English actor Michael York.
Let's discuss English actor Michael York. With his boyish, fey good looks he has had a varied good career in movies, as well as on TV and appearing on stage. He has been married to the same woman since he was 26 but they have never had any children.
What do you think of Michael York and his film career?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 102 | September 4, 2020 2:53 AM
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Michael York in the original Murder On The Orient Express.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 2 | September 3, 2020 1:37 AM
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He's had a very serious health condition for ten years called Amyloidosis. It's terminal if something else doesn't kill him first.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 3 | September 3, 2020 1:39 AM
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That old fucker? How fucking old are you, op?!
by Anonymous | reply 4 | September 3, 2020 1:40 AM
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The other night I watched the 1977 version of The Island of Dr. Moreau starring Burt Lancaster and Michael York.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 5 | September 3, 2020 1:42 AM
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Tasteful friends: has he ever presented dong?
Just asking for my aunt.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | September 3, 2020 1:43 AM
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I saw him in a restaurant in Santa Monica in the '90s.
Not as hot as he was, but he still looked good.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | September 3, 2020 1:44 AM
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In his autobiography, he says he tried homosexuality but decided it wasn’t for him.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | September 3, 2020 1:45 AM
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R4 Don't be so shallow and vapid. He's more handsome than you will ever be and has achieved more success and money than you could ever hope to.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 9 | September 3, 2020 1:46 AM
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He was on “Law and Order”.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | September 3, 2020 1:48 AM
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When Liza said, "Fuck Maxamillian!" and he responded, "I did," it was a major turning point in my realizing I was gay.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | September 3, 2020 1:51 AM
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R6 I don't know but he has played a bisexual man in a couple of movies including Cabaret.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 14 | September 3, 2020 1:51 AM
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The British are more than likely than Americans to decide to not have children. They don’t seem to be as obsessed with breeding like Yankee couples. I respect that.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | September 3, 2020 1:52 AM
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Saw him in the Mrs Gooch health food store, Beverly Hills, early 90s. Quite handsome and very friendly.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | September 3, 2020 1:53 AM
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Was he in Logan's Run or was that a different but similar movie?
by Anonymous | reply 17 | September 3, 2020 1:58 AM
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r8, he's lying
Big time closet case. If he wrote that, he probably because he thought one of his ex-bfs might come forward
by Anonymous | reply 18 | September 3, 2020 1:58 AM
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With an hereditary diseases make sense not having kids.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | September 3, 2020 2:01 AM
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R8 With his androgynous good looks he appeals to both women and men. I'm glad that he admitted that he tried homosexuality but with the freedom of show business I suspect that he may lean toward being bisexual.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 21 | September 3, 2020 2:04 AM
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He also played Carruthers.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 25 | September 3, 2020 2:21 AM
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His appearances on Curb Your Enthusiasm are so random. Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, I get. Michael York?!
by Anonymous | reply 26 | September 3, 2020 2:30 AM
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Logan's Run was huge. Still is, for the enthusiasts.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | September 3, 2020 2:34 AM
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Mama mia! He looks like a lion's insolent cub.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 29 | September 3, 2020 2:42 AM
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I've always liked him. Particularly in "Cabaret", which I watch at least once or twice a month.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | September 3, 2020 2:51 AM
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He plays a pansexual scheming twink in Something for Everyone, also starring Angela Lansbury.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 33 | September 3, 2020 2:52 AM
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Michael York was so gorgeous back in the day. His androgynous looks remind me of the German actor Karlheinz Böhm who was the star of the film Peeping Tom.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 35 | September 3, 2020 2:58 AM
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He was gorgeous in Cabaret. Beautiful face and body.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | September 3, 2020 3:07 AM
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Cabaret is on Movies! ! thismonth, also on TCM later tonight
by Anonymous | reply 38 | September 3, 2020 3:54 AM
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All the guys I dated back in the 80s seemed to have love/hate fixations on him. I like the fact that he's willing to play silly roles.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 39 | September 3, 2020 4:05 AM
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Yes, R33, he was at his peak in Something for Everyone. Check out from 14:00. He has a long French kiss with the same actor near the film's end.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 40 | September 3, 2020 4:20 AM
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Science Fiction movie Logan's Run was the first Michael York movie that I ever saw. It was a big hit at the box office and spawned a short lived TV show.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 41 | September 3, 2020 5:22 AM
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He and Faye were delicious together in The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 42 | September 3, 2020 5:24 AM
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R41 Farrah Fawcett had a small part in Logan's Run just as she was becoming famous and she overshadowed the female lead in the film and brought more publicity to the movie.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 43 | September 3, 2020 5:28 AM
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Michael York was born on March 27, 1942 which makes him 78 years of age.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 44 | September 3, 2020 5:34 AM
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[quote]When Liza said, "Fuck Maxamillian!" and he responded, "I did," it was a major turning point in my realizing I was gay.
Actually, HE said "Fuck Maximilian!" and SHE said "I do."
