Michael Champion

Michael Edward Campbell Champion (born November 3, 1946 in Anderson, Indiana – died June 16, 2021[1][2]) was an American singer, songwriter and musician who started his public career in Detroit. In 1967, with a short-lived band called 'The Abstract Reality', he released a 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 Diagnosis Murder (1993), Matlock (1989), and The Flash (1991, as Captain Cold), 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
1979When a Stranger CallsBill
197910Party Guest #7
1980Wholly Moses!Sodom Sentry
1981History of the World: Part IPrehistoric Man
1981The Woman InsideNolan
1984Beverly Hills CopCasey
1987Fatal Beauty"Buzz"
1989Pink CadillacKen Lee
1989One Man OutBurkhardt
1990Total RecallAgent Helm
1990False Identity Luther
1991Toy SoldiersJack Thorpe
1992Leather JacketsCostello
1992The SwordsmanStratos
1995EvolverSquad Leader
1995Aurora: Operation InterceptJohann Wells

References
  1. "Obituaries: Pedry, Seger, Espinosa, Champion, Reed". 24 June 2021.
  2. "'Lucky to have him here': Casper actor Michael Champion remembered". July 2021.
  3. "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 12 July 2011. (Note: side B: ib. instrumental version)
  4. "The Soul Discography (Volume 1 A–F)" (PDF). Eyeball Productions, West Vancouver, BC Canada. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  5. "Scorpion (album, band)". BadCat Records, Reston, VA, U.S. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  6. Stoney and Meatloaf The Almost Complete Meat Loaf & Jim Steinman Lyric Archive (Retrieved 2 July 2011)
  7. For the alias of Michael Campbell: Michael Champion The Internet Movie Database (Retrieved 2 July 2011)
        Michael Champion Filmography Fandango (Retrieved 2 July 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.
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