How tall is Michael J Pratt?
Michael John Pratt (7 June 1931 – 10 July 1976) was an English actor, singer, composer and screenwriter, known for his work on British TV in the 1960s and 1970s. Early in his profession, Mike Pratt operated in publicity, while also taking some part-time drama roles. He left his profession job in the mid-1950s. With…
Michael John Pratt (7 June 1931 – 10 July 1976) was an English actor, singer, composer and screenwriter, known for his work on British TV in the 1960s and 1970s.
Early in his profession, Mike Pratt operated in publicity, while also taking some part-time drama roles. He left his profession job in the mid-1950s. With three friends (including Lionel Bart), he then drove throughout Europe in an old-style London taxi.
Upon returning to England, he earned a living as a jazz and skiffle entertainer in London clubs.
An accomplished guitarist and pianist, in the 1950s, he jammed with the Vipers Skiffle Group at the 2 I’s club in London with his friend Tommy Steele.
Pratt can be seen jamming a skiffle on a 1950s Pathé Newsclip with other musicians of the era including members of the Shadows.
A prosperous songwriter, Pratt co-operated with Bart and Steele on many of Steele’s early hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
To enable Steele to commence filming his life story, co-writers Steele, Bart and Pratt, wrote twelve songs in seven days.
A Steele-Pratt collaboration, “A Handful of Songs”, originally a hit for Tommy Steele in 1957, became the theme tune to a long-running Granada Television children’s programme of the same name in the late 1970s.
They also participated in the composition of the song “Rock with the Caveman”.
Bart and Pratt earned the 1957 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for “Little White Bull”.
He won a further Ivor Novello award for “Handful of Songs”.
In 1961, he wrote the music and lyrics for The Big Client, a play which was produced at the Bristol Old Vic from 28 November 1961.
Pratt also co-wrote the inscription song to the 1961 film comicness Double Bunk.
How tall is Michael J Pratt?
He stands exactly 6 feet tall.
