Peter Armitage
ActingBiography
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.
Movies
(7 total)
TV Shows
(28 total)
Jack the Ripper
as Sergeant Kerby
Casualty
as Peter Adams
Lovejoy
as George Palmer
The Professionals
as Ray Kerrigan
Heartbeat
as Mr. Huggett
Heartbeat
as Harry Kearton
The Sweeney
as Jacko
The Second Coming
as Frank Baxter
G.B.H.
as Mr Burns
Peak Practice
as Rob Clulow
The Royal
as Bill Smithson
Lucky Feller
as Randolph Mepstead
Days of Hope
as Conscientious objector in France
Mr. Wroe's Virgins
as Brother Taylor
Rockliffe's Babies
as DS Hibbert
Hearts and Minds
as Norman
Sorted
as Priest
Strangers
as Billy
Justice
as Det. Constable Boyce
Chimera
as Sgt. Crichton