Betty Driver Memorial Soapstar Superstar Thread

[Deathray 2,933]

It'll be depression brought on by playing depressed Steve. It's not uncommon for soap actors to develop illness or vices in parallell to there charachters. Peter Adamson being a classic example.

[YoungWillz 19,090]

Not much clarity on this at the moment, but the toyshop which Peter Baldwin (Derek Wilton in Coronation Street) took over appears to indicate that he has either died or will die in 2016! https://twitter.com/Pollockstoyshop/status/657558109435641856

 

Watch this space to see if there is more news - he is a DDP pick.

[msc 17,762]

Digital Spy forums seem to suggest local news has announced it. Time will tell.

[YoungWillz 19,090]

The original tweet has been taken down and replaced with this one: https://twitter.com/Pollockstoyshop/status/657568670441447425

 

I think I can safely add him to the DDP Round Up.

[Sean 5,998]

http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/peter-baldwin-corries-derek-wilton-dies.html:Reported on a corrie blog.Apparently it was on a Granada local report at lunchtime.

[Dead Wait 1,096]

http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/peter-baldwin-corries-derek-wilton-dies.html:Reported on a corrie blog.Apparently it was on a Granada local report at lunchtime.

 

Not sure why this is taking so long to make the main news sites given that he was a well known name in the show....

[Sean 5,998]

http://beta.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/coronation-street/news/a675313/former-coronation-street-actor-peter-baldwin-dies-aged-82/:Confirmation from Digital Spy and Corrie spokesman.Going on about how sad they are even though they sacked him.

[YoungWillz 19,090]

Qualifying Obit from ITV: http://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2015-10-23/actor-peter-baldwin-who-played-derek-wilton-in-coronation-street-dies/

[Deathray 2,933]

First hit for my The Cobbles to a Coffin theme team. And a unique too. I'm sure he was a lovely man but by god his character has to be the most irritating in history,

[Dead Wait 1,096]

First hit for my The Cobbles to a Coffin theme team. And a unique too. I'm sure he was a lovely man but by god his character has to be the most irritating in history,

Disagree. Watching it now I'd have to say I'd happily see the end of Mary - really really irritating!!

[Sir Creep 7,013]

ccording to his mother, Elizabeth Jackson, "One Life to Live" alum, Nathaniel Marston (ex-Michael McBain), was in a serious car accident Saturday October 31. On her Facebook page Jackson posted: "Please pray for my son Nathaniel Marston. He was in a car accident last night and is in the intensive care on life support.” His back and neck were broken in several places and in addition he has other internal injuries. Jackson asks of fans, “Please pray that he will recover and walk again. Nathaniel is now on a breathing machine to keep him alive and he may face life with tremendous paralysis if he survives this tragedy."

 

What a horrible mess. Better off dead.

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http://soaps.sheknows.com/soaps/news/45656/soap-alum-nathaniel-marston-in-critical-car-accident

[YoungWillz 19,090]

Stephen Hancock, Ernie Bishop in Coronation Street has passed away at 89. http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/nov/03/stephen-hancock

 

Think he's a DDP entry. Edit: Apparently not.

[Deathray 2,933]

Stephen Hancock, Ernie Bishop in Coronation Street has passed away at 89. http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/nov/03/stephen-hancock

 

Think he's a DDP entry. Edit: Apparently not.

 

Could've sworn he was on Cobbles to a Coffin but alas not. Missed him and Anne Kirkbride - well this gets embarrassing...

[Dead Wait 1,096]

 

Not a comprehensive list I admit as I did it in about an hour or so .Feel free to note any mistakes /absences

 

Oldest living soap actors and actresses 80+:

 

 

 

Sheila Mercier 1/1/19 (96) Emmerdale 1972-94 1995,1996 ,2009

June Spencer 14/6/19 (96) The Archers (950,1951-53 ,1962-Present

Elizabeth Kelly 29/5/21 (94) -Coronation Street 1971 ,Eastenders 1993-90,2000

Vivean Gray 20/7/24 (91)-Neighbours 1986-88

William Lucas 14/4/25 (90) Eldorado 1992-93, Corronation Street 1971, 1996

Doreen Keogh 2/5/25 (90) -Coronation Street 1960–64, 1967, 1972, 1975

Ysanne Churchman 14/5/25(90) -The Archers 1950.1951-55)

