Betty Driver Memorial Soapstar Superstar Thread

[Miracle Aligner 248]

33 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said:

EE is absolute shite though.

Even looking back through rose tinted specs it was shite long back too.

The only two soaps I watch are Corrie and Emmerdale.

Emmerdale is the best out of the two, imo, as well.

 

Heresy. The point was more that EE is completely dropping off a cliff ratings wise and while Corrie is obviously nowhere near that state all it would take is a few bad producers and it could be. Hopefully it never happens though, obviously. 

If they want to do any talking heads features about the really early years of the show for the 60th anniversary they have a limited number of surviving cast members to choose from. These are the folk who were introduced in those years and remain alive. (Although it's worth being absolutely clear her that Barbara Knox appeared in a single episode in the 1960s here and were it not for her 1970s return would not be included on this list). Highlighted anyone of relative note in the era of 60-65 in bold. Rest are primarily bit parters.

 

9 December 1960 - 29th December 1965

Ernst Walder / 17 November 1927 / (Ivan Cheveski)
Graham Rigby / 1927 / (Sid Lambert)
Barabra Ashcroft / 1927 / (Mary Jackson)
Patricia Routledge /17 February 1929 /(Sylvia Snape)
Frank Coda / 14 May 1931 / (Mario Bonarti)
Kenneth Cope / 14 June 1931 / (Jed Stone)
Stanley Meadows / 14 July 1931 / (Laurie Frazier)
Eileen Derbyshire / 6 October 1931 / (Emily Bishop)
Jack Smethurst / 9 April 1932 (Fred Clark / Percy Bridge / Johnny Webb)
William Roache / 25 April 1932 / (Ken Barlow)
Barbara Knox / 13 September 1933 / (Rita Littlewood/Tanner/Fairclough et al )
Patricia Heneghan /2 March 1934  / (Marian Lund)
Jacquiline Jones / July 1934 / (Phillipa Scopes)
Renny Lister / 24 May 1934 / (Jean Stark)
Anne Reid / 28 May 1935 (Valerie Barlow nee Tatlock)
June Barry / 15 June 1935 / (Joan Davies)
Prunella Scales / 22 June 1932 / (Eileen Hughes)
Maureen Davis / October 1935 / (Mavis Fox)
Angela Crow / 13 December 1935 / (Doreen Lostock)
Barabara Young / 9 February 1936  / (Doreen Fenwick)
Billy Walker / 18 April 1936 / (Billy Waker)
Philip Lowrie /20 June 1936 / (Dennis Tanner)
Clare Owen / October 1936 / (Rosemary Fraser)
Alan Rothwell / 9 February 1937 / (David Barlow)
Anne Cunningham / 1 March 1937 / (Linda Cheveski ne Tanner)
Ray Brooks / 20 April 1939 / (Norman Philips) 
Christopher Sandford / 6 June 1939 / (Walter Potts)
Angela Douglas / 29 October 1940 / (Joyce Bond)
Susan Jameson / 13 August 1941 / (Myra Dickinson)
Barbara Ferris / 27 July 1942 / (Nona Willis)
Patricia Shakesby / 6 November 1942 / (Susan Cunningham)
Eileen Meyers / 1942 / (Sheila Birtles)

Amanda Reiss / 1943 / (Caroline Critchley)
Sandra Gough / 2 August 1943 / (Irma Barlow)

Bonnie Hurran / 11 May 1944 / (Jane Maxwell)

Frazer Hines / 22 September 1944 / (Roger Wain)

Roy Holder / 15 June 1946 / (Michael Butterworth / Micky Lister)
Peter Noone / 5 November 1947 / (Stanley Fairclough)

Heather Moore / Unknown / (Sandra Petty)
Kevin Williams / Unknown / (Alan Platt)

[Lard Bazaar 3,687]

1 hour ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said:

EE is absolute shite though.

Even looking back through rose tinted specs it was shite long back too.

The only two soaps I watch are Corrie and Emmerdale.

Emmerdale is the best out of the two, imo, as well.

