1. Michael Allinson was a British-American stage and film actor.
12 Facts About Michael Allinson
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John Michael Allinson was born on 30 December 1920 in London, the son of British painter and sculptor Adrian Allinson, founding member of the avant garde London Group of painters.
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Michael Allinson was the grandson of doctor and nutritionist Thomas Allinson, the founder of the Allinson Bread Company.
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Michael Allinson attended Ryeford Hall, Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire and the University of Lausanne.
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Michael Allinson emigrated to the United States in the summer of 1958.
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Michael Allinson became a naturalised United States citizen on 30 November 1964.
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Michael Allinson performed extensively on Broadway, where he took over the role of Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady during the 1960 season opposite Pamela Charles as Eliza Doolittle, having toured as standby for Rex Harrison.
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Michael Allinson appeared as Hobson in the short lived musical Arthur, based on the Dudley Moore film of the same name.
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Michael Allinson was President Emeritus of the Players' Club, installed after the exit of Lynn Redgrave.
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Michael Allinson appeared in many films, his last role being "Sir David" in Syriana.
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Michael Allinson's wife, the late Judi Schiver, was a dancer in the original Broadway production of Camelot; they had sons, David, born 1962, and Timothy, born 1963.
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Michael Allinson died on his 90th birthday in 2010, in Los Angeles, California.