Johnny Leeze

Born: 1941-12-31

Johnny Leeze is a British television actor best known for playing Ned Glover in Emmerdale from 1994 to 2000 and Harry Clayton in Coronation Street in 1985. He made his debut in 1982 with a small part in Roy Clarke's sitcom Open All Hours. He worked with Clarke again, appearing in Last of the Summer Wine on four occasions in 1983, 1986, 1991 and 2002. He played Inspector Cox in The League of Gentlemen, Duffy Hayes in Phoenix Nights and Bill Cooper in Early Doors. He has also starred in Common as Muck, Heartbeat and its spin off series The Royal, All Creatures Great and Small, Cracker and Life On Mars. His one and only film appearance was as a journalist in the comedy Blow Dry. His real name is John Glen, but he adopted the stage name Johnny Leeze to avoid confusion with other people in the business called John Glen, including the director of several James Bond films. He was married to Carol, the mother of his two children; Nicola and Holly, for fourteen years from 1969 to 1983 but now lives alone in Cleethorpes.


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Blow Dry

as Journalist #3
Released: 2001-03-01

The annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian...

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England's Greens and Peasant Land

as Jim
Released: 1982-01-05

A planning decision must be made, and the motorway extension must go through on either the Golf...

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Play for Today

as Jim
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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Heartbeat

as Pub Landlord
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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Last of the Summer Wine

as Fifi's Boyfriend
First aired: 1973-01-04

Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never...

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All Creatures Great and Small

as Lionel Brough
First aired: 1978-01-08

All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British...

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Life on Mars

as Meter Man
First aired: 2006-01-09

A detective chief inspector from 2006 is investigating a serial killer when he is knocked over...

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Cracker

as 1st Manchester Utd Fan
First aired: 1993-09-27

The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight...

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The League of Gentlemen

as Inspector Cox
First aired: 1999-01-11

The League of Gentlemen is a British comedy television series that premiered on BBC Two in 1999....

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Early Doors

as Bill Cooper
First aired: 2003-05-12

A sitcom set in a small pub in Manchester, “The Grapes”, where daily life is bound up in the...

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The Royal

as George
First aired: 2003-01-19

Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled...

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