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Peter Armitage
Actor
Born January 26, 1940Died December 4, 2018 (78 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2020 | Coronation Street: Compilations (TV Series) · as Bill Webster |
| 2010 | Coronation Street: Tram Crash · as Bill Webster |
| 2006 | Sorted (TV Series) · as Priest |
| 2003 | The Second Coming (TV Series) · as Frank Baxter |
| 2003 | |
| 2001 | The Parole Officer · as Chief Constable |
| 2000 | Fat Friends (TV Series) |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades · as Small Man |
| 2000 | Doctors (TV Series) · as Alan Cooper |
| 1999 | Dockers · as Jimmy Nolan |
| 1999 | Holby City (TV Series) · as Bob Butler |
| 1995 | Hearts and Minds (TV Series) · as Norman |
| 1994 | Chandler & Co. (TV Series) · as Bill Savage |
| 1993 | Harry (1993) (TV Series) · as Monkton |
| 1993 | Peak Practice (TV Series) · as Rob Clulow |
| 1993 | Mr. Wroe's Virgins (TV Series) · as Brother Taylor |
| 1993 | Magic Grandad (TV Series) · as Grandad |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV Series) · as Small Man |
| 1991 | Chimera (TV Series) · as Sgt. Crichton |
| 1991 | GBH (TV Series) · as Mr Burns |
| 1991 | The Advocates (TV Series) · as Len Veitch |
| 1989 | Woof! (TV Series) · as Rspca Man |
| 1988 | Jack the Ripper (1988) (TV Series) · as Sergeant Kerby |
| 1987 | Rockliffe's Babies (TV Series) |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Peter Adams |
| 1986 | Lovejoy (TV Series) · as George Palmer |
| 1985 | Bulman (TV Series) · as Jake Stevenson |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Ned |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) · as Eric Hazel |
| 1978 | Strangers (TV Series) · as Billy |
| 1977 | The Professionals (TV Series) · as Ray Kerrigan |
| 1977 | Rosie (TV Series) · as Detective Constable Orr |
| 1975 | The Rag Trade (TV Series) · as Bill |
| 1975 | The Wild West Show (TV Series) · as Terry |
| 1975 | Days of Hope (TV Series) · as Conscientious Objector In France |
| 1975 | Lucky Feller (TV Series) · as Randolph Mepstead |
| 1975 | The Hanged Man (TV Series) · as Sergeant Of The Guard |
| 1975 | The Sweeney (TV Series) · as Jacko |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) · as Frank Hanlon |
| 1972 | Emmerdale (TV Series) · as Wilf Butler |
| 1972 | The Pathfinders (TV Series) · as F |
| 1971 | Justice (1971) (TV Series) · as Det. Constable Boyce |
| 1969 | Softly Softly Task Force (TV Series) · as Bernie Bryson |
| 1969 | In Loving Memory (TV Series) · as Harold Barlow |
| 1968 | How We Used To Live (TV Series) · as Justice Toogood |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Jacko |
| 1960 | Coronation Street (TV Series) · as Bill Webster |