcolm McDowell and John Gielgud: (1) McDowell played King Arthur in Arthur the King (1985), York played him in The Wonderful World of Disney: A Knight in Camelot (1998) and Gielgud played him in DragonHeart (1996) and (2) McDowell played Merlin in Kids of the Round Table (1995), York played him in A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1995) and Gielgud played him in Het Magische Zwaard: Op Zoek naar Camelot (1998).
20. He played Merlin in A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1995) and King Arthur in The Wonderful World of Disney: A Knight in Camelot (1998) as well as David McIntyre, a man who believed himself to be King Arthur, in Babylon 5: A Late Delivery from Avalon (1996).