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Jim Bywater
Yorkshire, England, UK
Jim Bywater was a British actor and musician perhaps best known for the role of Wilf Starkey in Coronation Street. In the 1970s and 80s, Bywater was a member of Belt and Braces, G…
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Jim Bywater was a British actor and musician perhaps best known for the role of Wilf Starkey in Coronation Street. In the 1970s and 80s, Bywater was a member of Belt and Braces, Gavin Richards' leftwing political theatre company, and of the Belt and Braces Roadshow Band which released music in the decade. In 1976 Bywater met his wife, the actress and broadcaster Jeni Barnett whilst starring together in a Belt and Braces production. On 16th June 2026, Barnett posted a blog entry announcing Bywater's recent death at the age of 82 following a long illness.
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2012
The Hollow Crown
TV show Hotspur's Servant
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1996
Dalziel and Pascoe
TV show Sylvester Herne
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1988
The Luddites
Movie William Cartwright
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1984
Driving Ambition
Movie Music
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1983
The Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Movie Inspector Pissani
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1976
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Movie Geoff
