He was best known for appearing on Coronation Street as Arnold Swain, the bigamist husband of Emily Bishop in 1980.

Earlier in the 1970s he appeared in Crown Court, the long running ITV courtroom drama series.

He attended Ducie High School, Manchester and joined the Royal Air Force at the age of 18.

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