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
Michael Colgan (actor) Michael Colgan (actor) Michael Colgan is a Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland-born actor and novelist. Colgan's birthname is Michael Hughes. He adopted his stage name as there was already an actor named Michael Hughes registered with the Actors' Equity Association. Colgan was educated at Saint Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he read English. He studied at l'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris and now lives in London. A notable early performance in Saint Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh was the role of Harpagon in Molière's "L'Avare", which was performed entirely in French. After theatre