Percy Sugden is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by Bill Waddington.

He had little family, but was close to his niece, Elaine Prior (Judy Gridley), who married Bill Webster (Peter Armitage) in 1985.

He encouraged them to an enter a local dance contest - however, fed up with his bossiness, the dancers finally ousted Percy and elected a new chairman.

Like Albert Tatlock (Jack Howarth) and Ena Sharples (Violet Carson) before him, Percy was disappointed by many of the "doings" of the younger generation.

Phyllis pursued him for most of the 1980s and into the 1990s, and sought to make him jealous by being seen around with other local pensioners, including Sam Tindall (Tom Mennard) and Arnold Swift (Harry Littlewood); Percy remained unmoved.

Writers played them in comedic scenes, such as a trip to Southport where Phyllis hides Percy's socks and shoes while he is paddling in the sea.

She responds by asking Percy to marry her, but he thinks Phyllis was pranking him and leaves abruptly.The two characters later move into the same retirement complex at Mayfield Court.