*" Clean Willy " Williams, fictional character in Michael Crichton's novel The Great Train Robbery

In Michael Crichton's novel The Great Train Robbery, Clean Willy Williams was an accessory to the gold heist.

He was familiar to UK audiences for his appearances in many British television comedy shows, and is also remembered for his film appearances as Veruca Salt's father, Mr. Salt, in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory ( 1971 ) and as Planchet to Michael York's D ' Artagnan in The Return of the Musketeers ( 1989 ).

Michael Jackson — " Will You Be There " ( from Free Willy )

Over time, Jesse and Willy become the best of friends, and Jesse earns a long-term job at the marina while learning to live with his new and supportive foster parents, Glen ( Michael Madsen ) and Annie Greenwood ( Jayne Atkinson ).

The owner of the amusement park, Dial ( Michael Ironside ) sees the talent Jesse and Willy have together, and makes large plans to host " The Willy Show " in hopes of boosting sales and making money for himself.

* Michael Jackson continued his affiliation with the Free Willy franchise, producing and performing the song " Childhood " for this movie.

Many of his friends and colleagues come to the funeral: John Carter, Peter Benton, Kerry Weaver, Abby Lockhart, Luka Kovač, Susan Lewis, Jing-Mei Chen, Robert Romano, Jerry Markovic, Lydia Wright, Frank Martin, Donald Anspaugh, William " Wild Willy " Swift ( played by Michael Ironside in 1994 ), Haleh Adams, Michael Gallant, Cleo Finch, Jen, Rachel, Ella, and Elizabeth.

" Prior to Burton's involvement, Warner Bros. considered or discussed Willy Wonka with Nicolas Cage, Jim Carrey, Michael Keaton, Brad Pitt, Will Smith and Adam Sandler.

Comparisons were drawn between Willy Wonka and musician Michael Jackson.

There's a big difference: Michael Jackson ( d. 2009 ) likes children, Willy Wonka can't stand them.

Some of the division ’ s authors are: Karl Barth, Joseph Ratzinger ( aka Pope Benedict XVI ), Rowan Williams, George Bernard Shaw, Jonathan Sacks, Slavoj Žižek, Theodor W. Adorno, Martin Heidegger, Alain Badiou, Bertolt Brecht, Arthur Miller, Michael J. Frayn, Paulo Freire, M. A. K. Halliday ( aka Michael Halliday ), Noël Coward, John Henry Newman ( aka Cardinal Newman ), Willy Russell, Winston Churchill, Jean Anouilh, Edward Bond, Dario Fo, Tennessee Williams, Wole Soyinka, Jean Baudrillard, Roland Barthes and Paul Virilio.

In 2003, he starred as former West German federal chancellor Willy Brandt in Michael Frayn's play Democracy which opened at the Cottesloe Theatre, in the Royal National Theatre.

Besides his work with Toto, he also performed as a session musician with artists such as Paul McCartney, Dire Straits, Willy DeVille, Jackson Browne, Donald Fagen, Steely Dan, Rickie Lee Jones, Michael Jackson, Go West, Nik Kershaw, Love and Money, Paul Simon, Don Henley, Madonna, Airplay, Al Jarreau, George Benson, the Manhattan Transfer, America, Peter Frampton, the Bee Gees, Tom Scott, Michael McDonald, Amy Holland, Joe Cocker, Stan Getz, Sérgio Mendes, Lee Ritenour, Christopher Cross, James Newton-Howard, Timothy B. Schmit, Joe Walsh, Jim Messina, Poco, Exile, the Four Tops, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Natalie Cole, Les Dudek, Gerry Sack, Warren Zevon, Bonnie Raitt, David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Pink Floyd, Roger Hodgson, Paul Anka, Eric Carmen, Eric Clapton, Miles Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, Tommy Bolin, Larry Carlton, Mari Iijima and Seals & Crofts.

* Michael McKean as Willy

Willy, Fuzzy, Lisa, David and Sean gather back on Fire Island with friends Michael and Bob to watch Howard's character come out on the soap opera.

Arthur attends a funeral later that year and runs into an old friend, Willy Roper ( Michael Tudor-Barnes ), who takes a keen interest in Arthur's financial dealings.

He became a sought-after studio background singer and has performed on projects for Natalie Cole, Coolio, Celine Dion, Michael Jackson, Willy DeVille, Quincy Jones, Montell Jordan, Kenny Loggins, Diana Ross, Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston, and Stevie Wonder.

