Geoffrey Hughes

Geoffrey Hughes DL was an English actor. Hughes provided the voice of Paul McCartney in the animated film Yellow Submarine, and rose to fame for portraying much-loved binman Eddie Yeats in the long-running British soap opera Coronation Street from 1974 to 1983, making a return to the show in 1987.

Known For: Acting

Born: Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK, 1944-02-02

Died: 2012-07-27

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1967	Smashing Time	Builder	62
2	1968	The Bofors Gun	Private Samuel - Cookhouse	57
3	1968	Yellow Submarine	Paul McCartney (voice) (as Geoff Hughes)	71
4	1969	Till Death Us Do Part	Mike's Brother	72
5	1969	The Virgin Soldiers	Lantry	66
6	1970	The Hunting of Lionel Crane	Flash Blakey	0
7	1970	The Man Who Had Power Over Women	Policeman	53
8	1971	The Blood on Satan's Claw	Drinking Villager	61
9	1971	Revenge	Fred	57
10	1971	The Pigeon Fancier	Derek	0
11	1971	Carry On at Your Convenience	Willy	62
12	1973	Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall	Larry	48
13	1973	Tiffany Jones	Georg	44
14	1976	Confessions of a Driving Instructor	Postman	49
15	1986	Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe	Popplewick	58
16	1990	The Man from the Pru	Det Sgt Bailey	0
17	1990	Needle	Repo Man	100
18	1997	The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket	Onslow	90
19	2005	The Funny Blokes of British Comedy		60
20	2006	The Queen of Sheba	Twiggy	75
21	2007	Liverpool Nativity	Gabriel	0
22	2008	Flick	Tony Ray	47
23	2008	The New Sofa	Twiggy	77
24	2010	The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa	Self	84
25	2023	Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances	Self (archive footage)	70
26	2023	Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family	Twiggy (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1962	Z-Cars		70
2	1964	The Likely Lads	Podge	73
3	1968	Please Sir!	Mr. Turner	67
4	1969	Curry and Chips		60
5	1970	Up Pompeii!	Piteous	76
6	1970	Shadows of Fear	Terry	60
7	1970	Play for Today	Derek	61
8	1972	Crown Court		54
9	1974	Don't Drink The Water	Frank	55
10	1976	Cilla's World Of Comedy		75
11	1985	The Bright Side		50
12	1986	Casualty	Si Blake	60
13	1990	You Rang, M'Lord?	Fred Kendall	74
14	1990	The Upper Hand	Ray	70
15	1990	Keeping Up Appearances	Onslow	76
16	1991	Spender	Kenny Coates	70
17	1992	Heartbeat	Vernon Scripps	70
18	1993	I, Lovett		60
19	1998	The Royle Family	Twiggy	76
20	2007	Skins	Uncle Keith	81