Michael Keating (actor)

Michael Keating (actor)
For other people named Michael Keating, see Michael Keating (disambiguation).
Michael Keating

Michael Keating at the Blake's 7 series 2 DVD launch, 2005
Born Michael Keating
North London, England
Occupation Actor

Michael Keating (born 1947 in North London, England) is a British actor. He is best known as for his role as Vila Restal in the science fiction television series Blake's 7.

Career

One of Michael Keating's first prominent roles was as Goudry in a 1977 Doctor Who story, entitled The Sun Makers. A year later, Keating won the role of Vila Restal in the BBC TV series Blake's 7, which aired from 1978 to 1981. Vila Restal was the only character to appear in all fifty-two episodes of the series. In 1981, Keating appeared in an episode of the BBC sitcom Yes Minister entitled The Death List, playing the role of Police Constable Ross.

Some years later Michael Keating reunited with his Blake's 7 co-star Gareth Thomas, in an episode of the BBC drama series Casualty. In 2004, Keating returned to the Doctor Who franchise, guest starring as Major Koth in the Big Finish Productions audio adventure The Twilight Kingdom. In 2006, Keating starred in another Doctor Who audio adventure, this time as Inspector Chardalot in Year of the Pig.

Recent career

Since 2005, Michael Keating has played Reverend Stevens in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. Although Keating has never been a permanent cast member in the soap, he does continue to appear as the local vicar in EastEnders, usually for a single episode at a time, in connection with another character's christening, marriage, or funeral.

He had a brief role in the 2009 BBC one-off drama Micro Men about the rise of the British home computer market in the late 70s and early 80s. Another small role was played by Peter Davison. In the early 80s, Keating and Davison were stars of the BBC's two biggest science fiction series, Blakes Seven and Doctor Who.

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