Michael Crawford (OBE) in 1988 and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for charitable and philanthropic services, particularly to children's charities. Michael Crawford Michael Patrick Smith, (born 19 January 1942) known by the professional stage name of Michael Crawford, is an English actor, comedian, singer, voice artist and philanthropist. He has received international critical acclaim and won numerous awards during his career, which has included many film and television performances as well as stagework on both London's West End and on Broadway in New York City. He is best known for playing the
Dumble Amplifiers was 21. By the late 1970s he was modifying and building high-gain amps in the way that Randall Smith of Mesa Boogie, and others did. Unlike his contemporaries, however, Dumble was not really interested in the business of selling amplifiers in greater numbers. Dumble focused solely on getting the best possible sound/tone from an amp. Building on order only (even building his own speaker cabinets by hand), his amps were regularly called the best by high end professional musicians. Howard soon became known as an electronics master, and his high end clientele gained him a reputation as the "reclusive amp