Biography
Keith Drinkel (born 14 November 1944) is an English actor.
Drinkel was born in York, educated at St Michael's College, Leeds, and is now based in Brighton.
His notable appearances in film and television include A Family at War (1970), Yellow Dog (1973), a minor role in the BBC's adaptation of the Lord Peter Wimsey story The Nine Tailors (1974), Looking For Clancy (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Gandhi (1982) and the Doctor Who story Time-Flight (1982). He co-starred in series three and four of Peter Tinniswood's long-running comedy I Didn't Know You Cared, and appeared as Mark Gaskell in The Body in the Library (1984).Drinkel appeared in Eastenders in 1999 as a Prison Officer and twice in Coronation Street, in 2001-02 as Maurice Gregory, father of barmaid Geena on Rovers Return, and most recently, in 2005, as Bob, who dated Liz McDonald for a short time.In 2006, Drinkel starred in Rock-A-Hula Rest Home as "Jesse Garon", an elderly man who believes he is Elvis Presley. Drinkel guest-starred in the Big Finish Productions audio adventures Doctor Who: Catch-1782, Sapphire and Steel: The School and Professor Bernice Summerfield: Timeless Passages. In 2008 he starred along with Jo Castleton and Daniel Harcourt in Zygon: When Being You Just Isn't Enough.
Filmography
all 28
TV Shows 19
Movies 9
Zygon: When Being You Just Isn't Enough (2008)
Judge John Deed (2001)
Midsomer Murders (1997)
Fanny Hill (1995)
Thatcher: The Final Days (1991)
Casualty (1986)
Brush Strokes (1986)
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984)
The Bill (1984)
The Cleopatras (1983)
Gandhi (1982)
Doctor Who: Time-Flight (1982)
C2H5OH (1980)
Henry V (1979)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
How Green Was My Valley (1975)
I Didn't Know You Cared (1975)
Looking for Clancy (1975)
Second Time Around (UK) (1974)
Microbes and Men (1974)
Edward G: Like the Filmstar (1973)
Crown Court (1972)
Country Matters (1972)
A Family at War (1970)
Public Eye (1965)
Doctor Who (1963)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1944-11-14 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceYork, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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