Andy Devine (English actor)

Peter Devine (stage name Andy Devine, 28 February 1942 – 27 January 2022) was a British actor primarily on television, whose best known role was Shadrach Dingle on one of ITV's long-running soap operas, Emmerdale. He played Shadrach on and off starting in 2000 and made his final appearance in July 2010. His credits have occasionally been confused with those of the American actor Andy Devine (1905–1977). Devine served in the Royal Navy for eight years after joining at aged 17 in 1959.[1] He was also a classical actor before going into the soaps.

Not to be confused with American actor Andy Devine.

Andy Devine
Born(1942-02-28)28 February 1942
Manchester, Lancashire, England
Died27 January 2022(2022-01-27) (aged 79)
Southport, Merseyside, England
OccupationActor
Years active1963–2011
Known forEmmerdale
Queer as Folk

Life and career

Devine began his acting career in 1963.[2] He mainly had minor roles, such as an uncredited Draconian Guard in several episodes of the Doctor Who story Frontier in Space. He also had a memorably prominent role as a gay man in the iconic Channel 4 series Queer As Folk, and he appeared in an episode of Linda Green, playing the eponymous lead character's abrasive and lecherous boss Syd Jenkins. He also performed his Emmerdale character Shadrach Dingle character on the ITV show Harry Hill's TV Burp. On 23 July 2010, Devine left Emmerdale after over ten years on the soap as his character Shadrach Dingle was killed off in an emotional storyline related to alcohol abuse.

Devine died in Southport Hospital on 27 January 2022, at the age of 79 of a "hospital-acquired pneumonia" following a fall at his home.[3][4]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1963 Comedy Playhouse Unknown Episode: "A Clerical Error"
Maigret Extra Episode: "Peter the Lett"; uncredited
1967 Softly, Softly Chief Constable Episode: "Selection"; uncredited
1969 Z-Cars Warder Episode: "Alibi: Part 1"
Callan Brezhevski Episode: "The Little Bits and Pieces of Love"
1970 Doomwatch Man Episode: "Spectre at the Feast"; uncredited
1972 Emma Cole's Manservant TV mini-series
Villains Man Episode: "Belinda"; uncredited
Warder Episode: "Billy Boy"; uncredited
1973 Doctor Who Draconian Guard 4 episodes; uncredited
1992 The Girl From Tomorrow Mr. Corbett Episode: "A Primitive and Dangerous Time"
1993 Three Seven Eleven Mr. Pudsey 2 episodes
Cracker Guard on Train Episode: "The Mad Woman in the Attic: Part 1"
1994 In Suspicious Circumstances George Barnard Episode: "The Boaster"
1995 Coronation Street Photographer Episode #1.3924
1996 Cardiac Arrest Eric Episode: "The Body Electric"
Out of the Blue Jackson Hanley Series 2: Episode 5
Prime Suspect Gravefaced Reporter Episodes: "Errors of Judgement: Parts 1 & 2"
Hillsborough Additional Cast Television film
The Moonstone Landlord
1997 Where the Heart Is Dougie Walford Episode: "Summoned by Bells"
The Lakes Bus Driver Series 1: Episode 4
My Son the Fanatic Comedian Film
1998 Emmerdale Baz Bradstone 2 episodes
The Cops Minibus Driver Series 1: Episode 3
1999–2000 Queer as Folk Bernard Thomas All 10 episodes
1999 Dockers Meat Salesman Television film
2000, 2002–2010 Emmerdale Shadrach Dingle Series regular; 645 episodes
2000 Coronation Street Jason Ross 5 episodes
2001 Merseybeat Bobby Miller Episode: "Step by Step"
Linda Green Syd Jenkins Episode: "Sexual Harassment"
2002 An Angel for May Drunken Man Television film
2003 Grease Monkeys Len Episode: "The Cut and Shut"
2007 Harry Hill's TV Burp Shadrach Dingle Series 6: Episode 3
2011 Monroe Mr. Ashton Series 1: Episode 3
Doctors Dennis Dowling Episode: "Footsteps"

References
  1. Hayward, Anthony (2 June 2022). "Andy Devine obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  2. Andy Devine | BFI
  3. "Andy Devine: Emmerdale actor died after accidental fall, coroner concludes". Sky News. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  4. "Deceased Estates: Peter Devine". The Gazette. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.


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