1942 - Today
Michael Patrick Smith (born 19 January 1942), known professionally as Michael Crawford, is an English actor, comedian, and singer. Crawford is best known for playing the hapless Frank Spencer in the sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and the title role in the musical The Phantom of the Opera. His acclaimed performance in the latter earned him both the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical and Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Crawford has received more than 4,428,603 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Michael Crawford is the 5,637th most popular actor (down from 4,177th in 2019), the 4,240th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,428th in 2019) and the 691st most popular British Actor.
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Among actors, Michael Crawford ranks 5,637 out of 9,996. Before him are William Christopher, Craig Sheffer, Darby Stanchfield, Slim Pickens, Helen Slater, and Richard Haydn. After him are Robert Keith, Rob Morrow, Boyd Holbrook, Kat Dennings, Gregory Sierra, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste.
1932 - 2016
HPI: 43.81
Rank: 5,631
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.81
Rank: 5,632
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.81
Rank: 5,633
1919 - 1983
HPI: 43.81
Rank: 5,634
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.81
Rank: 5,635
1905 - 1985
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 5,636
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 5,637
1898 - 1966
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 5,638
1962 - Present
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 5,639
1981 - Present
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 5,640
1986 - Present
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 5,641
1937 - 2021
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 5,642
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 5,643
Among people born in 1942, Michael Crawford ranks 515. Before him are Colin Groves, Eddie Kramer, Juan Carlos Oleniak, John Clauser, Teddy Pilette, and Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez. After him are Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi, Juan Carlos Sarnari, Ivan Koloff, Amarinder Singh, David Lange, and Edmond Baraffe.
1942 - 2017
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 509
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 510
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 511
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 512
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 513
1942 - 2020
HPI: 43.82
Rank: 514
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 515
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 516
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 517
1942 - 2017
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 518
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 519
1942 - 2005
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 520
1942 - 2020
HPI: 43.68
Rank: 521
Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Crawford ranks 4,240 out of 7,765. Before him are Ian Hodder (1948), Laura Haddock (1985), Danny Welbeck (1990), George Cohen (1939), Irving Rapper (1898), and Richard Haydn (1905). After him are Arthur Whitten Brown (1886), Peter Osgood (1947), Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1736), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (1967), James Herbert (1943), and Martin Fowler (1963).
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.82
Rank: 4,234
1985 - Present
HPI: 43.81
Rank: 4,235
1990 - Present
HPI: 43.81
Rank: 4,236
1939 - 2022
HPI: 43.81
Rank: 4,237
1898 - 1999
HPI: 43.81
Rank: 4,238
1905 - 1985
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 4,239
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 4,240
1886 - 1948
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 4,241
1947 - 2006
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 4,242
1736 - 1807
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 4,243
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 4,244
1943 - 2013
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 4,245
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 4,246
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Michael Crawford ranks 691. Before him are Gia Scala (1934), Sheila Hancock (1933), Ann Todd (1907), Charlotte Riley (1981), Laura Haddock (1985), and Richard Haydn (1905). After him are Marianne Jean-Baptiste (1967), Eamonn Walker (1962), Clive Standen (1981), Anna Friel (1976), Alistair Petrie (1970), and Michael Kitchen (1948).
1934 - 1972
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 685
1933 - Present
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 686
1907 - 1993
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 687
1981 - Present
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 688
1985 - Present
HPI: 43.81
Rank: 689
1905 - 1985
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 690
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 691
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 692
1962 - Present
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 693
1981 - Present
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 694
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 695
1970 - Present
HPI: 43.74
Rank: 696
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 697