Michael Croft

Director | Writer

Date of birth : 03/08/1922

Date of death : 11/15/1986

City of birth : No data

Michael Croft, OBE (8 March 1922 - 15 November 1986) was an English actor, schoolteacher and writer, and the founder and director of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. He is also the author of the novel Spare the Rod, based on his own experiences of supply teaching in tough secondary schools, later filmed in 1961 with Max Bygraves.