Are you out of your tiny mind? Emmerdale Farm what a load of old shit and as for Coronation Shit it’s just a bunch of Northerners being fucking Northern ‘I say what I like and I like what I bloody well say’ Geoffrey Boycott Jayne MacDonald Paul fucking Daniels and Def Cunting Leopard they can all FUCK OFF. 
 

Love a bit of Enders though.

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,132]

Just now, Lard Bazaar said:

Are you out of your tiny mind? Emmerdale Farm what a load of old shit and as for Coronation Shit it’s just a bunch of Northerners being fucking Northern ‘I say what I like and I like what I bloody well say’ Geoffrey Boycott Jayne MacDonald Paul fucking Daniels and Def Cunting Leopard they can all FUCK OFF. 
 

Love a bit of Enders though.

Emmerdale has moist Moira in it.

That is a winner! 

[Lard Bazaar 3,687]

Just now, Lord Fellatio Nelson said:

Emmerdale has moist Moira in it.

That is a winner! 

I’m not googling THAT on my work laptop.

[Miracle Aligner 248]

31 minutes ago, Lard Bazaar said:

Are you out of your tiny mind? Emmerdale Farm what a load of old shit and as for Coronation Shit it’s just a bunch of Northerners being fucking Northern ‘I say what I like and I like what I bloody well say’ Geoffrey Boycott Jayne MacDonald Paul fucking Daniels and Def Cunting Leopard they can all FUCK OFF. 
  

Love a bit of Enders though.

 

Enjoy it while you still can. 

[Miracle Aligner 248]

Some soap clip shows narrated by Jason Manford for Corrie and Emmerdale coming to ITV and Secrets of the Square coming to BBC One to fill the soap opera production gap.

 

Might give a good chance to catch some talking heads depending on how these are set up.

 

Specials on Liz McDonald, Ken Barlow, Roy Cropper and Sally Metcalfer.

 

The William Roache one might be good form hunting if the 88 year old turns up.....

 

If the classic shows are covered we might get some talking heads off those days as well, although primarily seems to be clip based. 

 

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/coronation-street-air-special-episodes-22207378

[The Old Crem 3,164]

12 hours ago, Miracle Aligner said:

Some soap clip shows narrated by Jason Manford for Corrie and Emmerdale coming to ITV and Secrets of the Square coming to BBC One to fill the soap opera production gap.

 

Might give a good chance to catch some talking heads depending on how these are set up.

 

Specials on Liz McDonald, Ken Barlow, Roy Cropper and Sally Metcalfer.

 

The William Roache one might be good form hunting if the 88 year old turns up.....

 

If the classic shows are covered we might get some talking heads off those days as well, although primarily seems to be clip based. 

 

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/coronation-street-air-special-episodes-22207378

Sounds like Roache will appear going by the description on ITV's website.

 

The Emmerdale specials include an interview with Frazer Hines as well - another good form hunting choice.

[Miracle Aligner 248]

Up to the end of 1969 and with it the first of 6 corrie decades (probably 7 by the time I'm done) to sift through.

 

This is who I have as living from episodes between 9th December 1960 and 31st December 1969 - as with the previous list minor characters have been ignored and I've attempted to stick to notable characters but a few nobodies might have made it through the cracks....... 70s will be added in the next update. A couple of actors who appeared in minor roles in the 60s but later returned as major characters also feature based on the later character...

 

The Coronation Street Survivors Book - (1960-1969) (Episodes 1 to 942)

