One for the ladies.

As you may be aware especially those that follow Kevin and I on Flickr, that Kevin's blog and some of his flickr tend to be vintage advertising and ephemera.  So over the last few month's some of the make up, toys, clothes, plus the hunks, have come my way so I am hoping to do some blogs around these.  So I thought I would start with 'One for the Ladies'

Micheal Craig, was born Micheal Francis Gregson on the 27th February 1928 in Maharashtra India, to Scottish parents.  At the age of 3 his family came back to England, before going to Canada at the age of ten, where he acquired his North American Accent.  Micheal joined the British Merchant Navy at 16. 

In the late 1940's Micheal started working in the theatre as a stage hand but soon started obtaining small roles. It took a few years before he had a major role. When Peter Hall of the Oxford Playhouse cast him in Man about the House in 1954.  When he signed up with Rank he changed his name to Gregson.  He made twenty films with them, but in 1961 changed to Columbia Pictures but only made two films.

Micheal has appeared on stage many times and some of his notable films are the 1960 The Angry Silence, which he co-wrote, a 1961 adaptation of Jules Verne's Mysterious Island where he played the lead role, and 1966's Modesty Blaise. By the mid 70's Micheal lived and worked in Australia, and he played both comedic and dramatic roles. As a screen writer he has written for and created several British TV series. He has always worked and is familiar in both London and New York Theatre.

A face we all know  and love, but I bet, not many people could tell you what films he had been in.  I reckon he would be pointless, in Pointless Hee Hee. 

      

The Smallest Giant 'an actors life'

A town called hell

     Drop dead gorgeous when he was younger and is still a good looking man in his mature years. 

Micheal Craig