Early work 1960s and 1970s Prior to graduating with a degree in English from the
University of Oxford in 1964, Fifteen years later, most of the cast (and crew) joined together in a third film titled
The Return of the Musketeers based on the Dumas novel
Twenty Years After.
1980 to present Following his early work in the late 1960s and the 1970s, York has had a varied career in film and
television and on the stage. He appeared in two episodes in the second season of the
Road to Avonlea series as Ezekiel Crane, the lighthouse keeper of Avonlea and foster father of Gus Pike. York appeared in the 1996
Babylon 5 episode "
A Late Delivery from Avalon" as a delusional man who believed himself to be King Arthur. He played
President Alexander Bourne of
Macaronesia on
seaQuest 2032. He played
Basil Exposition in all three of the
Austin Powers films. York again played
King Arthur in a revival of
Lerner and
Loewe's
Camelot, which began its run at the La Mirada Theatre in
Southern California, and toured nationally in 2006 and 2007. York portrays Luke in
The Truth & Life Dramatised Audio New Testament Bible, a 22-hour audio dramatisation of the New Testament, which uses the
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition translation. In 2008, York took part in the
BBC Wales programme
Coming Home about his Welsh family history. In September 2013, York played Albany in the Gala Performance of
William Shakespeare's
King Lear at
the Old Vic in London. ==Personal life==