Michael Darbyshire was born on October 15, 1917 in Pancras, London, England as John Michael Darbyshire. He was an actor and writer, known for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), Rentaghost (1976) and The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976). He died on November 20, 1979 in Windsor, Berkshire, England.