Ernst Walder / 17 November 1927 / (Ivan Cheveski)
Graham Rigby / 1927 / (Sid Lambert)
Barabra Ashcroft / 1927 / (Mary Jackson)
Eileen Kennely / 2 November 1928 / (Brenda Reilly)
Patricia Routledge /17 February 1929 /(Sylvia Snape)
Frank Coda / 14 May 1931 / (Mario Bonarti)
Kenneth Cope / 14 June 1931 / (Jed Stone)
Stanley Meadows / 14 July 1931 / (Laurie Frazier)
Eileen Derbyshire / 6 October 1931 / (Emily Bishop)
Jack Smethurst / 9 April 1932 (Fred Clark / Percy Bridge / Johnny Webb)
William Roache / 25 April 1932 / (Ken Barlow)
Barbara Knox / 13 September 1933 / (Rita Littlewood/Tanner/Fairclough et al )
Patricia Heneghan /2 March 1934  / (Marian Lund)
Jacquiline Jones / July 1934 / (Phillipa Scopes)
Renny Lister / 24 May 1934 / (Jean Stark)
Anne Reid / 28 May 1935 (Valerie Barlow nee Tatlock)
June Barry / 15 June 1935 / (Joan Davies)
Prunella Scales / 22 June 1932 / (Eileen Hughes)
Maureen Davis / October 1935 / (Mavis Fox)
Angela Crow / 13 December 1935 / (Doreen Lostock)
Barabara Young / 9 February 1936  / (Doreen Fenwick)
Diana Davies / 20 July 1936 / (Norma Ford)
Billy Walker / 18 April 1936 / (Billy Waker)
Philip Lowrie /20 June 1936 / (Dennis Tanner)
Clare Owen / October 1936 / (Rosemary Fraser)
Colette O’Neil / 1937 / (Ruth Winter)
Alan Rothwell / 9 February 1937 / (David Barlow)
Anne Cunningham / 1 March 1937 / (Linda Cheveski ne Tanner)
Pamela Craig / 1937 / Jackie Marsh
Lucille Soon / 15 August 1938 / (Jasmine Choong)
Ray Brooks / 20 April 1939 / (Norman Philips) 
Christopher Sandford / 6 June 1939 / (Walter Potts)
Angela Douglas / 29 October 1940 / (Joyce Bond)
Patrick Stewart / 13 July 1940 (Fire Officer)
Susan Jameson / 13 August 1941 / (Myra Dickinson)
Leslie Southwick /1942 / (Skinny Williams)
Julie Goodyear / 29 March 1942 / (Bet Lynch)
Barbara Ferris / 27 July 1942 / (Nona Willis)
Patricia Shakesby / 6 November 1942 / (Susan Cunningham)
Dilys Watling / 1942 / (Merlye Baker)
Eileen Meyers / 1942 / (Sheila Birtles)
Amanda Reiss / 1943 / (Caroline Critchley)
Leslie Lawton / 1943 / (Clive Owen)
Ronald Cunliffe / 9 March 1943 / (Stanley Fairclough)
Sandra Gough / 2 August 1943 / (Irma Barlow)
Judith Barker / 22 June 1943 / (Janet Barker)
Ben Kingsley / 31 December 1943 / (Ron Jenkins)
Bonnie Hurran / 11 May 1944 / (Jane Maxwell)
Frazer Hines / 22 September 1944 / (Roger Wain)
Bill Kenwrighgt / 4 September 1945 / (Gordon Clegg)
Patricia Fuller / 1946 / (Sandra Butler)
Roy Holder / 15 June 1946 / (Michael Butterworth / Micky Lister)
Peter Noone / 5 November 1947 / (Stanley Fairclough)
Geoffrey Leesley / 1 June 1949 / (Gordon Clegg) 
Gillian McCann / 1949 / (Audrey Fleming)
Nigel Humphreys / 1951 / (Dickie Fleming)
 
Heather Moore / Unknown / (Sandra Petty)
Kevin Williams / Unknown / (Alan Platt)
Maureen O’Reilly / Unknown / (Joan Corrie)
Beatrice Neald / Unknown / (Mrs Toft)

[The Old Crem 3,164]

A few of the older ones may well be unknown enough to die off radar.

[Miracle Aligner 248]

So Corrie are building up this idea of a 'big community event' more and more as they realise they can't really do explosions/bombs and car crashes this time round for the anniversary.

 

I'm calling it now as the death of Ken Barlow or Rita Sullivan/Tanner whatever her name is now. 

[The Old Crem 3,164]

59 minutes ago, Miracle Aligner said:

So Corrie are building up this idea of a 'big community event' more and more as they realise they can't really do explosions/bombs and car crashes this time round for the anniversary.

 

I'm calling it now as the death of Ken Barlow or Rita Sullivan/Tanner whatever her name is now. 

Through neither of them will be allowed on set to film it. It feels linked to the New Ray Character and him probably wanting to demolish the street.

