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Fred Feast
Scarborough, England
Scarborough born actor Fred Feast was best known for his role as the idle Rovers Return potman Fred Gee in the long running soap opera Coronation Street from 1975 to 1984. Prior t…
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Scarborough born actor Fred Feast was best known for his role as the idle Rovers Return potman Fred Gee in the long running soap opera Coronation Street from 1975 to 1984. Prior to showbusiness, Feast was a PT instructor in the Parachute Regiment, driving instructor, butcher, trawlerman, dolphin trainer, computer systems analyst, nightclub owner, personal shopper, publican and maître d' at a Michelin star Algarve restaurant. He entered showbusiness as a variety artist and stand up comic, and appeared in TV plays such as Alan Bennett's A Day Out, Ken Loach's Days of Hope and Jack Rosenthal's Another Sunday and Sweet FA, alongside serials such as Sam and the sitcom Nearest and Dearest. He left Coronation Street in 1984 due to repeated bouts of ill health (depression) and a fear of becoming typecast or set in his ways. Instead he took on a three year stint on the BBC rural drama All Creatures Great and Small as knackerman Jeff Mallock. One of his last roles was that of Arthur the pigeon fancier in the 1998 film Little Voice, shot in his native Scarborough.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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1998
Little Voice
Movie Arthur
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1992
Heartbeat
TV show Wilson
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1978
3-2-1
TV show
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1978
All Creatures Great and Small
TV show Jeff Mallock
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1977
Childhood
TV show Mr. Longbottom
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1976
Bill Brand
TV show Parfitt
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1976
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Movie Kenneth - Sound Recordist
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1975
Days of Hope
TV show Police Sergeant
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1975
All Creatures Great and Small
Movie Farmer in Cinema
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1975
The Hanged Man
TV show
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1974
Soldier and Me
TV show Drunk
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1974
There Is a Happy Land
Movie Mr Longbottom
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1973
The Black Dog
Movie Farmer
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1972
A Day Out
Movie Gamekeeper
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1972
Crown Court
TV show
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1972
Country Matters
TV show Farmer
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1972
The Sextet
TV show Policeman
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1972
Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.
Movie Parker Street Coach
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1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV show Parker Street Coach
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1968
Nearest and Dearest
TV show Arnold Guttersby
