Michael Brandon

Michael Brandon

Known for
Acting
Born
April 20, 1945 (age 81)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Michael Brandon (born April 20, 1945) is an American actor who resides in the United Kingdom and United States. He is known for his role as James Dempsey in the British drama series Dempsey and Makepeace (1985–1986) and narrating the American dub of the children's television series Thomas & Friends (2004–2012). His theatre credits include the original Broadway production of Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? (1969), and Jerry Springer in the West End production of Jerry Springer: The Opera (2003–2004).

Known For

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Filmography

2024
Canary Black poster

Canary Black

Movie · as US President

2022
Renegades poster

Renegades

Movie · as Palmer

2018
Trust poster

Trust

TV · as Walter Annenberg · 1 ep

2017
The Time of Their Lives poster

The Time of Their Lives

Movie · as Harry Scheider

2016
FantastiCozzi poster

FantastiCozzi

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2015
The American Invasion poster

The American Invasion

Movie · as Self - Presenter

2015
Thomas & Friends: Wild Water Rescue & Other Engine Adventures poster

Thomas & Friends: Wild Water Rescue & Other Engine Adventures

Movie · as Narrator / Diesel (voice)

2015
Galavant poster

Galavant

TV · as Sid's Dad · 1 ep

2013
Born of War poster

Born of War

Movie · as Harm Helder

2013
Thomas & Friends: Muddy Matters poster

Thomas & Friends: Muddy Matters

Movie · as Narrator / Diesel (voice)

2013
Thomas & Friends: Go Go Thomas! poster

Thomas & Friends: Go Go Thomas!

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2013
Thomas & Friends: Animals Aboard! poster

Thomas & Friends: Animals Aboard!

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2013
Blandings poster

Blandings

TV · as Grumman · 1 ep

2012
Thomas & Friends: Schoolhouse Delivery poster

Thomas & Friends: Schoolhouse Delivery

Movie · as Narrator / Diesel (voice)

2012
Thomas & Friends: A Very Thomas Christmas poster

Thomas & Friends: A Very Thomas Christmas

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2012
Thomas & Friends: Engine Friends poster

Thomas & Friends: Engine Friends

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2012
Thomas & Friends: Sticky Situations poster

Thomas & Friends: Sticky Situations

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2012
Thomas & Friends: Up, Up and Away! poster

Thomas & Friends: Up, Up and Away!

Movie · as Narrator / Mr. Bubbles (voice)

2012
Thomas & Friends: Curious Cargo poster

Thomas & Friends: Curious Cargo

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2011
Captain America: The First Avenger poster

Captain America: The First Avenger

Movie · as Senator Brandt

2011
Thomas & Friends: The Birthday Express poster

Thomas & Friends: The Birthday Express

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2011
Thomas & Friends: Rescue on the Rails poster

Thomas & Friends: Rescue on the Rails

Movie · as Narrator / Diesel (voice)

2011
Thomas & Friends: Merry Christmas, Thomas! poster

Thomas & Friends: Merry Christmas, Thomas!

Movie · as Narrator / Diesel (voice)

2011
Thomas & Friends: Pop Goes Thomas poster

Thomas & Friends: Pop Goes Thomas

Movie · as Narrator / Mr. Bubbles (voice)

2011
Thomas & Friends: Wobbly Wheels and Whistles poster

Thomas & Friends: Wobbly Wheels and Whistles

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2011
Thomas & Friends: Thomas in Charge! poster

Thomas & Friends: Thomas in Charge!

