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Billington was married to Katherine Kristoff (1956-1998) from 1988 to 1998. They had a son, Michael. Michael Billington died of cancer on 3 June 2005, at the age of 63.
Michael Billington may refer to: Michael Billington (actor) (1941–2005), British film and television actor Michael Billington (critic) (born 1939), British author and arts critic
Michael Keith Billington (born 16 November 1939) is a British author and arts critic. [1] He writes for The Guardian , and was the paper's chief drama critic from 1971 to 2019. [ 2 ] Billington is "Britain's longest-serving theatre critic" and the author of biographical and critical studies relating to British theatre and the arts.
The episode introduces Colonel Paul Foster (Michael Billington), who was to become a regular character for the rest of the series. The series was created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson with Reg Hill , and produced by the Andersons and Lew Grade 's Century 21 Productions for Grade's ITC Entertainment company.
In January 2008, Billington debated London School of Economics Asia expert James Putzel on Iranian television, as part of the English-language Press TV's "Four Corners" program. The topic of the discussion was the insurgency in the southern part of the Philippines , and whether it is a solely indigenous problem, or whether American interests ...
Director David Wickes had just enjoyed a box office success with the feature film version of The Sweeney and he was approached by Tony Williams of the Rank Organisation asking if Wickes had a film he wanted to make. The director had been sent a script by actor Michael Billington which Wickes said, "needed a re-write, but I liked it because it ...
After Miss Julie is a 1995 play by Patrick Marber which relocates August Strindberg's naturalist tragedy, Miss Julie (1888), to an English country house in July 1945. The re-imagining of the events of Strindberg's original are transposed to the night of the British Labour Party's " landslide" election victory .
Ronald Alfred Pickup (7 June 1940 – 24 February 2021) was an English actor. He was active in television, film, and theatre, beginning with a 1964 appearance in Doctor Who. Theatre critic Michael Billington described him as "a terrific stage star and an essential member of Laurence Olivier's National Theatre company". [2]