Peter Armitage

Born: 1940-01-26

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.


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The Parole Officer

as Chief Constable
Released: 2001-08-10

A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence...

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Dockers

as Jimmy Nolan
Released: 1999-07-10

Jimmy McGovern's depiction of the mid 90s Liverpool dockers strike. Featuring script...

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The Motorway File

as uncredited
Released: 1975-01-02

Part of BFI collection "Worth the Risk?" An investigation into the causes of a fatal accident on...

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Peak Practice

as Rob Clulow
First aired: 1993-05-10

Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town...

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The Professionals

as Ray Kerrigan
First aired: 1977-12-30

The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their...

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Heartbeat

as Mr. Huggett
First aired: 1992-04-10

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

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Heartbeat

as Harry Kearton
First aired: 1992-04-10

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

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Casualty

as Peter Adams
First aired: 1986-09-06

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...

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The Hanged Man

as Sergeant of the Guard
First aired: 1975-02-15

After surviving a series of attempts on his life, successful businessman Lew Burnett decides to...

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G.B.H.

as Mr Burns
First aired: 1991-06-06

GBH was a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of...

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Days of Hope

as Conscientious objector in France
First aired: 1975-09-11

Days of Hope is a BBC television drama serial produced in 1975. The series dealt with the lives...

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The Sweeney

as Jacko
First aired: 1975-01-02

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue...

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Jack the Ripper

as Sergeant Kerby
First aired: 1988-10-11

Jack the Ripper is a 1988 two-part television film/miniseries portraying a fictionalized account...

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Fat Friends

as uncredited
First aired: 2000-10-12

Fat Friends was an ITV drama, following a group of overweight people, their laughter and pain...

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Justice

as Det. Constable Boyce
First aired: 1971-10-08

Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long...

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Lovejoy

as George Palmer
First aired: 1986-01-10

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East...

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Rockliffe's Babies

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-01-09

In this series, devised by Richard O'Keefe, maverick Detective Sergeant Alan Rockliffe is given...

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Mr. Wroe's Virgins

as Brother Taylor
First aired: 1993-02-24

Based on the novel by Jane Rogers, the series follows the stories of seven young women who came...

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The Second Coming

as Frank Baxter
First aired: 2003-02-09

Video store clerk Steve Baxter realises that he is in fact the Son of God. He has just a few...

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Hearts and Minds

as Norman
First aired: 1995-02-16

A young teacher begins work at a tough Liverpool comprehensive, where he has to deal with...

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Plaza Patrol

as Robber
First aired: 1991-07-15

Cannon and Ball star as security guards Trevor and Bernard at the Margaret Thatcher Plaza...

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Chimera

as Sgt. Crichton
First aired: 1991-07-07

A journalist investigates the death of his girlfriend at a fertility clinic where she worked and...

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Lucky Feller

as Randolph Mepstead
First aired: 1976-09-04

Lucky Feller is a 1976 ITV sitcom written by Terence Frisby and produced by Humphrey...

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The Royal

as Bill Smithson
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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