Michael Gray Dies: ‘Shazam!’ Star and Former Teen Idol Was 75

Michael Gray, the 1970s teen idol best known for playing Billy Batson in the Saturday morning live-action superhero series Shazam!, died of natural causes on October 16, 2026. He was 75.

Born in Chicago in 1951, Gray began his television career in the early 1970s, appearing in The Little People, The Brady Bunch, Marcus Welby, M.D., and The Flying Nun. He also appeared in the films Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and Myra Breckinridge. However, it was his three-season run on Shazam! that made him a household name.