Movie · as Narrator / Diesel (voice)

2011
HiT Favorites: Preschool Fun poster

HiT Favorites: Preschool Fun

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2011
HiT Favorites: Sweet Dreams poster

HiT Favorites: Sweet Dreams

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2011
HiT Favorites: Friends and Family poster

HiT Favorites: Friends and Family

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2011
Episodes poster

Episodes

TV · as Elliot Salad · 5 eps

2011
Death in Paradise poster

Death in Paradise

TV · as Joel Maurice · 1 ep

2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip poster

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep

2011
Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love poster

Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love

TV · as Conrad Tucker · 2 eps

2010
Thomas & Friends: The Greatest Stories poster

Thomas & Friends: The Greatest Stories

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2010
Thomas & Friends: Merry Winter Wish poster

Thomas & Friends: Merry Winter Wish

Movie · as Narrator / Mr. Bubbles (voice)

2010
Thomas & Friends: The Lion of Sodor poster

Thomas & Friends: The Lion of Sodor

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2010
Thomas & Friends: Creaky Cranky poster

Thomas & Friends: Creaky Cranky

Movie · as Narrator / Diesel (voice)

2010
Thomas & Friends: Thomas and the Runaway Kite poster

Thomas & Friends: Thomas and the Runaway Kite

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2010
HiT Favorites: Animal Tails poster

HiT Favorites: Animal Tails

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2010
HiT Favorites: Colors Are Fun! poster

HiT Favorites: Colors Are Fun!

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2009
Thomas & Friends: Railway Friends poster

Thomas & Friends: Railway Friends

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2009
HiT Favorites: Frosty Friends poster

HiT Favorites: Frosty Friends

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2009
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers poster

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers

Movie · as Jamie Dimon

2009
Thomas & Friends: Team Up with Thomas poster

Thomas & Friends: Team Up with Thomas

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2009
Thomas & Friends: Holiday Express poster

Thomas & Friends: Holiday Express

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2009
Thomas & Friends: High Speed Adventures poster

Thomas & Friends: High Speed Adventures

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2009
Thomas & Friends: High Speed Adventures poster

Thomas & Friends: High Speed Adventures

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2009
Thomas & Friends: Percy and the Bandstand poster

Thomas & Friends: Percy and the Bandstand

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2009
Thomas & Friends: Splish, Splash, Splosh! poster

Thomas & Friends: Splish, Splash, Splosh!

Movie · as Narrator / Mr. Bubbles (voice)

2008
Thomas & Friends: Thomas and the Treasure poster

Thomas & Friends: Thomas and the Treasure

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2008
Thomas & Friends: Mud Glorious Mud poster

Thomas & Friends: Mud Glorious Mud

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2008
Me and Orson Welles poster

Me and Orson Welles

Movie · as Les Tremayne

2007
HiT Favorites: Winter Wonderland poster

HiT Favorites: Winter Wonderland

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2007
Doris Day: Virgin Territory poster

Doris Day: Virgin Territory

Movie · as Self

2007
Thomas & Friends: Milkshake Muddle poster

Thomas & Friends: Milkshake Muddle

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2007
Thomas & Friends: Carnival Capers poster

Thomas & Friends: Carnival Capers

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2007
Thomas & Friends: Thomas and the Toy Workshop poster

Thomas & Friends: Thomas and the Toy Workshop

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2007
Thomas & Friends: Thomas & Friends on the Big Screen poster

Thomas & Friends: Thomas & Friends on the Big Screen

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2007
After You've Gone poster

After You've Gone

TV · as Bill Tucker · 1 ep

2006
The Detonator poster

The Detonator

Movie · as Flint

2006
Are You Ready for Love? poster

Are You Ready for Love?

Movie · as Randy

2006
Thomas & Friends: On Site with Thomas and Other Adventures poster

Thomas & Friends: On Site with Thomas and Other Adventures

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2006
Thomas & Friends: Come Ride the Rails poster

Thomas & Friends: Come Ride the Rails

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2006
Thomas & Friends: Thomas and the Really Brave Engines and Other Adventures poster

Thomas & Friends: Thomas and the Really Brave Engines and Other Adventures

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2006
Thomas & Friends: Tales from the Tracks poster

Thomas & Friends: Tales from the Tracks

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2006
Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Halloween Adventures poster

Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Halloween Adventures

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2006
Thomas & Friends: Track Stars poster

Thomas & Friends: Track Stars

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2006
Legends poster

Legends

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

2006
Jack and the Sodor Construction Company poster

Jack and the Sodor Construction Company

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 13 eps

2005
Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Sodor Celebration! poster

Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Sodor Celebration!

