MICHAEL PRAED (WIKIPEDIA)

Michael Praed is a British actor, probably best remembered for his role as Robin of Loxley in the British television series Robin of Sherwood, which attained cult status worldwide in the 1980s.

Praed was born in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, and educated at the independent school Eastbourne College, after which he became an actor. He discovered that the British actors’ union Equity already had a “Michael Prince” among its members, so he chose a surname out of a telephone book to use as a stage name. The name Praed is a Cornishword meaning “meadow”.

Praed is remembered for his roles as Prince Michael of Moldavia on the American primetime soap Dynasty and as Phileas Fogg in The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne(2000). He is also known in the British Isles for his stage work in musicals and drama and lately for his narrations