Biography
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.
Movies & TV Shows
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Brassed Off (1996) — Chapman
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All Creatures Great & Small (2020) — Elijah Wentworth
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Shameless (2004) — Russell
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The Parole Officer (2001) — Bike Group Leader
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Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987) — Teacher
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A Private Function (1984) — Painter
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Phoenix Nights (2001)
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Last of the Summer Wine (1973) — Duane
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Cold Feet (1998) — Cabbie
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dinnerladies (1998) — Man
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Heartbeat (1992) — Brown
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Soul Music (1997) — Asphalt (voice)
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My Son the Fanatic (1997) — Drunk Man
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Strumpet (2001) — (Scenes Deleted)
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The Royal (2003) — Albert
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The Insurance Man (1986) — Workmen
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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings (2000) — Various Characters
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Coogan's Run (1995) — Tony the Receptionist
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A Day Out (1972) — Ernest Tetley
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Soul Music (1997) — Asphalt (voice)
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Strangers (1978) — DS Kevin Rignall
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Harold Shipman: Doctor Death (2002) — Market Trader
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Home from Home (2018) — Bill
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Sunset Across the Bay (1975) — Milkman
- The Mersey Pirate (1979)
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Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978) — Mr Trickett
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Speech Day (1973) — Arts Master
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Afternoon Off (1979) — Vic
- Said the Preacher (1972) — David
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Z Cars: A Lot of Fuss About Light (2010) — Sergeant Osgood
- Second City Firsts (1973) — Tommy