And then he added, "So do I..."
by Anonymous | reply 49 | September 3, 2020 5:45 AM
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I saw him in CAMELOT on stage in 2007. He was wonderful and looked great. It's upsetting he's battling a rare disease, Amyloidosis. It's fatal so he may not have much time left.. He's been sick since 2013 and it's a miracle he's still alive, poor guy.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 50 | September 3, 2020 6:05 AM
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A great looking actor who was good, in part, because he was clearly free of any vanity about his looks and didn’t take himself too seriously. Rare in the past, almost unheard of now. It meant he could do drama and comedy equally as well. Witness Cabaret and The Three Musketeers.
His grace and bravery now are admirable and the mark of a real gentleman. Again, not many of them about these days.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | September 3, 2020 6:26 AM
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I wondered why he did not work much.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | September 3, 2020 6:29 AM
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When I lived in NYC in the 80s, it was quite accepted that he was gay. I saw him one night at the Metropolitan Opera. He was sitting near me and he looked very handsome. Besides Cabaret, I loved him in the Three Musketeers.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | September 3, 2020 6:30 AM
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Great actor. He was robbed of an Oscar nomination for Cabaret!
Something For Everyone is a must see. So much fun.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | September 3, 2020 6:35 AM
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He was pretty cute in the 70s and usually had a likable screen persona, but he made way too much dreck.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | September 3, 2020 6:55 AM
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He's done several spots on The Simpsons the last few years. His illness has robbed him of his looks (it can attack your lymphatic system and distort your face) so voice work is still possible. Love him!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 56 | September 3, 2020 6:56 AM
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[quote] In his autobiography, he says he tried homosexuality but decided it wasn’t for him.
Once upon a time that's what you said to cover your tracks in case one of your tricks comes forward and sells his story to the press.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | September 3, 2020 7:08 AM
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He was very good (and creepy) in that Law&Order: Criminal Intent episode.
I remember a long ago late night TV appearance, perhaps on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, after York had (I think) written a book.
The host remarked that the book didn't contain any negative juicy gossip.
York paused and replied that the world had enough negativity around and he felt no need to add to it.
He wasn't snotty or condescending, just being honest.
That remark made me like him a lot. And everything I've seen him in as well, starting with his Lucentio in Franco Zeffirelli's "The Taming of the Shrew" with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in 1967.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | September 3, 2020 7:14 AM
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R15
Correction; make that dead common British; royalty and peers (especially eldest sons) are still expected to marry and breed children in hopes of getting an heir.
As for rest of it; given the not so small numbers of married or single; straight, gay or lesbian that trek to Ukraine, US or anywhere else legally possible to have infants via surrogacy would say desire to breed is rather strong in UK.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | September 3, 2020 7:35 AM
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I started the thread on him last year.
Actually he still looked quite good up until 2009.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | September 3, 2020 9:18 AM
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I always confuse him with Richard Chamberlain (from another continent, and not married to a woman for 52 years.)
by Anonymous | reply 62 | September 3, 2020 10:05 AM
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Every time I see a photo of him I am surprised all over again that he's not quite handsome. He's so appealing and sexy in his old movies that I always think of him as better-looking than he really was. I guess he had "it."
by Anonymous | reply 63 | September 3, 2020 10:35 AM
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R63 He also had/has that incredibly sexy voice.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | September 3, 2020 11:00 AM
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The same kind of sexually ambiguous, up-for-anything aura that Terence Stamp exuded. No real contemporary equivalent, no.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | September 3, 2020 11:01 AM
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I liked him in those 2 Three Musketeers films that came out in the '70s.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 66 | September 3, 2020 12:59 PM
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Never though he was remotely good looking or sexy. The voice is the only reason he got a job.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | September 3, 2020 1:02 PM
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He wasn't classically handsome, but the camera found him interesting from every angle. He's also a talented actor, and the voice was to die for. It's not surprising he was as successful as he was for as long as he was.
When Fosse was casting Cabaret, he asked the casting director to find him a "Michael York type" to play Brian. York heard about this and called Fosse, asking "Will the real Michael York do?"
by Anonymous | reply 68 | September 3, 2020 1:54 PM
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[quote]Actually, HE said "Fuck Maximilian!" and SHE said "I do."
ACTUALLY, as R1 pointed out, he said "SCREW Maximillian," not "fuck."
by Anonymous | reply 69 | September 3, 2020 2:26 PM
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R68 Fascinating. Raquel Welch did something similar. When the producers of Myra Breckinridge were casting for a beautiful, sexy woman to play the female lead, she thought that it sounded just like her so she phoned up the big shots and asked them if she could have the role - and they gave it to her.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | September 3, 2020 3:11 PM
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In his movie debut "The Taming Of The Shrew."
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 71 | September 3, 2020 3:16 PM
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Yes, he was great on the L&O CI episode. Outperforming DiFornio and overshadowing Olivia Jane d'Abo was no small feat. But the writing was pretty good too.
He is a treasure, no doubt.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | September 3, 2020 3:33 PM
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personally i am and was more of a simon maccorkindale fan! during his blond hair and fit body prime... like in "manimal" tv show and his tv movies wearing speedos..
by Anonymous | reply 73 | September 3, 2020 3:43 PM
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"His grace and bravery now are admirable and the mark of a real gentleman. Again, not many of them about these days."
