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Peter Armitage
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Peter Armitage (1940-2018) was perhaps best known for playing builder Bill Webster, father of Kevin, in Coronation Street, a role he first played in 1984, before returning to the…
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Peter Armitage (1940-2018) was perhaps best known for playing builder Bill Webster, father of Kevin, in Coronation Street, a role he first played in 1984, before returning to the show for a second stint in 1995 to 1997, and for a final time in 2006 to 2011. He also played a bicycle-buying father in a memorable 1980s advert for Yellow Pages. His TV career stretched back to 1970 and his many credits included roles in Ken Loach's Days of Hope, Alan Bleasdale's GBH, Jimmy McGovern's Hearts and Minds and Dockers, and Russell T Davies' The Second Coming, in which he played the father of Christopher Eccleston's modern day Christ. He also starred in the Steve Coogan film The Parole Officer in 2001, played Sergeant Kerby alongside Michael Caine in 1988's Jack the Ripper and appeared as David Jason's older, more confident brother in the 1970s sitcom Lucky Feller. He made guest appearances in programmes such as The Sweeney, The Professionals Softly Softly, Strangers, Bulman, Rockliffe's Babies, Crown Court, Casualty, Holby City, The Royal, Heartbeat, Peak Practice, Medics, and The Bill. His last TV appearance was in an episode of Doctors in 2013.
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2006
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TV show Priest
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2003
The Second Coming
TV show Frank Baxter
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2003
The Royal
TV show Bill Smithson
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2001
The Parole Officer
Movie Chief Constable
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1999
Dockers
Movie Jimmy Nolan
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1996
Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs
Movie Eddie Harris
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1995
The Vet
TV show Frankie Mulholland
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1995
Hearts and Minds
TV show Norman
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1994
Chandler & Co
TV show Bill Savage
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1993
Harry
TV show Monkton
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1993
Peak Practice
TV show Rob Clulow
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1993
Mr. Wroe's Virgins
TV show Brother Taylor
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1993
Magic Grandad
TV show Grandad
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1992
Sam Saturday
TV show Jim Butler
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1992
Heartbeat
TV show Mr. Huggett
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1991
The Laughter of God
Movie Ned
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1991
Plaza Patrol
TV show Robber
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1991
Chimera
TV show Sgt. Crichton
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1991
G.B.H.
TV show Mr Burns
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1991
In Suspicious Circumstances
TV show DC Charlton
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1988
Jack the Ripper
TV show Sergeant Kerby
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1987
Rockliffe's Babies
TV show DS Hibbert
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1986
Casualty
TV show Peter Adams
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1986
Lovejoy
TV show George Palmer
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1978
Strangers
TV show Billy
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1978
One of the Boys
Movie Jacko
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1977
The Professionals
TV show Ray Kerrigan
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1976
Lucky Feller
TV show Randolph 'Randy' Mepstead
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1976
Grease Monkey
Movie Len
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1975
The Wild West Show
TV show Terry
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1975
Days of Hope
TV show Conscientious objector in France
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1975
The Hanged Man
TV show Sergeant of the Guard
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1975
The Sweeney
TV show Jacko
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1975
The Motorway File
Movie
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1974
Churchill's People
TV show Trooper John Steel
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1973
Centre Play
TV show Lee
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1972
The Befrienders
TV show Chuck
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1971
Justice
TV show Det. Constable Boyce
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1967
ITV Playhouse
TV show Jacko