[Miracle Aligner 248]

1 minute ago, The Old Crem said:

Through neither of them will be allowed on set to film it. It feels linked to the New Ray Character and him probably wanting to demolish the street.

 

They should be on set by September/October which is when the 60th episodes will be filmed. 

 

I don't think it's got anything to do with Ray to be frank - hopefully he'll be gone long before then. 

[CoffinLodger 1,246]

1 hour ago, Miracle Aligner said:

So Corrie are building up this idea of a 'big community event' more and more as they realise they can't really do explosions/bombs and car crashes this time round for the anniversary.

 

I'm calling it now as the death of Ken Barlow or Rita Sullivan/Tanner whatever her name is now. 

There is zero chance of the characters of Ken Barlow or Rita being killed off unless and until the actors playing them say they want to leave the show permanently. Or until they die, obviously . I predict their characters deaths will only follow the actors deaths , in several years time ! 

[The Old Crem 3,164]

6 minutes ago, Miracle Aligner said:

 

They should be on set by September/October which is when the 60th episodes will be filmed. 

 

I don't think it's got anything to do with Ray to be frank - hopefully he'll be gone long before then. 

I will be surprised if they let two people in their late 80's anywhere near the studio anytime this year - and even if they do it probably one be to film short scenes alone to get them involved in the the 60th.

[Miracle Aligner 248]

10 minutes ago, CoffinLodger said:

There is zero chance of the characters of Ken Barlow or Rita being killed off unless and until the actors playing them say they want to leave the show permanently. Or until they die, obviously . I predict their characters deaths will only follow the actors deaths , in several years time ! 

Depends whether Bill takes after his mum or his dad - the evidence so far is his mum. I know Bill has often expressed his desire to remain in the show until he goes, but surely at some point this becomes completely impractical? 

 

His dad live 1901 - 1982 (81 years)

His mum live 1900 - 1996 (96 years)

 

An average of the two is 88 years 6 months - so about October 2020

[Miracle Aligner 248]

For some context as to just how fucking long William Roache has been Ken bloody Barlow. 

 

The following long-serving Coronation Street actors would need to leave in the following years to match his current record if he left tomorrow. I'll redo this when he eventually does fucking leave......

 

Barbara Knox who has been in the show 48 years would need to leave in 2032 at the age of 98 [RITA]

Helen Worth who has been in the show 46 years would need to leave in 2034 at the age of 83 [GAIL]

Michael Le Vell who has been in the show 36 years would need to leave in 2044 at the age of 79 [KEVIN]

Sue Nicholls who has been in the show 36 years would need to leave in 2044 at the age of  100 [AUDREY]

Sally Dyvenor who has been in the show 34 years would need to leave in 2046 at the age of 83 [SALLY]

Simon Gregson who has been in the show 30 years would need to leave in 2050 at the age of 75 [STEVE]

David Neilson who has been in the show 25 years would need to leave in 2055 at the age of 106 [ROY]

Alan Halsall who has been in the show 22 years would need to leave in 2058 at the age of  75 [TYRONE]

Jimmi Harkishin who has been in the show 21 years would need to leave in 2059 at the age of 94 [DEV]

Jack P. Shepherd who has been in the show 20 years would need to leave in 2060 at the age of 72 [DAVID]

Sue Cleaver who has been in the show 20 years would need to leave in 2060 at the age of 96 [EILEEN]

Malcolm Hebden who has been in the show 20 years would need to leave in 2060 at the age of 120 [NORRIS]

 

I can't be arsed to do those who've been in it less than 20 years but a few could be in contention in the late 2060s/early 2070s. 

 

Beverley Callard who plays Liz McDonald has recently left and will air her final scenes in July but were she to stay on she'd have had to leave in 2057 at the age of 100 to beat Bill Roache

 

And obviously these dates get pushed back a day every day Ken remains in the fucking show and then every day another one on the list stays in after that. And this assumes they don't take a break from the show to do other stuff - which has been taken out of the above (that's where 6 years went for Norris for example).

 

 

 

 

 

[Miracle Aligner 248]

Added the 1970s as my quest for an easier reference guide for anybody who be putting together a Corrie themed DDP team continues.