Robert Fyfe 19/6/25 (90) Coronation Street 2012

Honor Blackman 22/8/25 (89) Coronation Street 2004

June Whitfield 11/11/25 (89) Coronation Street 2010,Eastenders 2015

Jean Alexander 24/2/26 (89) Coronation Street 1964-87

Leonard Fenton 29/4/26 (89) Eastenders 1985–97, 2000, 2004, 2007

Doreen Mantle 1926 (88/89) Coroantion Street 2011

June Brown 16/27 (88) Coronation Street 1970 Eastenders 1985-1993,1997-Present

Heather Chasen 20/7/27 (88) Crossroads 1982-86 ,Eastenders 2011

Freddie Jones 12/9/27 (87) Emmerdale 2005-Present

Mark Eden 14.2.28 (87) Coronation Street 1986-89

Bernard Cribbins 29/12/28 (86) Coronation Street 2003

Colin Skipp 1928 (86/87) The Archers 1967-2013)

Thelma Barlow 19/6/29(86) Coronation Street (1971-1997)

Frank Mills 1929 (85/86) Coronation Street 1995-1997

Rosemary Prinz 4.1.30 (85) As the world turns 1956-2000

Paula Tilbrook 16/1/30 (85) Coronation Street 1977,1978-80,1991-93 Emmerdale 1994-2015

Andrew Sachs 7/4/30 (85) Coronation Street 2009

Bill Treacher 4/6/30 (85) Eastenders 1985-96

Edward Kelsey June 1930 (85) The Archers 1985-Present

Irene Sutcliffe 12/7/30 (85) Coronation Street 1968-75

Kenneth Cope 14/6/31 (84) Coronation Street 1961-63,66,2009 Brookside 1999-2002

Eileen Derbyshire 6/10/31 (Some sources state 1929 and 1930) Coronation Street 1961-Present

Antony Booth 9/10/31 (83)Coronation Street 1960,Eastenders 2003,Emmerdale 2007

Patricia Green 1931 (83/84) The Archers 1957-Present

Lionel Blair 11/12/31 (83) Emmerdale 2008 (as himself)

William Roache 25/4/32 (83) Coronation Street 1960-Present

Prunella Scales 22/6/32 (83) Coronation Street 1961

Edward de Souza 4/9/32 (82) Coronation Street 2008-09

Robert Vaughn 22/11/32 (82) Coronation Street 2012

Roland Curram 1932 (82/83) Eldorado 1992-93

Dudley Sutton 6/4/33 (82) Easrenders 2004 Emmerdale 1997,2014

Derek Martin 11/4/33 (82) Eastenders 2000-11 ,2013

Eileen Fulton 13/9/33 (81) As The World Turns 1960-2010

Barbara Knox 30/9/33 (81) Coronation Street (1964,1972-Present)

Jamila Massey 7/1/34 (81)Albion Market 1985, Brookside 1989, Eastenders 1997,Coronation Street 2010-11

Don Hastings 1/4/34 1960-2010 As the world turns 1960-2010

Keith Barron 8/8/34 (80) Coronation Street 2007

Timothy West 20/10/34 Coronation Street 2013 Eastenders 2014-15

Peter Martin 1934 (80/81) Emmerdale 2001-07

Lesley Saeward 1934 (80/81) The Archers 1953-Present

Anne Reid 28/5/35 (80) Coronation Street 1961,1962-71)

Roy Barracluogh 12/7/35 (80) Coronation Street 1972, 1975, 1986–92, 1995–98

Mona Hammond 1935 (79/80_ Eastenders 1994-97,2010

This is a great list with clearly quite a bit of effort expended that I think we should continue to use this.

 

Updated to remove Ernie Bishop and Derek Wilton....

[Guest Guest]

thats wirerd cos when i told my mum that Peter Baldwin had died she thought i was talking about the actor who played Ernie Bishop and now he's dead as well !

[YoungWillz 19,090]

Want to relive the episode where Ernie Bishop gets shot? https://youtu.be/b3bwtoswQV4

 

I remember watching this, big shock at the time.

[Deathray 2,933]

Want to relive the episode where Ernie Bishop gets shot? https://youtu.be/b3bwtoswQV4

 

I remember watching this, big shock at the time.

It won't be long before roach and derbyshire are the only ones libing from those eps.

[YoungWillz 19,090]

Leon Sinden, brother of Donald who appeared as George Carradine in High Road, has died at the age of 88, cancer. http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/obituaries/13951544.Leon_Sinden/

 

Highly attached to the Pitlochry Festival Theatre. His other TV work included appearances in Dr Finlay's Casebook and Upstairs Downstairs, Rough Justice and No Hiding Place.

