Peter Armitage
Born: 1940-01-26 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Died: 2018-12-04
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
2006
- Sorted as Priest
2003
- The Second Coming as Frank Baxter
- The Royal as Bill Smithson
2001
- The Parole Officer as Chief Constable
1999
- Dockers as Jimmy Nolan
1995
- Hearts and Minds as Norman
1993
- Peak Practice as Rob Clulow
- Harry as Monkton
- Magic Grandad as Grandad
- Mr. Wroe's Virgins as Brother Taylor
1992
- Heartbeat as Mr. Huggett
1991
- G.B.H. as Mr Burns
- Chimera as Sgt. Crichton
- Plaza Patrol as Robber
- The Laughter of God as Ned
1988
- Jack the Ripper as Sergeant Kerby
1987
- Rockliffe's Babies as DS Hibbert
1984
- Charlie as Gab Johnson
1978
- One of the Boys as Jacko
1977
- The Professionals as Ray Kerrigan
1976
- Grease Monkey as Len
- Lucky Feller as Randolph Mepstead
1975
- The Sweeney as Jacko
- The Hanged Man as Sergeant of the Guard
- Days of Hope as Conscientious objector in France
- The Motorway File
1974
- Churchill's People as Trooper John Steel
1972
1971
- Justice as Det. Constable Boyce