 

 

 There’s so many guest stars in the late 70s I’ve limited this to ‘regular cast’ by and large.
 
The Coronation Street Survivors Book - (1960-1979) (Episodes 1 to 1956)
June Brown / 16 February 1927 / (Mrs Parsons)
Ernst Walder / 17 November 1927 / (Ivan Cheveski)
Graham Rigby / 1927 / (Sid Lambert)
Barabra Ashcroft / 1927 / (Mary Jackson)
Eileen Kennely / 2 November 1928 / (Brenda Reilly)
Thelma Barlow / 19 June 1929 / (Mavis Wilton ne Riley)
Patricia Routledge /17 February 1929 /(Sylvia Snape)
Frank Coda / 14 May 1931 / (Mario Bonarti)
Kenneth Cope / 14 June 1931 / (Jed Stone)
Stanley Meadows / 14 July 1931 / (Laurie Frazier)
Eileen Derbyshire / 6 October 1931 / (Emily Bishop)
Jack Smethurst / 9 April 1932 (Fred Clark / Percy Bridge / Johnny Webb)
William Roache / 25 April 1932 / (Ken Barlow)
Donald Webster / 12 March 1933 / (Nobby Harris)
Barbara Knox / 13 September 1933 / (Rita Littlewood/Tanner/Fairclough et al )
Patricia Heneghan /2 March 1934  / (Marian Lund)
Jacquiline Jones / July 1934 / (Phillipa Scopes)
Renny Lister / 24 May 1934 / (Jean Stark)
Anne Reid / 28 May 1935 (Valerie Barlow nee Tatlock)
June Barry / 15 June 1935 / (Joan Davies)
Prunella Scales / 22 June 1932 / (Eileen Hughes)
Johnny Briggs / 5 September 1935 / (Mike Baldwin)
Maureen Davis / October 1935 / (Mavis Fox)
Angela Crow / 13 December 1935 / (Doreen Lostock)
Barabara Young / 9 February 1936  / (Doreen Fenwick)
Diana Davies / 20 July 1936 / (Norma Ford)
Billy Walker / 18 April 1936 / (Billy Waker)
Philip Lowrie /20 June 1936 / (Dennis Tanner)
Meg Johnson / 30 September 1936 / (Eunice Gee)
Clare Owen / October 1936 / (Rosemary Fraser)
Colette O’Neil / 1937 / (Ruth Winter)
Alan Rothwell / 9 February 1937 / (David Barlow)
Anne Cunningham / 1 March 1937 / (Linda Cheveski ne Tanner)
Pamela Craig / 1937 / Jackie Marsh
Madge Hindle / 19 May 1938 / (Renee Bradshaw)
Lucille Soon / 15 August 1938 / (Jasmine Choong)
Ray Brooks / 20 April 1939 / (Norman Philips) 
Christopher Sandford / 6 June 1939 / (Walter Potts)
Malcolm Hebden / 21 December 1939 / (Carlos /  Norris Cole)
Angela Douglas / 29 October 1940 / (Joyce Bond)
Patrick Stewart / 13 July 1940 (Fire Officer)
Susan Jameson / 13 August 1941 / (Myra Dickinson)
Leslie Southwick /1942 / (Skinny Williams)
Julie Goodyear / 29 March 1942 / (Bet Lynch)
Barbara Ferris / 27 July 1942 / (Nona Willis)
Patricia Shakesby / 6 November 1942 / (Susan Cunningham)
Dilys Watling / 1942 / (Merlye Baker)
Eileen Meyers / 1942 / (Sheila Birtles)
Amanda Reiss / 1943 / (Caroline Critchley)
Leslie Lawton / 1943 / (Clive Owen)
Ronald Cunliffe / 9 March 1943 / (Stanley Fairclough)
Sandra Gough / 2 August 1943 / (Irma Barlow)
Judith Barker / 22 June 1943 / (Janet Barker)
Ben Kingsley / 31 December 1943 / (Ron Jenkins)
Sue Nichols / 23 November 1943 / (Audrey Potter)
Susan Tebbs / 24 March 1944 / (Wendy Nightingale)
Bonnie Hurran / 11 May 1944 / (Jane Maxwell)
Frazer Hines / 22 September 1944 / (Roger Wain)
Nicholas Jones / 3 April 1946 / (Mark Howard)
Bill Kenwrighgt / 4 September 1945 / (Gordon Clegg)
Patricia Fuller / 1946 / (Sandra Butler)
Roy Holder / 15 June 1946 / (Michael Butterworth / Micky Lister)
Ace Sabin / 28 August 1947 / (Colin Lomax)
Peter Noone / 5 November 1947 / (Stanley Fairclough)
Tommy Boyle / 3 May 1948 (Phil Jennings / Frank Bradley)
Geoffrey Leesley / 1 June 1949 / (Gordon Clegg) 
Veronica Doran / 17 May 1948 / (Marion Willis)
Gillian McCann / 1949 / (Audrey Fleming)
Helen Worth / 7 January 1951 / (Gail Platt)
Nigel Humphreys / 1951 / (Dickie Fleming)
Cheryl Murray / 13 July 1952 / (Suzie Birchall)
Lawrence Mullin / 5 September 1953 / (Steve Fisher)
Kathy Jones / 7 April 1954 / (Tricia Hopkins)
Christopher Quinten / 12 July 1957 / (Brian Tilsley)
Suzy Paterson / June 1961 / (Susan Barlow) 
Wendy Jane Walker / 16 July 1964 / (Susan Barlow)
Linus Roache / 1 February 1964 / (Peter Barlow)
Christabel Finch / 21 December 1976 / (Tracy Langton)
 
