Michael York Then
Born in 1942 in Fulmer, England, Michael York received a strong education and always had aspirations of being a performer. His career started in 1956 with a production of The Yellow Jacket, and just a few years later, he was cast in a small part for a West End performance of Hamlet.
Liza Minnelli and Michael York in ‘Cabaret,’ 1972. Source: Shutterstock
He toured with the National Youth Theatre and later made his TV debut in The Forsyte Saga, and film debut in The Taming of the Shrew, both in 1967. He made a few additional appearances on screen but wasn’t particularly well known at the time when he was cast in Cabaret, especially to American audiences. Still, the British actor’s career was about to take off.