Peter James Armitage (23 October 1939 – 30 November 2018)[1][2] was an English television and stage actor best known for his role as Bill Webster on long-running soap opera Coronation Street.
Armitage was born out of wedlock in Skipton, West Riding of Yorkshire, where he was brought up primarily by his aunt until the age of 10, when his mother married.
He subsequently spent four years serving in the Merchant Navy before settling in London, where he worked as a banksman on the construction of the Victoria line.
His character was that of a crooked ticket attendant of a car park company who becomes involved with an organized crime family in and attempt to defraud his employers.
In 1988, a century after the Whitechapel Murders, Armitage appeared in the television mini-series Jack the Ripper in which he played the part of Sergeant Kirby.