Michael Cronin (born 1942) is an English actor.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 used to live in London with his
wife and two sons, but now he lives with only his wife.Cronin is a
television and stage actor, particularly remembered for his role as
the tough but fair PE teacher '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 Lurphy (whom Manuel memorably called a
"hideous orangutan"), and as Eliphaz in the 1977 television miniseries
Jesus of Nazareth. He has appeared in episodes of Foyle's War,
Midsomer Murders, The Gentle Touch, The Sweeney and Bergerac, and
played Vyacheslav Molotov in the 1989 TV movie Countdown to War. In
1990 he played Alfred Inglethorp in the Agatha Christie's Poirot film
The Mysterious Affair at Styles, and played Sergei in the 2000
television adaptation of Anna Karenina. He also occasionally appeared
in the BBC television programme Merlin (2008), as the character
Geoffrey of Monmouth He also made an appearance in the second episode
of the second series of Citizen Khan as a friend of Naani's who turns
out to be gay. Other television work includes: The Sweeney, Marie
Curie, The Chinese Puzzle (TV series), Midnight at the Starlight,
Invasion, Tiny Revolutions, The Gentle Touch, Glorious Day, Bergerac,
The Bill, Wycliffe, Tom Jones, Shakespeare Shorts, Our Mutual Friend,
Goodnight Mr Tom, My Dad's the Prime Minister, Law & Order: UK, and
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