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.
The Parole Officer
as Chief ConstableA hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence...
Movie pageDockers
as Jimmy NolanJimmy McGovern's depiction of the mid 90s Liverpool dockers strike. Featuring script...
Movie pageThe Motorway File
as uncreditedPart of BFI collection "Worth the Risk?" An investigation into the causes of a fatal accident on...
Movie pageCharlie
as Gab JohnsonCharlie Alexander is a private detective who gets caught up in sinister trade union machinations...
Movie pageThe Professionals
as Ray KerriganThe lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their...
TV Show pageCasualty
as Peter AdamsDrama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...
TV Show pagePeak Practice
as Rob ClulowPeak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town...
TV Show pageHeartbeat
as Mr. HuggettSet during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...
TV Show pageHeartbeat
as Harry KeartonSet during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...
TV Show pageJack the Ripper
as Sergeant KerbyJack the Ripper is a 1988 two-part television film/miniseries portraying a fictionalized account...
TV Show pageThe Sweeney
as JackoJack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue...
TV Show pageLovejoy
as George PalmerThe adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East...
TV Show pageFat Friends
as uncreditedFat Friends was an ITV drama, following a group of overweight people, their laughter and pain...
TV Show pageJustice
as Det. Constable BoyceJustice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long...
TV Show pageDays of Hope
as Conscientious objector in FranceDays of Hope is a BBC television drama serial produced in 1975. The series dealt with the lives...
TV Show pageThe Second Coming
as Frank BaxterVideo store clerk Steve Baxter realises that he is in fact the Son of God. He has just a few...
TV Show pageG.B.H.
as Mr BurnsGBH was a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of...
TV Show pageHearts and Minds
as NormanA young teacher begins work at a tough Liverpool comprehensive, where he has to deal with...
TV Show pageMr. Wroe's Virgins
as Brother TaylorBased on the novel by Jane Rogers, the series follows the stories of seven young women who came...
TV Show pageThe Hanged Man
as Sergeant of the GuardAfter surviving a series of attempts on his life, successful businessman Lew Burnett decides to...
TV Show pageRockliffe's Babies
as uncreditedIn this series, devised by Richard O'Keefe, maverick Detective Sergeant Alan Rockliffe is given...
TV Show pagePlaza Patrol
as RobberCannon and Ball star as security guards Trevor and Bernard at the Margaret Thatcher Plaza...
TV Show pageThe Royal
as Bill SmithsonFollows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled...
TV Show pageChimera
as Sgt. CrichtonA journalist investigates the death of his girlfriend at a fertility clinic where she worked and...
TV Show pageLucky Feller
as Randolph MepsteadLucky Feller is a 1976 ITV sitcom written by Terence Frisby and produced by Humphrey...
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