Mike Sarne With Wendy Richard

Biography & Overview

Mike Sarne (born 6 August 1940) is a British actor and director. Sarne was born Michael Scheuer in Paddington, London. He is a former pop singer, active in the 1960s and best known for his 1962 UK number one hit, "Come Outside" (produced by Joe Meek and featuring vocals by Wendy Richard). Films he has directed include: Joanna (1968) and most notably Myra Breckinridge (1970), an adaptation of Gore Vidal's book of the same name, starring Raquel Welch, Rex Reed, Mae West and Farrah Fawcett in her first big screen role. A more recent film is The Punk And The Princess (1994) an adaptation of Gideon Sams' young adult novel The Punk, about the romance between a teenage punk rocker and an upper-class Sloane Ranger girl.