Yeah, everyone was so much better back in the Jim Crow era
by Anonymous | reply 74 | September 3, 2020 4:28 PM
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R60, thank you for your OPINION.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | September 3, 2020 5:06 PM
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That's right, folks! It's official! Calling Michael York graceful and brave under the onslaught of his illness is now RACIST!
Thanks, R74, for stepping in to remind us of all the little microaggressions we commit every second of every day! I, for one, will never say another good word about someone suffering from amyloidosis!
by Anonymous | reply 76 | September 3, 2020 5:10 PM
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Is his voice still the same? At least as of 2007? His voice had an amazing resonance.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | September 3, 2020 5:14 PM
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Logan's Run is a great movie! And campy too in its old age. Occasionally I glance at my palms to see if I should make a run for it or go to Carousel and spin off the planet 🌏
by Anonymous | reply 78 | September 3, 2020 5:17 PM
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R76, I'm noticing some very strange trollish remarks on various threads this morning. They're not entirely related to the thread topic but spout some weird opinion. Like on the Pelosi hairdo thread, someone jumps in and makes generic, ill-informed pro-Trump remarks like someone who's being paid by the post but whose work at the troll farm isn't being reviewed. This could be one of them.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | September 3, 2020 5:22 PM
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r79, yes, Jim Crow. DL wants to believe everything was better in the past which is weird because no one has benefited from social progress more than gays. Conservatives are backwards-looking people.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | September 3, 2020 5:27 PM
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He was never quite handsome, but my god was be gorgeous when he was young. Just stunning, such beautiful eyes! I remember watching the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet in high school, but thinking Tybalt was so much cuter than Romeo. Been a fan ever since, and sincerely hope he is doing well despite his illness.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | September 3, 2020 5:29 PM
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Nary a nomination! How does that happen?
by Anonymous | reply 82 | September 3, 2020 5:40 PM
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I always get him mixed up with Susannah.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 83 | September 3, 2020 5:46 PM
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Together in "Conduct Unbecoming" (1975). He looks good in uniform.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 84 | September 3, 2020 5:49 PM
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The movie Withnail and I is about an ill-starred druggy weekend he spent with a friend in some cottage in England. York isn't in it.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 85 | September 3, 2020 5:49 PM
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R74 - I was talking about his handling of a horribly debilitating disease, which he has done with grace and bravery undeniably. But, you know, staple a non-sequitur in there in some fatuous attempt to garner woke points by derailing a thread pointlessly.
Why not step away from the keyboard, take a deep breath and begin to develop an intellect.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | September 3, 2020 6:09 PM
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I thought he was HAF as D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers. He had such a boyish, naive charm.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | September 3, 2020 6:17 PM
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"I was talking about his handling of a horribly debilitating disease, which he has done with grace and bravery undeniably."
While implying no one today has these traits.
Btw, using "woke" as an insult exposes you for the Trumpster that you are.
Why don't you step away from the keyboard and develop an intellect. Maybe read some books, but as a Republican reading might be hard for you.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | September 3, 2020 6:19 PM
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I'm a Democrat voting for Biden, R88, but I've gotta say that you come across as overreaching and cranky. I think that everyone agrees that grace and bravery have always been in short supply and that it's nice to see both qualities in York.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | September 3, 2020 6:27 PM
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r89, I have to say you come across as pretty cranky.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | September 3, 2020 6:30 PM
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Guilty as charged, R90; I'm a cranky bastard.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | September 3, 2020 6:33 PM
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^ Unless you have something to say about MY shut the fuck up, both of you.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | September 3, 2020 6:36 PM
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He also invented peppermint patties.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | September 3, 2020 6:40 PM
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R92, all of my posts were about MY until someone called me out about being cranky.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | September 3, 2020 6:46 PM
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[quote] no one has benefited from social progress more than WHITE gays.
FIXED.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | September 3, 2020 6:47 PM
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JFC, I regret taking the troll bait that's descended to Fox News level.
Back to Michael York.
MY Top Five:
Cabaret
Something for Everyone
England Made Me
Conduct Unbecoming
Accident
by Anonymous | reply 97 | September 3, 2020 7:16 PM
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O/T, but that great, truly creepy episode of L&O:C.I. that he starred in - 'Slither' - also featured a young Michael Stuhlbarg .
(And, a minor actor I went to high school with - John Bolger. As long as I'm mentioning costars.)
by Anonymous | reply 98 | September 3, 2020 7:35 PM
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I love LOGAN'S RUN despite it's half baked nature. He's excellent in it and what a great face and voice.. He can make the most absurd dialogue seem believable, sign of a talented actor. And sexy as hell!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 99 | September 3, 2020 7:37 PM
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His smile was unforgettable.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 100 | September 3, 2020 7:56 PM
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He looked very fey in Murder On The Orient Express, like his hair had been given a wavy permanent. But still looked okay. Although he looks much better without a moustache - they don't suit him. By the way the original Murder On The Orient Express was such a gorgeous production. Love it!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 102 | September 4, 2020 2:53 AM
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