Editing Michael Praed (section)

==Career==
Praed was born in [[Berkeley, Gloucestershire|Berkeley]], [[Gloucestershire]], and educated at [[Eastbourne College]], after which he became an actor.

He discovered that the British actors' union [[Equity (trade 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 [[Cornish language|Cornish]] word meaning "meadow".<ref name="Praed webmaster">E-mail communication with Celeste Moore, webmaster of [http://www.michael-praed.com Michael Praed's official website], michael-praed.com; 19 May 2007.</ref>{{better source needed|date=March 2019|reason=private email allegedly from webmaster in 2007 is not WP:RS}}

Praed is remembered for his roles as [[Prince Michael of Moldavia]] on the American primetime soap ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'', [[Robin Hood]] in the ''[[Robin of Sherwood]]'' (1984 TV series), 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. He has been the regular narrator for BBC TV's history programme ''[[Timewatch]]'' since 2003. In July 2009, he starred as Captain von Trapp in a national tour of a revival of ''[[The Sound of Music]]''.

In 2016, Praed began to appear in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] soap opera ''[[Emmerdale]]'', as Frank Clayton, the father of the characters Vanessa Woodfield and Tracy Metcalfe. His character was killed off following an explosion in the sweet factory. His last appearance aired on ITV on 1 August 2019.