Mike Pratt

Mike Pratt adalah seorang aktor, musisi, penulis lagu dan penulis skenario asal Inggris. Dia memulai karirnya di bisnis pertunjukan selama booming skiffle di tahun 1950-an, bermain dan menulis musik bersama temannya Tommy Steele dan Lionel Bart. Bart dan Pratt menerima Penghargaan Ivor Novello tahun 1957 untuk Lagu Terbaik Secara Musikal dan Lirik untuk hit Steele Little White Bull, dan Pratt memenangkan Ivor Novello keduanya untuk Segenggam Lagu, yang ia tulis bersama Steele. Meskipun ada beberapa penghargaan layar lebar dan teater termasuk tugas di RSC, Pratt (dan sampai sekarang) terkenal karena perannya sebagai Jeff Randall di serial detektif ITC akhir tahun 1960-an Randall dan Hopkirk (Almarhum) bersama Kenneth Cope dan Annette Andre. Mike Pratt meninggal karena kanker paru-paru pada Juli 1976, dalam usia 45 tahun. Putranya adalah Guy Pratt, seorang gitaris bass sesi yang terkenal karena penampilan livenya dengan Pink Floyd (sejak 1987) dan proyek solo cabang dengan David Gilmour dan Nick Mason.

Mike Pratt was a British actor, musician, songwriter and screenwriter. He commenced his career in showbusiness during the skiffle boom of the 1950s, playing and writing music alongside friends Tommy Steele and Lionel Bart. Bart and Pratt received the 1957 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for Steele's hit Little White Bull, and Pratt won his second Ivor Novello for a Handful of Songs, which he co-wrote with Steele. Despite several big screen and theatre credits including a stint with the RSC, Pratt was (and remains) best known for his role as Jeff Randall in the late 1960s ITC detective series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) alongside Kenneth Cope and Annette Andre. Mike Pratt died from lung cancer in July 1976, aged 45. His son is Guy Pratt, a session bass guitarist best known for his live performances with Pink Floyd (since 1987) and offshoot solo projects with David Gilmour and Nick Mason.