 
Heather Moore / Unknown / (Sandra Petty)
Kevin Williams / Unknown / (Alan Platt)
Maureen O’Reilly / Unknown / (Joan Corrie)
Beatrice Neald / Unknown / (Mrs Toft)
Christopher Dormer / Unknown (1962-1966 presumably) / (Peter Barlow)
Mavis Rogerson / Unknown / (Edna Gee)
Mark Duncan / Unknown / (Peter Barlow)
Nigel Greaves / Unknown / (Paul Cheveski)
Joseph McKenna / Unknown / (Peter Barlow)
 
 

[Ulitzer95 10,905]

On 20/06/2020 at 22:40, Miracle Aligner said:

Up to the end of 1969 and with it the first of 6 corrie decades (probably 7 by the time I'm done) to sift through.

 

This is who I have as living from episodes between 9th December 1960 and 31st December 1969 - as with the previous list minor characters have been ignored and I've attempted to stick to notable characters but a few nobodies might have made it through the cracks....... 70s will be added in the next update. A couple of actors who appeared in minor roles in the 60s but later returned as major characters also feature based on the later character...

 

The Coronation Street Survivors Book - (1960-1969) (Episodes 1 to 942)

Heather Moore / Unknown / (Sandra Petty)
Kevin Williams / Unknown / (Alan Platt)
Maureen O’Reilly / Unknown / (Joan Corrie)
Beatrice Neald / Unknown / (Mrs Toft)

I've tried to hunt down some details on these four on Ancestry or the GRO. I found nothing as the surnames are too common.

Beatrice Neild (or Nield) is most likely deceased. From the one or two pics that do exist of her, I'd put her DOB somewhere around 1900–1910.

Maureen O'Reilly – can't find a pic at all of her but possibly deceased given the age of the character she played at the time.

Moore and Williams are probably alive, but long given up acting and faded into obscurity!

[gcreptile 10,201]

On 24/10/2019 at 21:15, gcreptile said:

More Home and Away terminal illnesses:

Joel McIlroy is charged with assault but he says it's because of his Huntington's disease:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7604863/Ex-Home-Away-star-46-revealed-DYING-charged-bashing-cop.html

The curse of Home and Away continues as Dee Smart reveals her cancer diagnosis:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8485725/Home-Away-star-Dee-Smart-discusses-cancer-battle-TV-interview-THREE-decades-soap.html

[The Old Crem 3,164]

1 hour ago, gcreptile said:

