Before his television debut, Michael was in a West End hit, "The Pirates of Penzance" with Tim Curry.
There's lots of new Pictures of Michael! I've devided
them up by where he was in his carrer, though some oare in costume and
some are not. Since these thumbnails take so long to load, I am going to
have the new pictures available by subject and number. Look for the Orange
or Yellow fonts to cue to to the newest photos.
We've got several new categories, which I've devided into two main groups:
Young Robin,
Plays, and British TV Instructions for viewing these
new photos:
Use your RIGHT mouse
button to open the link on each of the numbered photo links below and choose
the option to open
in new window You can close the
window after viewing the photo The majority of these photos can be
purchased from the Spirit of Sherwood or MPNN I have cropped most
of them to encourange you to get the full size photo from the clubs
I hae also not saved them at their optimum settings
Most of you know Michael from "Robin
of Sherwood," and there will be photos of that to follow,
but I wanted to let those of you who don't know what happend to him after
that know where he's been and what he's been doing.M
The two color photos to the leftare from articles. The rest are all snappys.
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This
black and white photo with the foil was taken when Michael left England
to be in the Broadway production of "The
Tree Muskateers." Michael knew he was taking a gamble
leaving the top-rated "Robin of Sherwood" to try his luck on Broadway.
The play never got a chance, thanks to the New York Times critic,
however there were Hollywood scouts in the audience, and Michael soon found
himself on the television soap/drama "Dynasty,"
or "Die-nasty" as some of us still call it. Michael started off in
a very interesting role as the somewhat mysterious Prince Michael of Moldavia.
But they soon turned him into a love-struck man who couldn't think straight
due to his obsession with his bride. Once she left him for her mother's
ex-husband, Michael also left the show. He tells a humours story about
how he discovered that he would no longer be on Dynasty. He'd been up partying
for New YEars Eve, and they called him and said, don't bother coming in.
At first he thought perhaps he was late for some photo shoot, but no, it
was his entire role they meant.
So, Michael left "Dynasty" for other pursuits. Music was one of Michael's
first loves, and he set up an entire music studio in the home he was sharing
with his then significant other, Finola Hughes. He learned to play several
instruments, and even recorded a demo tape, but when that didn't seem to
take off, Michael made some movies.