years_active birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
1973 -- 2011 surrey , england 28 february 1942 andy devine -lrb- english actor -rrb-
 andy devine actor
andy devine -lrb- english actor -rrb-

andrew `` andy '' devine -lrb- born 28 february 1942 in surrey -rrb- is an english actor primarily on television , whose best known role has been shadrach dingle on one of itv 's long-running soap opera , `` emmerdale '' .
he has played shadrach on and off since 1998 and made his final appearance in july 2010 .
his credits have occasionally been confused with those of the american actor andy devine -lrb- 1905 -- 1977 -rrb- .
andy devine began his acting career in 1973 .
his first tv role was as ` draconian ' in 6 episodes of `` doctor who '' , he also had a memorably prominent role as a gay man in 1999 -- 2000 episodes of the iconic channel 4 series `` queer as folk '' .
he also performed his shadrach character on itv 's `` harry hill 's tv burp '' he also starred in `` the girl from tomorrow '' an early 1990s australian children 's drama .
he was a shop keeper in the first episode .
in january 2010 , devine -lrb- then aged 67 -rrb- announced that he was to appear less frequently in `` emmerdale '' .
on 23 july 2010 , devine left emmerdale after 10 years on the soap as his character shadrach dingle was killed off in an emotional storyline related to alcohol abuse .
