Prolific film and television actor. Best known for playing Betty Turpin's second husband on Coronation Street.

Known For: Acting

Born: Peckham, London, England, UK, 1927-04-11

Died: 2021-02-11

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	The Set-Up	Photographer (uncredited)	73
2	1955	The Man with the Golden Arm	Street Vagrant (uncredited)	72
3	1970	Chariot of Fire	Prison Gate Officer	0
4	1971	Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons	Radio Telescope Director	76
5	1971	The Pigeon Fancier	Club Secretary	0
6	1974	The Treasure of Abbot Thomas	Mr. Tyson / Father Dominic	64
7	1975	Diane	Weaver	40
8	1975	Three Men in a Boat	River Hand	59
9	1977	Kipper	Jack	0
10	1977	The Glitterball	Supermarket Manager	51
11	1977	True Patriot	Judge Thorbeck	0
12	1978	Freedom of the Dig	Hughes	0
13	1978	Butterflies Don't Count	Mr. James	0
14	1978	The Vanishing Army	Hampshire	0
15	1980	Rough Cut	Passport Clerk	57
16	1981	Country	Ashford	70
17	1981	The Grudge Fight	Beryl's Dad	0
18	1982	Keeping in Touch	Father	0
19	1982	The Missionary	Sir Cyril Everidge	56
20	1982	Witness for the Prosecution		61
21	1983	The Cage	Mr Adams	0
22	1984	Champions	Charles	68
23	1985	Exploits at West Poley	Ned Jones	60
24	1988	Starlings	Mr Wilson	0
25	1991	Redemption	Arthur Whadcoat	0
26	1993	Closing Numbers	Frank	47
27	1995	The Young Poisoner's Handbook	Uncle Jack	66
28	2001	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby	Arthur Gride	79
29	2001	Bodywork	Sydney Greengrass	35
30	2002	The Many Lives of Albert Walker	Brig. Kilroy	0
31	2003	Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War	Leslie	70
32	2005	Oliver Twist	Elderly Officer	67
33	2007	Stuart: A Life Backwards	Stuart's Granddad	74

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Dixon of Dock Green	Milkman	53
2	1955	Dixon of Dock Green	Powell	53
3	1960	Coronation Street	Billy Williams	53
4	1964	The Wednesday Play	Prison Gate Officer	45
5	1968	The Expert	Cmdr. Jennings	95
6	1969	The Main Chance	Joe Brown	77
7	1970	Play for Today	Ashford	61
8	1970	Play for Today	Mr. James	61
9	1970	Play for Today	Hampshire	61
10	1971	The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes	Polton	73
11	1971	Justice	Dave Fletcher	60
12	1971	The Onedin Line	Dr. MacWhirter	68
13	1974	Fall of Eagles	A.F. Trepov	68
14	1975	The Sweeney	Len Holmes	77
15	1976	Bill Brand	Paxton	63
16	1978	All Creatures Great and Small	Farmer Ingledew	77
17	1978	Out	Vic Lee	70
18	1979	Flambards	Fowler	72
19	1979	Minder	Harry Martin	68
20	1979	Minder	Len	68
21	1980	The Good Companions	Jimmy Nunn	0
22	1981	Bergerac	Arthur Osman	65
23	1984	Sherlock Holmes	Peterson	81
24	1984	Mitch	Stan Garske	50
25	1984	Big Deal	Gil Roach	67
26	1984	Miss Marple	Mr. Crump	82
27	1985	Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye	Mr. Crump	71
28	1985	Home to Roost	Job Centre Assistant	63
29	1986	Lovejoy	Mr. Catchpole	73
30	1986	ScreenPlay	Mr. Wilson	60
31	1988	South Of The Border	Stan	0
32	1989	Campion	Scatty Williams	56
33	1990	El C.I.D.	Lloyd	0
34	1992	Heartbeat	Albert Potter	70
35	1992	Heartbeat	Wilfred Sedman	70
36	1993	Peak Practice	Eric Johnson	61
37	1995	The Gambling Man		55
38	1996	Hetty Wainthropp Investigates	Frank Wainthropp	72
39	2003	The Royal	Mr. Calder	76
40	2003	The Last Detective	Albert Bing	75