Michael Starke
Birthday: 1957-11-13 Place of Birth: Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Synopsis
Michael Starke is a British actor best known for his role as Thomas 'Sinbad' Sweeney which he played for sixteen years in the soap opera Brookside. Starke then appeared in the ITV drama The Royal as Kenneth Hopkirk, as policeman Arthur in the film The 51st State and as himself on Lily Savage's Blankety Blank.
Acting
Brookside: Friday the 13th
There is trouble a-plenty in store for the Corkhill clan in this video-only special. Series creator Phil Redmond has returned to pen a dramatic script which follows on from a weekend special.
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
A special, video only story set on the Brookside close. On Friday 14th November 1997, a five night a week storyline ended in a cliffhanger and this video completes the story - a tale of kidnapping extortion and violence. The action-packed episode features faces from the show's past including Sheila Grant (Sue Johnston) and wayward son Barry Grant (Paul Usher), and is written by series creator Phil Redmond.
