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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 26, 1940
Died
December 4, 2018
Place of Birth
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Peter Armitage
0.2 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
Credits
Sorted
as Priest
2006
8.3
The Second Coming
as Frank Baxter
2003
6.8
The Royal
as Bill Smithson
2003
7.6
The Parole Officer
as Chief Constable
2001
5.8
Dockers
as Jimmy Nolan
1999
6.5
Hearts and Minds
as Norman
1995
8.0
🎬
Harry
as Monkton
1993
3.5
Peak Practice
as Rob Clulow
1993
6.1
Mr. Wroe's Virgins
as Brother Taylor
1993
4.5
🎬
Magic Grandad
as Grandad
1993
6.0
Heartbeat
as Mr. Huggett
1992
7.1
Heartbeat
as Harry Kearton
1992
7.1
The Laughter of God
as Ned
1991
1.0
Plaza Patrol
as Robber
1991
6.0
Chimera
as Sgt. Crichton
1991
6.0
G.B.H.
as Mr Burns
1991
6.2
Jack the Ripper
as Sergeant Kerby
1988
7.1
Rockliffe's Babies
as DS Hibbert
1987
5.2
Casualty
as Peter Adams
1986
6.1
Lovejoy
as George Palmer
1986
7.3
Charlie
as Gab Johnson
1984
0.0
🎬
One of the Boys
as Jacko
1978
0.0
The Professionals
as Ray Kerrigan
1977
7.5
Lucky Feller
as Randolph Mepstead
1976
7.2
Grease Monkey
as Len
1976
0.0
Days of Hope
as Conscientious objector in France
1975
6.2
🎬
The Hanged Man
as Sergeant of the Guard
1975
5.5
The Sweeney
as Jacko
1975
7.8
The Motorway File
1975
0.0
Churchill's People
as Trooper John Steel
1974
1.0
🎬
The Befrienders
1972
0.0
Justice
as Det. Constable Boyce
1971
6.0