* 1955 – Michael Schenker, German guitarist ( UFO )

* Michael Schenker Group / McAuley Schenker Group, rock bands led by guitarist Michael Schenker

* MSG ( album ), the second album by the Michael Schenker Group

* Michael Schenker Group, Arachnophobiac ( 2003 )

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* " Captain Nemo " is an instrumental song by the German-British hard rock band The Michael Schenker Group, composed by guitarist Michael Schenker.

After brief trial runs with Larry Wallis ( February-October 1972 ) and Bernie Marsden ( he toured with UFO in Europe and recorded a demo, " Give Her The Gun ") the band recruited Michael Schenker from Scorpions in June 1973.

Along with Michael Schenker's increasing alcohol abuse, tensions had begun to grow between Mogg and Schenker in the late 1970s.

He made a brief return to the Scorpions before going on to form his own Michael Schenker Group.

In 2003 Michael Schenker and Pete Way released The Plot with drummer Jeff Martin.

* Michael Schenker – guitar

On September 13, 2011, EMI released the boxset " The Chrysalis Years 1973-1979 " repackaging the band's six albums from Michael Schenker era in remastered editions.

* Michael Schenker – guitar

This was the final studio album to feature Michael Schenker on lead guitar until he returned to the band in 1993.

** Guitarist Michael Schenker vanishes after a UFO concert at The Roundhouse in London.

* Michael Schenker leaves Scorpions during their tour in France and was replaced by Matthias Jabs.

It is the first album to feature Paul Chapman who replaced Michael Schenker on lead guitar.

* Atlas is a nickname for Michael Marra, a Scottish musician ( born 1952 )

The late guitarist Michael Houser was born in Boone.

Macy was born in Revere, Massachusetts, to Mollie ( née Friedopfer ) and Michael Garber, a manufacturer .< ref >

Kane was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Joy, a jazz singer, teacher, dancer, and pianist, and Michael Kane, an architect who worked for the World Bank.

* J. Michael Straczynski ( born 1954 ), contemporary fiction and television writer

* John Michael Stipe, known as Michael Stipe ( born 1960 ), lead singer of the band R. E. M.

Karl Benz was born Karl Friedrich Michael Vaillant, in Karlsruhe, Baden, which is part of modern Germany, to Josephine Vaillant and a locomotive driver, Johann George Benz, whom she married a few months later.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ( born as Maria Ludwig Michael Mies ; March 27, 1886, Aachen – August 17, 1969, Chicago ) was a German-American architect.

Michael Edward Reagan ( born March 18, 1945 ) is the adopted son of former President Ronald Reagan and his first wife, Jane Wyman.

Michael Kenneth Mann ( born February 5, 1943 ) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Michael Edward Palin, CBE, FRGS ( pronounced ; born 5 May 1943 ) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries.

Michael Foot was born in Lipson Terrace, Plymouth, Devon, the fifth of seven children of Isaac Foot ( 1880 – 1960 ) and Eva ( née Mackintosh, died 17 May 1946 ), a Scotswoman ..

** Michael Gilman ( born 1967 )

He had four more children by unidentified women: Stephen Blackehart ( born 1967 ), Michael Gilman ( born 1967 ), who was adopted by Brando's longtime friend Sam Gilman, Dylan Brando ( born 1968 ), and Angelique Brando.

His numerous grandchildren also include Michael Brando ( born 1988 ), son of Christian Brando, Prudence Brando and Shane Brando, children of Miko C. Brando, the three children of Teihotu Brando and the children of Michael Gilman, among others.

Michael " Mick " Doohan AM ( born in Brisbane, Australia ) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion, who won five consecutive 500 cc World Championships.

Michael Schumacher (; born 3 January 1969 ) is a German Formula One racing driver, currently driving for the Mercedes team.

Bentine was born Michael James Bentin in Watford, Hertfordshire, of a Peruvian father, Adam Bentin, and a British mother, Florence Dawkins, and grew up in Folkestone, Kent.

When Richard's second son Harry was born, Michael bought him a train set.

Mickey Hart ( born Michael Steven Hartman ; September 11, 1943 ) is an American percussionist and musicologist.

Michael Robert Milken ( born July 4, 1946 ) is an American business magnate, financier, and philanthropist noted for his role in the development of the market for high-yield bonds ( also called " junk bonds ") during the 1970s and 1980s, for his 1990 guilty plea to felony charges for violating US securities laws, and for his funding of medical research.