Michael Brandon

Michael Brandon (born Michael Feldman; April 20, 1945) At age nine, he and his family moved to Valley Stream, New York, where he attended Memorial Junior High and graduated from Valley Stream Central High School. Brandon then attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and made his debut on Broadway before turning to cinema. He is of Jewish heritage.

Career Brandon starred in the TV series Dempsey and Makepeace and Dinotopia, the movies Lovers and Other Strangers (1970), Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971), F.M. (1978), A Vacation In Hell (1979) and A Change of Seasons (1980), and the plays Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? and Jerry Springer - The Opera.

Since moving to the UK, Brandon has worked in television shows such as The Bill, Trial & Retribution, and Dead Man Weds. He also played the title role in the musical Jerry Springer: The Opera for over a year in the National Theatre and after its transfer into the West End. Brandon starred in Singin' in the Rain in the summer of 2012.

In 2004, he became the fourth American narrator and Alec Baldwin's replacement from the seventh through the sixteenth seasons of the children's television series Thomas & Friends and has also narrated four of the CGI film specials, including Hero of the Rails, Misty Island Rescue, Day of the Diesels, and Blue Mountain Mystery, until departing from the role in 2012. In February 2008, he began his talk radio show on City Talk (now Greatest Hits Radio Liverpool & The North West), a new local radio station in Liverpool. In 2008, he appeared in the Series 4 finale of the BBC's Doctor Who, as General Sanchez, a UNIT officer. Also in 2008, he appeared in the television series Bones, as Roger Frampton, an American millionaire.

In 2011, Brandon guest-starred in an episode of the BBC1 con drama Hustle as Marcus Wendell (series 7, episode 3). Also in 2011, he was seen in a supporting role in the film Captain America: The First Avenger as a politician who befriends the titular character. In September 2013 he appeared in the ITV dancing show Stepping Out with wife Glynis Barber. In 2017, he premiered his autobiographical stand-up comedy, Off Ramps at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 2022, he appeared in an episode of Casualty on BBC1.

Personal life Brandon lived with actress Kim Novak for 18 months in 1973–74. Brandon was married to actress Lindsay Wagner from 1976 to 1979.

Narrator [Series 6–16], Diesel [Series 13–16], Mr. Bubbles [Series 13–15] (voices)

TV films and miniseries Year Title Role 1971 The Impatient Heart Frank Pescadero 2021 King's Bounty II The Seer 1968 The Rainmaker Jim Curry Barn Dinner Theater 1969 Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? Prince Belasco Theater, Broadway 1979 Lady and the Clarinet Jack Long Wharf Theatre 1992 The Writing Game Leo Rafkin Manhattan Theater 1999 Speed the Plow Cox The Royal Lincoln 2000 The Adjustment Matt Guildford's YvonneArnaud Theatre, National tour 2003–04 Jerry Springer: The Opera Jerry Springer National Theatre / Cambridge, West End 2007 On the Waterfront Charlie Hackney Empire Theatre 2010 Wet Weather Cover Brad Kings Head / Arts Theatre, West End 2011–12 Singing in the Rain R.F. Simpson Palace Theatre, London 2014 The Long Road South Jake Price Hope Theatre, London 2016 Off The Kings Road Jermyn Street Theatre, London Carry On Chilcot Duke of Wales, London 2017 All My Sons Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong Off Ramps - A Stand-Up Story Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Fringe 2018 Local Hero Mark Knopfler Workshop, Mark Knopfler 2019 Other People's Money Southwark, Part of Jorgy Jorgensen Roman Holiday Shanghai Theatre Festival White Christmas Dominion Theatre, West End 2021 Straight White Men