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2005
Thomas & Friends: Hooray for Thomas and Other Adventures poster

Thomas & Friends: Hooray for Thomas and Other Adventures

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2005
Roman Vice poster

Roman Vice

Movie · as Narrátor

2005
Thomas & Friends: Percy Saves the Day and Other Adventures poster

Thomas & Friends: Percy Saves the Day and Other Adventures

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2005
Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Sodor Celebration! poster

Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Sodor Celebration!

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2005
Thomas & Friends: Songs from the Station poster

Thomas & Friends: Songs from the Station

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2005
Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Rescue Adventures poster

Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Rescue Adventures

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2005
Dead Man Weds poster

Dead Man Weds

TV · as Chuck Newman · 6 eps

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as General Sanchez · 1 ep

2005
Bones poster

Bones

TV · as Roger Frampton · 2 eps

2004
Hawking poster

Hawking

Movie · as Arno Penzias

2004
Thomas & Friends: Steamies vs. Diesels and Other Thomas Adventures poster

Thomas & Friends: Steamies vs. Diesels and Other Thomas Adventures

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2004
Thomas & Friends: Thomas and the Jet Engine and Other Adventures poster

Thomas & Friends: Thomas and the Jet Engine and Other Adventures

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2004
The Catherine Tate Show poster

The Catherine Tate Show

TV · 1 ep

2004
New Tricks poster

New Tricks

TV · as Col. Charles Norton · 1 ep

2004
Hustle poster

Hustle

TV · as Marcus Wendell · 1 ep

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Martin Zimmerman · 1 ep

2003
Dinotopia 6: The Exit poster

Dinotopia 6: The Exit

Movie · as Frank Scott

2003
Dinotopia 4: New Horizons poster

Dinotopia 4: New Horizons

Movie · as Frank Scott

2003
Dinotopia 5: The Virus poster

Dinotopia 5: The Virus

Movie · as Frank Scott

2003
The Terry and Gaby Show

The Terry and Gaby Show

TV · 1 ep

2002
Dinotopia 2: The Temptation poster

Dinotopia 2: The Temptation

Movie · as Frank Scott

2002
Dinotopia 3: The Election poster

Dinotopia 3: The Election

Movie · as Frank Scott

2002
Dinotopia poster

Dinotopia

TV · as Frank Scott

2001
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror poster

Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror

Movie · as Self

2001
The Lost Battalion poster

The Lost Battalion

Movie · as Maj. Gen. Robert Alexander

2001
The Division poster

The Division

TV · as Judge Stone · 1 ep

2001
Richard & Judy poster

Richard & Judy

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2000
Contaminated Man poster

