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{{short description|British actor (born 1942)}}
{{Other people|Michael Cronin}}
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'''Michael Cronin''' (born 1942) is
==Personal life==
Born in [[Cranfield]], [[Bedfordshire]] during [[World War II]], he was educated at St Brendan's College by the Christian Brothers in [[Bristol]], and at the [[University of London]] where he studied English. He
==Acting career==
Cronin is a [[television]] and [[Stage (theatre)|stage]] actor, particularly remembered for his role as the tough but fair [[Physical education|PE]] teacher Geoff 'Bullet' Baxter in the television series ''[[Grange Hill]]'' between 1979 and 1986. He also made a cameo appearance as Baxter in a 2000 edition of ''[[The Grimleys]]''. He also appeared in ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' as Irish cowboy builder
Other television work includes:
His film appearances include roles in ''[[The Sexplorer]]'' (1975), ''[[Secrets of a Superstud]]'' (1976), ''[[What's Up Nurse!]]'' (1977), ''[[Just One More Time|Under the Bed]]'' (1977), ''[[Le Pétomane (film)|Le Pétomane]]'' (1979), ''[[Hopscotch (film)|Hopscotch]]'' (1980), ''[[Captive (1986 film)|Captive]]'' (1986), ''[[The Hour of the Pig]]'' (1993), ''[[The Grotesque (film)|The Grotesque]]'' (1995), ''[[Double Identity (film)|Double Identity]]'' (2009), ''[[The Wolfman (2010 film)|The Wolfman]]'' (2010),
His theatre work includes: An Empty Desk (Royal Court); Duet for One, Hamlet, Due Process of Law ( Dukes, Lancaster); Hamlet, Jail Diary of Albie Sachs, and Gloo Joo ( Young Vic); Hedda Gabler (Octagon, Bolton); Caesar and Cleopatra, The Prisoner of Zenda, and The Corn is Green ( Greenwich Theatre). From 1986 to 1991 he worked with the English Shakespeare Company in Richard II, Henry IV Pts 1 and 2, Henry V, Henry VI, Richard III, Coriolanus, and The Winter's Tale, and toured with them in the UK, Europe, Japan, US, India and Australia; All My Sons ([[Headlong (theatre company)|Oxford Stage Company]]/ Wolsey); Purcell's The Indian Queen with the King's Consort and NYMT at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Schwetzingen Festival in Germany; Hamlet, and, Comedians (The Belgrade, Coventry); Northanger Abbey (Greenwich Theatre); The Merchant of Venice (Salisbury Playhouse); Timon of Athens (AJTC Brix Theatre) The Taming of the Shrew, Don Juan The Masterbuilder, The Cherry Orchard, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Ghosts, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, (English Touring Theatre) Mary Stuart (Derby Playhouse) Richard II (Steven Berkoff) Hamlet, Mother Courage (English Touring Theatre); The Last Confession (Chichester/The Haymarket London); The Ruling Class, Dir Jamie Lloyd, Trafalgar Studios. ▼
▲His theatre work includes: ''An Empty Desk'' (Royal Court); ''Duet for One'', ''Hamlet'', ''Due Process of Law'' (
▲His film appearances include ''[[The Sexplorer]]'' (1975), ''[[Le Pétomane (film)|Le Pétomane]]'' (1979), ''[[Hopscotch (film)|Hopscotch]]'' (1980), ''[[Captive (1986 film)|Captive]]'' (1986), ''[[The Grotesque (film)|The Grotesque]]'' (1995), ''[[Double Identity (film)|Double Identity]]'' (2009), ''[[The Wolfman (2010 film)|The Wolfman]]'' (2010) and ''[[In Secret]]'' (2013).
==Writing career==
Michael Cronin has written three children's novels, published by [[Oxford University Press]]. His first novel, ''[[Against the Day (1999)|Against the Day]]'', was short listed for the 1999 [[Angus Book Award]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/bfk-briefing-and-news-114-january-1999/|title=BfK News: January 1999 – Books For Keeps|website=[[Books for Keeps]]}}</ref> The story is set after the end of [[Second World War]] in an England that has fallen under [[Nazi]] occupation. It follows the adventures of two boys who become dangerously involved in a secret [[resistance movement]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/michael-cronin/against-day.htm|title=Against The Day by Michael Cronin|website=www.fantasticfiction.com|accessdate=4 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905055404/https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/michael-cronin/against-day.htm|archive-date=5 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> A sequel, ''Through the Night'', was published in 2003. A third book in the series, ''In the Morning'', was published in 2005.
He is also a [[screenwriter]] with two film [[screenplay]]s to his credit.
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* ''No Final Truth'' - film script
* ''Stealing the Fire'' - film script
==References==
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==External links==
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