Michael Champion

Michael Champion

1946-11-03

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).

Also appears in

Total Recall

Total Recall

7.3

Beverly Hills Cop

Beverly Hills Cop

7.2

History of the World: Part I

History of the World: Part I

6.8

10

10

5.7

Fatal Beauty

Fatal Beauty

5.5

Toy Soldiers

Toy Soldiers

6.5

Pink Cadillac

Pink Cadillac

5.4

Wholly Moses

Wholly Moses

4.7

When a Stranger Calls

When a Stranger Calls

6.1

Crime of Innocence

Crime of Innocence

5.3

Leather Jackets

Leather Jackets

5.3

The Heroes of Desert Storm

The Heroes of Desert Storm

2.5

The Swordsman

The Swordsman

3.8

Entering Red

Entering Red

6.0

Private Wars

Private Wars

6.5

Raven Hawk

Raven Hawk

4.0

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

Not yet rated

One Man Out

One Man Out

3.9

The Woman Inside

The Woman Inside

3.5

False Identity

False Identity

5.0