The curse of Home and Away continues as Dee Smart reveals her cancer diagnosis:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8485725/Home-Away-star-Dee-Smart-discusses-cancer-battle-TV-interview-THREE-decades-soap.html

Article doesn't give a prognosis

 

[CoffinLodger 1,246]

River City star Johnnie Beattie has sadly died at 93.death of a comic icon in Scotland ! https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/johnny-beattie-dead-scottish-comedy-22330078

[YoungWillz 18,907]

1 minute ago, CoffinLodger said:

River City star Johnnie Beattie has sadly died at 93.death of a comic icon in Scotland ! https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/johnny-beattie-dead-scottish-comedy-22330078

He was also a comedian, a panto star, a quiz show host and a bit of a chanter (was he on the 1978 Ally's Army single?).

 

I couldn't bring myself to categorise him, which is why I went straight for the Dead of 2020 thread.

[CoffinLodger 1,246]

2 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

He was also a comedian, a panto star, a quiz show host and a bit of a chanter (was he on the 1978 Ally's Army single?).

 

I couldn't bring myself to categorise him, which is why I went straight for the Dead of 2020 thread.

I thought I would put him on here as he was probably most famous for his part in River City in his last years.I fully acknowledge his many other talents though!

[philheybrookbay 439]

On 23/06/2020 at 10:19, Miracle Aligner said:

Added the 1970s as my quest for an easier reference guide for anybody who be putting together a Corrie themed DDP team continues.

 

 

 

 There’s so many guest stars in the late 70s I’ve limited this to ‘regular cast’ by and large.
 
