Michael Champion
Born
November 3, 1946
Died
June 15, 2021 (74 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Anderson, Indiana, USA
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
Forgotten Ingenue
Officer Martner
2021
Entering Red
Band Member
2019
Raven Hawk
Gordon Fowler
1996
Dead Cold
Bill Butler
1996
Aurora: Operation Intercept
Johann Wells
1995
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
1994
Viper
Erick Van Hook · (1 episode)
1994
Diagnosis: Murder
Big Angie · (1 episode)
1993
Private Wars
Chief Carpenter
1993
Leather Jackets
Costello
1992
The Swordsman
Stratos
1992
The Heroes of Desert Storm
Warrant Officer Hunter
1991
Toy Soldiers
Jack Thorpe
1991
The Flash
Captain Cold · (1 episode)
1990
False Identity
Luther
1990
Total Recall
Helm
1990
Pink Cadillac
Ken Lee
1989
One Man Out
1989
The Forgotten
Sgt. Elmer J. Miller
1989
Father Dowling Mysteries
Harry Deal · (1 episode)
1989
Fatal Beauty
Buzz
1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Boratus · (1 episode)
1987
Tour of Duty
M.P. Sergeant · (1 episode)
1987
A Year in the Life
Jim Scully · (1 episode)
1987
21 Jump Street
Facility Director · (1 episode)
1987
ALF
Sgt. Matt Fox · (2 episodes)
1986
Matlock
Guard John Jackson · (2 episodes)
1986
Crime of Innocence
1985
MacGyver
Larson · (1 episode)
1985
Stark
Sam
1985
Beverly Hills Cop
Casey
1984
V
Garrison · (1 episode)
1984
Knight Rider
Wade Fontaine · (1 episode)
1982
Knight Rider
Monk · (1 episode)
1982
T. J. Hooker
Fleming · (1 episode)
1982
The Woman Inside
Nolan
1981
History of the World: Part I
Prehistoric Man
1981
Hill Street Blues
Pistol Whipped Cabbie · (1 episode)
1981
Wholly Moses
Sodom Sentry
1980
10
Party Guest
1979
When a Stranger Calls
Bill
1979
The Incredible Hulk
Del · (1 episode)
1977
Lou Grant
Red Keough · (1 episode)
1977
The Rockford Files
Dwight Deleau · (1 episode)
1974