Michael Brandon

Brandon was born Michael Feldman in Brooklyn, New York on April 20, 1945, to Miriam (née Tumen) and Sol Feldman.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/67/Michael-Brandon.html|title=Michael Brandon Biography (1945-)|website=www.filmreference.com}} 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.{{Cite book|title=Films and Filming|publisher=Hansom Books|year=1973|pages=67}} He is of Jewish heritage.Leslie Bunder (3 August 2007), [http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/2457_michael_brandon_inte.htm "Meet Michael Brandon"],SomethingJewish. Retrieved 8 December 2018.

Brandon starred in the TV series Dempsey and Makepeace and Dinotopia, the movies Quattro mosche di velluto grigio (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.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/thomas-has-new-friend-brosnan-143858/amp/|title='Thomas' has new friend in Brosnan|work=The Hollywood Reporter|author=Thur Starr|date=July 19, 2007|access-date=June 13, 2022}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.citytalk.fm/showdj.asp?DJID=42348|title=Radio City Talk - Rock, Sport & Talk|website=Radio City Talk}} 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 collaborated with producer/director Guy Masterson to create his autobiographical stand-up comedy, Off Ramps which hit at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 2022, he appeared in an episode of Casualty on BBC1.

Brandon lived with actress Kim Novak for 18 months in 1973–74.[http://www.glynisbarber.com/biography.html "Biography"] Official website Brandon was married to actress Lindsay Wagner from 1976 to 1979. He has been married to actress Glynis Barber, with whom he co-starred in Dempsey & Makepeace, since 18 November 1989. They remain in the United Kingdom. The couple have a son.

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