Contaminated Man

Movie · as Wyles

1999
CI5: The New Professionals poster

CI5: The New Professionals

TV · 1 ep

1998
Déjà Vu poster

Déjà Vu

Movie · as Alex

1997
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson poster

The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson

Movie · as Jeff Littman

1997
Ally McBeal poster

Ally McBeal

TV · as Adam Dawson · 1 ep

1997
Jonathan Creek poster

Jonathan Creek

TV · as Captain Frank Candy · 1 ep

1997
The Practice poster

The Practice

TV · as Adam Dawson · 2 eps

1995
JAG poster

JAG

TV · as Col. Hegstetter, Nardoni · 1 ep

1994
Murder or Memory: A Moment of Truth Movie poster

Murder or Memory: A Moment of Truth Movie

Movie · as Arnie Hansen

1993
Not in My Family poster

Not in My Family

Movie · as Ted Ricci

1993
The Nanny poster

The Nanny

TV · as Stan · 1 ep

1992
Home Fires

Home Fires

TV · as Teddy Kramer · 6 eps

1991
Dynasty: The Reunion poster

Dynasty: The Reunion

TV · as Arlen Marshall · 2 eps

1990
Believed Violent poster

Believed Violent

Movie · as Tom Lepski

1990
The Care of Time poster

The Care of Time

Movie · as Robert Halliday

1990
Have a Nice Night poster

Have a Nice Night

Movie · as Tom Lepski

1990
Want to Stay Alive poster

Want to Stay Alive

Movie · as Tom Lepski

1989
Try This One for Size poster

Try This One for Size

Movie · as Tom Lepski

1988
Rock 'N Roll Mom poster

Rock 'N Roll Mom

Movie · as Jeff Robins

1987
Visitors poster

Visitors

Movie · as Eddie

1987
The Grand Knockout Tournament poster

The Grand Knockout Tournament

Movie · as Self

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Mike Barnicott · 1 ep

1985
Deadly Messages poster

Deadly Messages

Movie · as Michael Krasnick

1985
Dempsey and Makepeace The Movie poster

Dempsey and Makepeace The Movie

Movie · as Dempsey

1985
Dempsey and Makepeace poster

Dempsey and Makepeace

TV · as James Dempsey · 30 eps

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Eddie · 1 ep

1984
The Seduction of Gina poster

The Seduction of Gina

Movie · as Keith Sindell

1984
The Bill poster

The Bill

TV · 1 ep

1984
Thomas & Friends poster

Thomas & Friends

TV · as Narrator (voice), Narrator / Diesel (voice) · 152 eps

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Alex Weaver · 1 ep

1983
Venice Medical

Venice Medical

Movie · as Dr. Pete Marcus

1983
Emerald Point N.A.S. poster

Emerald Point N.A.S.

TV · as David Marquette · 22 eps

1982
Between Two Brothers poster

Between Two Brothers

Movie · as Bob Frazer

1982
St. Elsewhere poster

St. Elsewhere

TV · as Anthony Gifford · 1 ep

1981
Rich and Famous poster

Rich and Famous

Movie · as Max (uncredited)

1980
A Change of Seasons poster

A Change of Seasons

Movie · as Pete Lachapelle

1980
A Perfect Match poster

A Perfect Match

Movie · as Steve Triandos

1979
A Vacation in Hell poster

A Vacation in Hell

Movie · as Alan

1979
Promises in the Dark poster

Promises in the Dark

Movie · as Dr. Jim Sandman

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Stephen Baker · 1 ep

1978
FM poster

FM

Movie · as Jeff Dugan

1978
The Comedy Company poster

The Comedy Company

Movie · as Paul Lester

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1977
Red Alert poster

Red Alert

Movie · as Carl Wyche

1977
Lindsay Wagner: Another Side of Me poster

Lindsay Wagner: Another Side of Me

Movie · as Self

1976
Scott Free poster

Scott Free

Movie · as Tony Scott

1976
James Dean poster

James Dean

Movie · as William Bast

1975
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom poster

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom

Movie · as David

1975
Cage Without a Key poster

Cage Without a Key

Movie · as Ben Holian

1974
The Red Badge of Courage poster

The Red Badge of Courage

Movie · as Pvt. Jim Conklin

1974
Hitchhike! poster

Hitchhike!

Movie · as Keith Miles

1973
The Third Girl from the Left poster

The Third Girl from the Left

Movie · as David

1973
Heavy Traffic poster

Heavy Traffic

Movie · as (voice)

1973
Police Story poster

Police Story

TV · 1 ep

1972
The Strangers in 7A poster

The Strangers in 7A

Movie · as Billy

1971
Jennifer on My Mind poster

Jennifer on My Mind

Movie · as Marcus Rottner

1971
The Impatient Heart

The Impatient Heart

Movie · as Frank Pescadero

1971
Four Flies on Grey Velvet poster

Four Flies on Grey Velvet

Movie · as Roberto Tobias

1971
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law poster

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

TV · as Pete Giannetta · 1 ep

1970
Lovers and Other Strangers poster

Lovers and Other Strangers

Movie · as Mike Vecchio

1969
Medical Center poster

Medical Center

TV · as Dr. Lensko · 1 ep

1969
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town poster

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

TV · 1 ep