Michael Champion
Michael Edward Campbell Champion (November 3, 1946, in
45 rpm single called Love Burns Like A Fire Inside.[3][4] With Bob 'Babbitt' Kreinar, Ray Monette and Andrew Smith he formed Scorpion. His name appears as Mike Campbell on the album Scorpion and Meat Loaf's debut album Stoney & Meatloaf (1971). For this recording, apart from having co-written four songs, he played the harmonica on Lady Be Mine.[5][6]
He became an actor by the name of Michael Champion and since 1979 played in several TV series and films such as 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).[7]
Musician and record co-producer Ralph Terrana has been quoted: "He [Campbell] was a very talented writer. He also could be a little unusual. We called him Crazy Mike."[6]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1979 | When a Stranger Calls | Bill | |
1979 | 10 | Party Guest #7 | |
1980 | Wholly Moses! | Sodom Sentry | |
1981 | History of the World: Part I |
Prehistoric Man | |
1981 | The Woman Inside | Nolan | |
1984 | Beverly Hills Cop | Casey | |
1987 | Fatal Beauty | "Buzz" | |
1989 | Pink Cadillac | Ken Lee | |
1989 | One Man Out | Burkhardt | |
1990 | Total Recall | Agent Helm | |
1990 | False Identity | Luther | |
1991 | Toy Soldiers | Jack Thorpe | |
1992 | Leather Jackets | Costello | |
1992 | The Swordsman | Stratos | |
1995 | Evolver | Squad Leader | |
1995 | Aurora: Operation Intercept | Johann Wells |
References
- ^ "Obituaries: Pedry, Seger, Espinosa, Champion, Reed". June 24, 2021.
- ^ "'Lucky to have him here': Casper actor Michael Champion remembered". July 2021.
- ^ "Sport Records 104-A (1967 Detroit MI) label & song – side A: 'Love Burns Like A Fire Inside' (A. Williams, R. Monette, M. Campbell), The Abstract Reality". YouTube. Retrieved July 12, 2011. (Note: side B: ib. instrumental version)
- ^ "The Soul Discography (Volume 1 A–F)" (PDF). Eyeball Productions, West Vancouver, BC Canada. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 19, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
- ^ "Scorpion (album, band)". BadCat Records, Reston, VA, U.S. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
- ^ a b Stoney and Meatloaf The Almost Complete Meat Loaf & Jim Steinman Lyric Archive (Retrieved July 2, 2011)
- ^ For the alias of Michael Campbell: Michael Champion The Internet Movie Database (Retrieved July 2, 2011)
Michael Champion Filmography Fandango (Retrieved July 2, 2011)
Note: This Fandango source also shows Michael Champion (corresponding to the above IMDb source) as composer of the music score for the documentary The Union: The Business Behind Getting High (2007), which score may have been by another Michael Champion: IMDb Michael Champion II.
External links
- Michael Champion at IMDb