Michael Brandon

Michael Brandon (born April 20, 1945) is an American actor who resides in the United Kingdom and United States. Brandon was born Michael Feldman in Brooklyn, New York to Miriam (née Tumen) and Sol Feldman. At age nine, he and his family moved to Valley Stream, New York where he attended Memorial Junior High and then Valley Stream Central High School. Brandon starred in the TV series Dempsey & Makepeace and Dinotopia, the movies Quattro mosche di ... more

Michael Brandon (born April 20, 1945) is an American actor who resides in the United Kingdom and United States. Brandon was born Michael Feldman in Brooklyn, New York to Miriam (née Tumen) and Sol Feldman. At age nine, he and his family moved to Valley Stream, New York where he attended Memorial Junior High and then Valley Stream Central High School. Brandon starred in the TV series Dempsey & Makepeace and Dinotopia, the movies Quattro mosche di velluto grigio (1971), F.M. (1978), 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 TV on such shows as The Bill, Trial and Retribution, and Dead Man Weds. In 2004, he began narrating the American version of Thomas and Friends. In February 2008 he began his talk radio show on City Talk, 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... less