Shazam! star Michael Gray dead at 75… actor starred on popular superhero series in mid 1970s

Actor Michael Gray, best known for his work on the superhero series Shazam!, has died of natural causes at the age of 75.

Representatives for Gray told People on Thursday that the performer passed away on October 16.

Gray played the role of Billy Batson across 28 episodes of the series based on the DC comic characters from 1974 to 1976. The premise saw a teen who turned into superhero Captain Marvel (played by Jackson Bostwick then John Davey) by uttering the phrase Shazam!,

‘I didn’t know the character or the story when I was initially cast, so I had to be a quick study,’ he

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