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Michael York, OBE (born Michael Hugh Johnson; March 27, 1942) is an English actor. He is more recently known among mainstream audiences for his role as Basil Exposition in the Austin Powers series of comedy films. York was born in Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, the son of Florence Edith May (née Chown), a musician; and Joseph Gwynne Johnson, a Llandovery born Welsh ex-Royal Artillery British Army officer and executive with Marks and Spencer department stores.[1]York has an older sister, Penny (born 1940) and younger twin sisters, Caroline and Bridget (born 1947) but Bridget died a few hours after birth, according to his autobiography. During his teenage years, York was educated at Bromley Grammar School for Boys, Bromley, Kent. He began his career in a 1956 production of The Yellow Jacket. In 1959 he made his West End debut with a brief part in a production of Hamlet. York resides in California. He married Patricia McCallum on 27 March 1968. His stepson is Star Wars producer Rick McCallum.

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