Ian Keith played two roles in Coronation Street: Weatherfield Gazette reporter Sandy Lester in November 1980 and P.C. Henry in January and July 1990 who first investigated Don Brennan's stolen car and then runaways Steve McDonald and Joanne Khan when they absconded to the Lake District. He has also appeared in Cribb, G.B.H., Inspector Morse, Silent Witness, Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde, Casualty, Bernard's Watch, Mersey Beat, Heartbeat and The Amazing Mrs Pritchard.