 

Edit: Anyone with an hour to spare, here's his Upstairs Downstairs appearance as Det.Insp. Bowles: https://youtu.be/sOUk5tn1ykI

 

Sadly, I couldn't find any High Road appearances before retiring to bed.

[YoungWillz 19,090]

ccording to his mother, Elizabeth Jackson, "One Life to Live" alum, Nathaniel Marston (ex-Michael McBain), was in a serious car accident Saturday October 31. On her Facebook page Jackson posted: "Please pray for my son Nathaniel Marston. He was in a car accident last night and is in the intensive care on life support.” His back and neck were broken in several places and in addition he has other internal injuries. Jackson asks of fans, “Please pray that he will recover and walk again. Nathaniel is now on a breathing machine to keep him alive and he may face life with tremendous paralysis if he survives this tragedy."

 

What a horrible mess. Better off dead.

SC

http://soaps.sheknows.com/soaps/news/45656/soap-alum-nathaniel-marston-in-critical-car-accident

 

According to the site Sir C quoted, he has in fact died, according to an update on the mother's FB page. http://soaps.sheknows.com/soaps/news/45656/soap-alum-nathaniel-marston-in-critical-car-accident

[Sir Creep 7,013]

 

ccording to his mother, Elizabeth Jackson, "One Life to Live" alum, Nathaniel Marston (ex-Michael McBain), was in a serious car accident Saturday October 31. On her Facebook page Jackson posted: "Please pray for my son Nathaniel Marston. He was in a car accident last night and is in the intensive care on life support.” His back and neck were broken in several places and in addition he has other internal injuries. Jackson asks of fans, “Please pray that he will recover and walk again. Nathaniel is now on a breathing machine to keep him alive and he may face life with tremendous paralysis if he survives this tragedy."

What a horrible mess. Better off dead.

SChttp://soaps.sheknows.com/soaps/news/45656/soap-alum-nathaniel-marston-in-critical-car-accident

 

According to the site Sir C quoted, he has in fact died, according to an update on the mother's FB page. http://soaps.sheknows.com/soaps/news/45656/soap-alum-nathaniel-marston-in-critical-car-accident

Dammit he was my replacement name 3 days from now. I can't win.

Granted as bad as I feel I don't feel as bad as Marston.

SC

[Bibliogryphon 8,662]

Tony Warren gets an award and jokes about Death.

 

2016? 2017?.....

[charon 4,938]

^^ link is for Mr Sheen.

[Cat O'Falk 3,287]

It's rolling and it's way down near the bottom of the page.

 

Quote:

 

Coronation Street creator Tony Warren was on home turf and on fine form when he received an award at the Salford International Media Festival last night.

Warren, now 79, created the soap 55 years ago. After clips of its early years were shown, he joked that he had been "haunted by those characters" for 50 years.

After being presented with the conference's inaugural achievement award trophy, he said the character that haunts him the most is Ena Sharples.

I'm left wondering just what Ena would have made of this. She'd say, 'Oh yes, yes, very nice, very nice. One more ornament to dust. Not much dusting done in your house anyway.'

It puts me in mind of one thing and one thing only. I bet it's not occurred to you but it's occurred to me. This could be the last monument you see before the actual gravestone.

Ena would surely tell him not to be so daft.

[Deathray 2,933]

It's rolling and it's way down near the bottom of the page.

 

Quote:

 

Coronation Street creator Tony Warren was on home turf and on fine form when he received an award at the Salford International Media Festival last night.

Warren, now 79, created the soap 55 years ago. After clips of its early years were shown, he joked that he had been "haunted by those characters" for 50 years.

After being presented with the conference's inaugural achievement award trophy, he said the character that haunts him the most is Ena Sharples.

I'm left wondering just what Ena would have made of this. She'd say, 'Oh yes, yes, very nice, very nice. One more ornament to dust. Not much dusting done in your house anyway.'

It puts me in mind of one thing and one thing only. I bet it's not occurred to you but it's occurred to me. This could be the last monument you see before the actual gravestone.

Ena would surely tell him not to be so daft.

 

I reckon it'd be something along the lines of "Keep talking that and I'll ensure it is."

[Dead Wait 1,096]

6 months off for Emily Bishop!

 

http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/news/a774913/coronation-streets-eileen-derbyshire-takes-break-from-emily-bishop-role/