Michael Crawford is a very well-known actor and vocalist from the UK, most known in the US playing the title role in "The Phantom of the Opera" musical.
I hate this name as a first name! Utterly pretentious. And what would the guy be called? Craw? Ford? Ugh! Besides, after seeing Mommie Dearest, I've begun to asociate the name with that monstrous woman Joan Crawford. If the movie really is based on real events, we can conclude that the woman was plain creepy.