The Coronation Street Survivors Book - (1960-1979) (Episodes 1 to 1956)
June Brown / 16 February 1927 / (Mrs Parsons)
Ernst Walder / 17 November 1927 / (Ivan Cheveski)
Graham Rigby / 1927 / (Sid Lambert)
Barabra Ashcroft / 1927 / (Mary Jackson)
Eileen Kennely / 2 November 1928 / (Brenda Reilly)
Thelma Barlow / 19 June 1929 / (Mavis Wilton ne Riley)
Patricia Routledge /17 February 1929 /(Sylvia Snape)
Frank Coda / 14 May 1931 / (Mario Bonarti)
Kenneth Cope / 14 June 1931 / (Jed Stone)
Stanley Meadows / 14 July 1931 / (Laurie Frazier)
Eileen Derbyshire / 6 October 1931 / (Emily Bishop)
Jack Smethurst / 9 April 1932 (Fred Clark / Percy Bridge / Johnny Webb)
William Roache / 25 April 1932 / (Ken Barlow)
Donald Webster / 12 March 1933 / (Nobby Harris)
Barbara Knox / 13 September 1933 / (Rita Littlewood/Tanner/Fairclough et al )
Patricia Heneghan /2 March 1934  / (Marian Lund)
Jacquiline Jones / July 1934 / (Phillipa Scopes)
Renny Lister / 24 May 1934 / (Jean Stark)
Anne Reid / 28 May 1935 (Valerie Barlow nee Tatlock)
June Barry / 15 June 1935 / (Joan Davies)
Prunella Scales / 22 June 1932 / (Eileen Hughes)
Johnny Briggs / 5 September 1935 / (Mike Baldwin)
Maureen Davis / October 1935 / (Mavis Fox)
Angela Crow / 13 December 1935 / (Doreen Lostock)
Barabara Young / 9 February 1936  / (Doreen Fenwick)
Diana Davies / 20 July 1936 / (Norma Ford)
Billy Walker / 18 April 1936 / (Billy Waker)
Philip Lowrie /20 June 1936 / (Dennis Tanner)
Meg Johnson / 30 September 1936 / (Eunice Gee)
Clare Owen / October 1936 / (Rosemary Fraser)
Colette O’Neil / 1937 / (Ruth Winter)
Alan Rothwell / 9 February 1937 / (David Barlow)
Anne Cunningham / 1 March 1937 / (Linda Cheveski ne Tanner)
Pamela Craig / 1937 / Jackie Marsh
Madge Hindle / 19 May 1938 / (Renee Bradshaw)
Lucille Soon / 15 August 1938 / (Jasmine Choong)
Ray Brooks / 20 April 1939 / (Norman Philips) 
Christopher Sandford / 6 June 1939 / (Walter Potts)
Malcolm Hebden / 21 December 1939 / (Carlos /  Norris Cole)
Angela Douglas / 29 October 1940 / (Joyce Bond)
Patrick Stewart / 13 July 1940 (Fire Officer)
Susan Jameson / 13 August 1941 / (Myra Dickinson)
Leslie Southwick /1942 / (Skinny Williams)
Julie Goodyear / 29 March 1942 / (Bet Lynch)
Barbara Ferris / 27 July 1942 / (Nona Willis)
Patricia Shakesby / 6 November 1942 / (Susan Cunningham)
Dilys Watling / 1942 / (Merlye Baker)
Eileen Meyers / 1942 / (Sheila Birtles)
Amanda Reiss / 1943 / (Caroline Critchley)
Leslie Lawton / 1943 / (Clive Owen)
Ronald Cunliffe / 9 March 1943 / (Stanley Fairclough)
Sandra Gough / 2 August 1943 / (Irma Barlow)
Judith Barker / 22 June 1943 / (Janet Barker)
Ben Kingsley / 31 December 1943 / (Ron Jenkins)
Sue Nichols / 23 November 1943 / (Audrey Potter)
Susan Tebbs / 24 March 1944 / (Wendy Nightingale)
Bonnie Hurran / 11 May 1944 / (Jane Maxwell)
Frazer Hines / 22 September 1944 / (Roger Wain)
Nicholas Jones / 3 April 1946 / (Mark Howard)
Bill Kenwrighgt / 4 September 1945 / (Gordon Clegg)
Patricia Fuller / 1946 / (Sandra Butler)
Roy Holder / 15 June 1946 / (Michael Butterworth / Micky Lister)
Ace Sabin / 28 August 1947 / (Colin Lomax)
Peter Noone / 5 November 1947 / (Stanley Fairclough)
Tommy Boyle / 3 May 1948 (Phil Jennings / Frank Bradley)
Geoffrey Leesley / 1 June 1949 / (Gordon Clegg) 
Veronica Doran / 17 May 1948 / (Marion Willis)
Gillian McCann / 1949 / (Audrey Fleming)
Helen Worth / 7 January 1951 / (Gail Platt)
Nigel Humphreys / 1951 / (Dickie Fleming)
Cheryl Murray / 13 July 1952 / (Suzie Birchall)
Lawrence Mullin / 5 September 1953 / (Steve Fisher)
Kathy Jones / 7 April 1954 / (Tricia Hopkins)
Christopher Quinten / 12 July 1957 / (Brian Tilsley)
Suzy Paterson / June 1961 / (Susan Barlow) 
Wendy Jane Walker / 16 July 1964 / (Susan Barlow)
Linus Roache / 1 February 1964 / (Peter Barlow)
Christabel Finch / 21 December 1976 / (Tracy Langton)
 
 
Heather Moore / Unknown / (Sandra Petty)
Kevin Williams / Unknown / (Alan Platt)
Maureen O’Reilly / Unknown / (Joan Corrie)
Beatrice Neald / Unknown / (Mrs Toft)
Christopher Dormer / Unknown (1962-1966 presumably) / (Peter Barlow)
Mavis Rogerson / Unknown / (Edna Gee)
Mark Duncan / Unknown / (Peter Barlow)
Nigel Greaves / Unknown / (Paul Cheveski)
Joseph McKenna / Unknown / (Peter Barlow)
 
 

Joseph McKenna

 

https://www.businessoffashion.com/amp/community/people/joe-mckenna

 

Was still alive in 2017 according to this. Given his appearances were in mid 70s I'd put him born about 1960? 

[YoungWillz 18,907]

On ‎16‎/‎01‎/‎2020 at 16:49, Gooseberry Crumble said:

Former Emmerdale actress Pauka Tilbrook who played the friendly local gossip Betty  celebrates her 90th birthday today. 

 

Many happy returns!

And here is Paula Tilbrook's Obituary: https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries-archive/obituaries/paula-tilbrook

She never made 90, she died waaaay back on 1 December 2019.