Acting · Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK · Born February 25, 1948
From starting in folk clubs as a child bride, and then writing & performing at the Octagon theatre in Bolton, the career has always combined singing and acting. From TV programmes and films such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Phoenix Nights, Dinnerladies, Alan Bennett films, Brassed Off, My Son The Fanatic & Steve Coogan’s Coogan’s Run, to the many radio plays and programmes presented or guested upon, there has throughout been a steady stream of LPs and CDs - eighteen to date, the early ones all now remastered to CD.
TVAll Creatures Great & Small
2020
as Elijah Wentworth
TVHome from Home
2018
as Bill
MovieZ Cars: A Lot of Fuss About Light
2010
as Sergeant Osgood
TVShameless
2004
as Russell
TVThe Royal
2003
as Albert
MovieHarold Shipman: Doctor Death
2002
as Market Trader
MovieStrumpet
2001
as (Scenes Deleted)
MovieThe Parole Officer
2001
as Bike Group Leader
TVPhoenix Nights
2001
MovieVictoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Various Characters
TVCold Feet
1998
as Cabbie
TVdinnerladies
1998
as Man
MovieMy Son the Fanatic
1997
as Drunk Man
TVSoul Music
1997
as Asphalt (voice)
MovieSoul Music
1997
as Asphalt (voice)
MovieBrassed Off
1996
as Chapman
TVCoogan's Run
1995
as Tony the Receptionist
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Brown
MovieRita, Sue and Bob Too
1987
as Teacher
MovieThe Insurance Man
1986
as Workmen
MovieA Private Function
1984
as Painter
MovieAfternoon Off
1979
as Vic
MovieMe! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978
as Mr Trickett
TVStrangers
1978
as DS Kevin Rignall
MovieSunset Across the Bay
1975
as Milkman
Second City Firsts
1973
as Tommy
MovieSpeech Day
1973
as Arts Master
TVLast of the Summer Wine
1973
as Duane
MovieA Day Out
1972
as Ernest Tetley
Said the Preacher
1972
as David
