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Michael Praed () (né Michael David Prince, born April 1, 1960 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire), a British actor, is probably best known for his role as Robin of Loxley (Robin Hood) in the British television series Robin of Sherwood, which attained cult status worldwide in the 1980s. However, the actor is also recognized for his role as Prince Michael of Moldavia on the American primetime soap Dynasty, Phileas Fogg in The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, and various films. Additionally, Praed is known in his native Britain for his stage work (both in musicals and straight drama) and lately for his narrations. He has been the regular narrator for BBC's history program Timewatch since 2003.

Stage name

"Praed" is an old Cornish word for "meadow". Michael Praed picked it out of a telephone book and selected it as a stage name after discovering that the UK actors' trade union Equity already had a "Michael Prince" among its members.

Selected credits

Television

Robin of Loxley in Robin of Sherwood (1983-84)
Prince Michael of Moldavia in Dynasty (1985)
Jake Lovell in the mini-series Riders (1993)
Marty James in Crown Prosecutor (1995)
Phileas Fogg in The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (1999)
Nelson Morris in (Canadian title) (2007)
Guest appearances in more than a dozen television shows (1982-2008)

Stage

Frederick in the Joseph Papp production of the musical The Pirates of Penzance, Theatre Royal Drury Lane - London (1982-83)

D'Artagnan in the revival of Rudolf Friml's The Three Musketeers, Broadway Theatre - New York City (1985)

Billy Bigelow in a revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel, Tivoli Theatre - Dublin (1991)

Alex in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Aspects of Love at the Prince of Wales Theatre - London (1991-92)

Mick in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker at the Nottingham Playhouse - Nottingham (1993)

Evan Davies in Daphne du Maurier's September Tide with Susannah York at the Comedy Theatre - London (1994)

Otto in Noël Coward's Design for Living with Rachel Weisz at the Gielgud Theatre - London (1995)

Tony/Stephen in Barry Manilow's Copacabana: The Musical, first tour of Britain (1996-97)

Jack Locke in Dangerous to Know, tour of Britain (1998)

Michael Wiley in Susan Stroman's musical Contact with Leigh Zimmerman at the Queen's Theatre - London (2002-03)

Bernard Kersal in Somerset Maugham's The Constant Wife, tour of Britain (2003).

Theodore Hoffman in Carl Djerassi's Three on a Couch with Leigh Zimmerman at The King's Head Theatre - London (2004)

F Scott Fitzgerald in the musical Beautiful and Damned at the Lyric Theatre - London (2004)

Paul Sheldon in Misery with Susan Penhaligon at The King's Head Theatre - London (2006)

Tom Madison in Brian Stewart's Killing Castro, tour of Britain (2006)

Neil in Derek Lister’s Blue on Blue, Haymarket Theatre - Basingstoke (2006)

Milo Tindle in Anthony Schaffer's Sleuth with Simon MacCorkindale, tour of Britain (2008)

Film

Royd Erris in an adaptation of George R. R. Martin's Nightflyers (1987)

Max Schrek in the vampire flick Son of Darkness: To Die For 2 (1991)

Andrew in Writer's Block with Morgan Fairchild (1991)

Gary in Staggered with Martin Clunes (1994)

The Hitman in Darkness Falls with Ray Winstone (1999)

The Queen in Nine Dead Gay Guys (2002)

Himself in the documentary The King's Head: A Maverick in London (2006)

Audio

Narrated Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch for Erotic Classics (1989, reissued 1994)

Professor Slyde in the Big Finish audio drama Doctor Who: The Dark Flame (2003)

Narrated Caroline Lawrence's The Roman Mysteries audio books (2004-05)

Narrated Stephen Clarke's A Year In The Merde (2005)

Narrated Paul Stewart's Beyond the Deepwoods (2005)

Narrator of BBC TV's The Wild West documentary mini-series (2007)

Soris in the B7 Media/SciFi Channel UK podcast of the Blake's 7 adventure Rebel (2007)

Co-narrator on the Oneword radio series Mills & Boon at the Weekend (2006-2008)

Regular narrator of BBC TV's Timewatch documentary series (2003-08)Further Information

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