Michael Praed (/preɪd/ PRAYD; born 1 April 1960), birth name Michael David Prince, is a British actor and narrator, probably best remembered for his role as Robin of Loxley in the British television series Robin of Sherwood, which attained cult status worldwide in the 1980s.
Praed was born in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, and educated at Eastbourne College, after which he became an actor.
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. The name Praed is a Cornish word meaning "meadow".[better source needed]

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