Prolific British film actor Michael Caine rose to fame as an icon of London’s “Swinging ‘60s,” but four decades later – having contributed to some of cinematic history’s highest and lowest moments – he was recognized as an international film legend. Caine initially seemed an unlikely movie star, with his glasses and working class cockney accent, but with films like “The Ipcress File” (1965) and “Alfie” (1966), he came to personify the cultural upheaval of 1960s Britain, when the smashing of class barriers finally meant that regular blokes had a shot at the spotlight. With his foundation in
