Daaé and Norman Kerry as Viscount Raoul de Chagny. Claude Rains in the 1943 Technicolor version of Phantom of the Opera. In this version, his full name was "Erique Claudin". Herbert Lom in the 1962 version of The Phantom of the Opera. In this version, his name was "Professor Petrie". William Finley in the 1974 rock-musical version of The Phantom of the Opera, Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise. Robert Englund in the 1989 horror film version of The Phantom of the Opera. In this version, his full name was "Erik Destler". Julian Sands in Dario Argento's adaptation The Phantom of the Opera in 1998. Gerard Butler in the movie adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage version The Phantom of the Opera (2004) Television Maximilian Schell in the 1983 television film . Charles Dance in the 1990 NBC two-part television miniseries. Theatre Edward Petherbridge, of the 1976 English play version. Peter Straker in Ken Hill's musical version in 1984. Richard White in Yeston/Kopit's stage version. Andrew Lloyd Webber musical See main list: The Phantom of the Opera Michael Crawford in the original cast of the 1986 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical in London's West End, the 1988 cast on Broadway and the 1989 cast in Los Angeles. Steve Barton played the role as well as the original Raoul in London Dave Willetts replaced Michael Crawford in the London cast when Crawford was cast to open the Broadway production in 1988. Martin Smith Timothy Nolen replaced Michael Crawford on Broadway when Crawford was cast to open the Los Angeles production in 1989, and is the first baritone Phantom, and the only bass baritone Phantom Robert Guillaume replaced Michael Crawford in Los Angeles, becoming the first African American Phantom in the US Colm Wilkinson (1989) Anthony Warlow in Australian performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical (1990, 2007) Rob Guest, who subsequent to Anthony Warlow, played the role a record 2,289 times in the Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Howard McGillin, the longest-running Phantom Anthony Crivello in Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular (2006–2012) John Owen-Jones The West End Production and the 2011–2013 tour Brad Little Gary Mauer Davis Gaines Simon Bowman Mark Jacoby Paul Stanley on stage in Toronto (1999) Kevin Gray becoming the first Asian American Phantom on Broadway Peter Karrie in the Toronto and West End productions John Cudia – Previous Phantom had portrayed both Raoul and the Phantom