Peter Armitage

Peter Armitage (1940-2018) was perhaps best known for playing builder Bill Webster, father of Kevin, in Coronation Street, a role he first played in 1984, before returning to the show for a second stint in 1995 to 1997, and for a final time in 2006 to 2011. He also played a bicycle-buying father in a memorable 1980s advert for Yellow Pages. His TV career stretched back to 1970 and his many credits included roles in Ken Loach's Days of Hope, Alan Bleasdale's GBH, Jimmy McGovern's Hearts and Minds and Dockers, and Russell T Davies' The Second Coming, in which he played the father of Christopher Eccleston's modern day Christ. He also starred in the Steve Coogan film The Parole Officer in 2001, played Sergeant Kerby alongside Michael Caine in 1988's Jack the Ripper and appeared as David Jason's older, more confident brother in the 1970s sitcom Lucky Feller. He made guest appearances in programmes such as The Sweeney, The Professionals Softly Softly, Strangers, Bulman, Rockliffe's Babies, Crown Court, Casualty, Holby City, The Royal, Heartbeat, Peak Practice, Medics, and The Bill. His last TV appearance was in an episode of Doctors in 2013.

Known For: Acting

Born: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, 1940-01-26

Died: 2018-12-04

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1975	The Motorway File		0
2	1976	Grease Monkey	Len	0
3	1978	One of the Boys	Jacko	0
4	1984	Charlie	Gab Johnson	0
5	1991	The Laughter of God	Ned	0
6	1999	Dockers	Jimmy Nolan	65
7	2001	The Parole Officer	Chief Constable	59

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	Justice	Det. Constable Boyce	60
2	1972	The Befrienders		0
3	1975	The Sweeney	Jacko	77
4	1975	The Hanged Man	Sergeant of the Guard	55
5	1975	Days of Hope	Conscientious objector in France	62
6	1976	Lucky Feller	Randolph Mepstead	72
7	1977	The Professionals	Ray Kerrigan	74
8	1986	Lovejoy	George Palmer	73
9	1986	Casualty	Peter Adams	61
10	1987	Rockliffe's Babies		52
11	1988	Jack the Ripper	Sergeant Kerby	71
12	1991	G.B.H.	Mr Burns	65
13	1991	Chimera	Sgt. Crichton	60
14	1991	Plaza Patrol	Robber	60
15	1992	Heartbeat	Mr. Huggett	71
16	1992	Heartbeat	Harry Kearton	71
17	1993	Magic Grandad	Grandad	60
18	1993	Mr. Wroe's Virgins	Brother Taylor	53
19	1993	Peak Practice	Rob Clulow	61
20	1993	Harry	Monkton	35
21	1995	Hearts and Minds	Norman	80
22	2000	Fat Friends		77
23	2003	The Royal	Bill Smithson	76
24	2003	The Second Coming	Frank Baxter	67

Peter Armitage

Film

Television