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Michael Francis Craze (29 November 1942 – 8 December 1998) was a British actor noted for his role of Ben Jackson, a companion of the Doctor, in the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.
Michael Craze. Actor: Doctor Who. Michael Craze was born on 29 November 1942 in Cornwall and got into acting quite by chance as, at the age of twelve, he discovered through Boy Scout Gang Shows that he had a perfect boy soprano voice.
Michael Francis Craze [1] (29 November 1942 [2] [3] - 7 December 1998 [3]) played Ben Jackson, a companion of the First and Second Doctors, from The War Machines to The Faceless Ones. He played the part from 1966 to 1967 alongside both William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton as the Doctor.
Michael Craze. Actor: Doctor Who. Michael Craze was born on 29 November 1942 in Cornwall and got into acting quite by chance as, at the age of twelve, he discovered through Boy Scout Gang Shows that he had a perfect boy soprano voice.
Michael Craze, the actor who played companion Ben in the BBC series Doctor Who, died peacefully in hospital on December 7. Born in Newquay on December 29, 1942, Michael entered showbusiness at the age of 12 as a boy soprano in such West End musicals as The King and I and Damn Yankees!.
Michael Francis Craze (29 November 1942-7 December 1998) played Ben Jackson, a companion of the First and Second Doctors, from The War Machines to The Faceless Ones. He played the part from 1966 to 1967 alongside both William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton as the Doctor .
Michael Craze was born 29 November 1942 in Newquay, Cornwall. His career began after he was discovered to have a completely untrained pure soprano voice whilst taking part in a boy scout gang show.
Nov 29, 2018 · I wanted to take a moment and pay my respects to the late British-born actor Michael Craze, best known as Ben Jackson in Doctor Who, and who would have been 76 years old today, November 29th. His tenure on the long-running British Sci-Fi series began in the 1966 Doctor Who...
Dec 8, 1998 · Michael Craze was a British actor noted for his role of Ben Jackson, a companion of the Doctor, in the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. He played the part from 1966 to 1967 alongside both William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton.
Born in Cornwall, Michael Craze began his acting career on stage as a teenager before breaking into TV with a starring role in the successful British TV series Target Luna in 1960 — an interesting precursor to Doctor Who as it was created by Sydney Newman and co-written by Malcolm Hulke.
