Christopher Michael Gable Net Worth

Christopher Michael Gable Net Worth is
$18 Million

Christopher Michael Gable Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Christopher Michael Gable, CBE (13 March 1940 – 23 October 1998) was an English ballet dancer, choreographer and actor.Born in London, Gable studied at the Royal Ballet School, joining the Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet in 1957. He was promoted to soloist in 1959 and principal in 1961.Gable's roles included Romeo in the Kenneth MacMillan production of Romeo and Juliet, Mercury in Offenbach's comic operetta Orpheus in the Underworld, a production that was filmed and released on DVD, and Colas in La fille mal gardée. Gable frequently partnered with Lynn Seymour.Gable suffered from a chronic rheumatoid condition in his feet and left the Royal Ballet in 1967 to pursue a career in acting. He appeared in a number of television and film productions directed by Ken Russell, including the BBC films Song of Summer (1968) and The Dance of the Seven Veils (1970), The Music Lovers (1970), an adaptation of The Boy Friend (1971), and The Rainbow (1989). Other roles included that of John, valet and friend of Prince Edward, in the Cinderella film musical The Slipper and the Rose, the composer Peter Cornelius in Wagner (1983), and anti-villain Sharaz Jek in the 1984 Doctor Who serial The Caves of Androzani. He also appeared on stage in the 1974 West End musical The Good Companions.In 1982, Gable founded the Central School of Ballet with Ann Stannard. Five years later he was appointed Artistic Director of Northern Ballet Theatre. He transformed the small regional troupe into a company of national renown by presenting imaginative new works and staging impressive revivals of old classics. Among the productions mounted during his eleven-year regime were Swan Lake, A Christmas Carol, The Brontes, The Amazing Adventure of Don Quixote, Dracula, Giselle, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Many of the projects he created later were performed by other dance companies, including the Atlanta Ballet and the Royal New Zealand Ballet. He played Arthur Ainsley in the 1984 TV British miniseries A Woman of Substance.In 1996 Gable was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his services to British dance. The following year he was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of Bradford.Gable was married to dancer Carole Needham. He died from cancer near Halifax, Yorkshire at the age of 58.

Date Of BirthMarch 13, 1940
Died1998-10-23
Place Of BirthLondon, England, UK
ProfessionActor, Soundtrack, Director
SpouseCarole Needham
Star SignPisces
#Trademark
1Frequently cast in 'Ken Russell' (I) films.
#Fact
1From age 11, trained at Sadler's Wells Ballet School.
2Member of the Royal Ballet, 1957-63, performing at Covent Garden.
3Co-founder in 1982 of the Central School of Ballet in Clerkenwell.
4He was an international ballet star. He became an actor in the late 60's because of arthritis.
5He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1996 for his services to dance and drama.

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Rainbow1989Will Brangwen
The Lair of the White Worm1988Joe Trent
A Simple Man1987TV MovieL.S. Lowry
A Woman of Substance1985TV Mini-SeriesArthur Ainsley
Doctor Who1984TV SeriesSharaz Jek
In Performance1983TV SeriesMercury
Wagner1981TV SeriesPeter Cornelius
The End of the End of the Pier Show1981TV MovieAlan Carter
ITV Sunday Night Drama1980TV SeriesJack Buchanan
Tycoon1978TV SeriesCharles Clark
The Devil's Crown1978TV SeriesCharles Auguste / Philippe Auguste
The Hunchback of Notre Dame1976TV MoviePierre Gringoire
The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella1976John
Vienna 19001973-1974TV Mini-SeriesKarl Schleheim
Pianorama1974Short
ITV Saturday Night Theatre1973TV Series
Armchair Theatre1972TV SeriesJack
BBC Play of the Month1971-1972TV SeriesBassanio Trofimov
Crown Court1972TV SeriesSimon Purbeck
The Boy Friend1971Tony Brockhurst
The Music Lovers1970Count Anton Chiluvsky
Omnibus1968-1970TV Series documentaryRichard Strauss / Eric Fenby
The Distracted Preacher1969TV MovieRobert Stockdale
Women in Love1969Tibby Lupton
Before the Fringe1967TV Series

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella1976performer: "What A Comforting Thing To Know", "Position and Positioning"
The Boy Friend1971performer: "I Could Be Happy with You", "A Room in Bloomsbury", "Act II Finale: I Could Be Happy with You - Part I"

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
A Christmas Carol1994TV Movie

Music Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Boy Friend1971musical choreographer

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
A Simple Man1987TV Movie stage director: ballet

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Royal Variety Performance 19891989TV MovieL S Lowry
All Talking... All Singing... All Dancing1971Short documentaryHimself
Shakespeare's Island1971TV Movie documentaryHimself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion2014TV MovieSharez Jek
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited2013TV Mini-Series documentarySharaz Jek
The Flames of Sarn2010Video documentary shortSharez Jek
Being Doctor Who2007Video documentary shortSharaz Jek
Revelation Exhumed2005VideoSharez Jek
Doctor Who Confidential2005TV Series documentarySharaz Jek

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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