Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 3, 1946
Place of Birth:
Anderson, Indiana, USA
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Michael Champion
Biography
Michael Campbell (born in Anderson, Indiana) started his public career as a singer, songwriter and musician in Detroit. In 1967 with a short-lived band called 'The Abstract Reality', a 45 rpm single Love Burns Like A Fire Inside was released. With Bob 'Babbitt' Kreinar, Ray Monette and Andrew Smith he formed Scorpion (1968–1970 band). His name appears as Mike Campbell on Scorpion (1969 album) and Meat Loaf's debut album Stoney & Meatloaf (1971). For this recording, apart from having cowritten four songs, he played the harmonica on Lady Be Mine.
He became an actor by the name Michael Champion and since 1979 played in several TV series and movies such as Diagnosis Murder (1993), Matlock (1989), and The Flash (1991), History of the World: Part I (1981), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Total Recall (1990) and Toy Soldiers (1991), and video game characters like the terrorist in Flash Traffic: City of Angels (1994) and 'Wolf' in Maximum Surge (1996).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Forgotten Ingenue | Officer Martner |
| 2019 | Entering Red | Band Member |
| 1996 | Dead Cold | Bill Butler |
| 1996 | Raven Hawk | Gordon Fowler |
| 1995 | Aurora: Operation Intercept | Johann Wells |
| 1994 | Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice | |
| 1993 | Private Wars | Chief Carpenter |
| 1992 | The Swordsman | Stratos |
| 1992 | Leather Jackets | Costello |
| 1991 | Toy Soldiers | Jack Thorpe |
| 1991 | The Heroes of Desert Storm | Warrant Officer Hunter |
| 1990 | Total Recall | Helm |
| 1990 | False Identity | Luther |
| 1989 | Pink Cadillac | Ken Lee |
| 1989 | The Forgotten | Sgt. Elmer J. Miller |
| 1989 | One Man Out | |
| 1987 | Fatal Beauty | Buzz |
| 1985 | Stark | Sam |
| 1985 | Crime of Innocence | |
| 1984 | Beverly Hills Cop | Casey |
| 1981 | History of the World: Part I | Prehistoric Man |
| 1981 | The Woman Inside | Nolan |
| 1980 | Wholly Moses | Sodom Sentry |
| 1979 | 10 | Party Guest |
| 1979 | When a Stranger Calls | Bill |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Viper | Erick Van Hook |
| 1993 | Diagnosis: Murder | Big Angie |
| 1990 | The Flash | Captain Cold |
| 1989 | Father Dowling Mysteries | Harry Deal |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Boratus |
| 1987 | A Year in the Life | Jim Scully |
| 1987 | 21 Jump Street | Facility Director |
| 1987 | Tour of Duty | M.P. Sergeant |
| 1986 | ALF | Sgt. Matt Fox |
| 1986 | Matlock | Guard John Jackson |
| 1985 | MacGyver | Larson |
| 1984 | V | Garrison |
| 1982 | Knight Rider | Wade Fontaine |
| 1982 | Knight Rider | Monk |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker | Fleming |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | Pistol Whipped Cabbie |
| 1977 | The Incredible Hulk | Del |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | Red Keough |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Dwight Deleau |