Michael Praed (/preɪd/ PRAYD;[1] born 1 April 1960), birth name Michael David Prince, is a British actor and narrator, best remembered for his role as Robin of Loxley in the British television series Robin of Sherwood, which attained cult status worldwide.
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.
[3][better source needed] Praed is remembered for his roles as Prince Michael of Moldavia on the American primetime soap Dynasty, Robin Hood in the Robin of Sherwood (1984 TV series), and as Phileas Fogg in The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (2000).
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 soap opera Emmerdale, as Frank Clayton, the father of the characters Vanessa Woodfield and Tracy Metcalfe.