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Michael Staniforth (15 December 1942 – 31 July 1987), born in Selly Oak, Birmingham, was a British stage actor. His father was a sergeant in the Army and so Michael's childhood was spent with his family in Germany, Egypt and Libya. He emigrated to Australia at the age of 21 and two years later landed a role in South Pacific at The Menzie Theatre Restaurant in Sydney, where for the next few years he performed in a further 12 musicals, including Wonderful Town and Cole Porter's Out Of This World, followed by a National Tour of The Boy Friend. He returned to England in late 1969 and first appeared in the West End in Hair at The Shaftesbury Theatre. He also appeared in the Two Gentlemen Of Verona (Speed) and Winnie The Pooh (Tigger) at the Phoenix Theatre. In 1977 he played the role of Paul the gay Puerto Rican, in the original British cast of A Chorus Line, returning to the same venue (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane) three years later as the young Tobias in Sondheim's Sweeney Todd. In his best-known role, he entertained children and adults as ghostly jester ''Timothy Claypole'', a mischievous medieval poltergeist, in the long-running BBC children's television comedy series ''Rentaghost''. ==''Rentaghost''== Staniforth played Timothy Claypole from 1976, when the show first aired, until 1984, and was the longest-standing member of the cast. Claypole was a bearded medieval jester, dressed in motley and bells. Claypole's longevity as a ghost meant that he had expert ghostly skills; coupled with his mischievous personality, and often boundless psychic energy, he caused mayhem for the rest of the ''Rentaghost'' cast. Danny Birchall at BFI Screenonline noted:
Staniforth also composed, played and sang the ''Rentaghost'' theme music, although he had to re-write it as "concern grew that it was too close to ''The Exorcist''." For example, the line "At your party hold a séance" became "At your party be a smartie". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Staniforth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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