Geoffrey Hughes
Born: 1944-02-02 in Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK
Died: 2012-07-27
Known For: Acting
Biography
Geoffrey Hughes DL was an English actor. Hughes provided the voice of Paul McCartney in the animated film Yellow Submarine, and rose to fame for portraying much-loved binman Eddie Yeats in the long-running British soap opera Coronation Street from 1974 to 1983, making a return to the show in 1987.
Filmography
2023
- Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family as Twiggy (archive footage)
- Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances as Self (archive footage)
2010
2008
- Flick as Tony Ray
- The New Sofa as Twiggy
2007
- Skins as Uncle Keith
- Liverpool Nativity as Gabriel
2001
- On Location: The Carry Ons as Willie (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
- The Royle Family as Twiggy
1997
- The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket as Onslow
1995
- The Smiths as Dooley
1993
- I, Lovett as Dirk (voice)
1992
- Heartbeat as Vernon Scripps
1991
- Spender as Kenny Coates
1990
- Keeping Up Appearances as Onslow
- Needle as Repo Man
- The Upper Hand as Ray
- You Rang, M'Lord? as Fred Kendall
- The Man from the Pru as Det Sgt Bailey
1986
- Casualty as Si Blake
- Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe as Popplewick
1985
1977
- That's Carry On! as Willie (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976
1974
- Don't Drink the Water as Frank
1973
- Tiffany Jones as Georg
- Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall as Larry
1972
1971
- Revenge as Fred
- Carry On at Your Convenience as Willie
- The Pigeon Fancier as Derek
- The Blood on Satan's Claw as Drinking Villager
1970
- Play for Today as Derek
- The Hunting of Lionel Crane as Flash Blakey
- The Man Who Had Power Over Women as Policeman
- Shadows of Fear as Terry
1969
- The Virgin Soldiers as Lantry
- Up Pompeii! as Piteous
- Curry and Chips
- Till Death Us Do Part as Mike's Brother
1968
- Yellow Submarine as Paul McCartney (voice) (as Geoff Hughes)
- Please Sir! as Mr. Turner
- The Bofors Gun as Private Samuel - Cookhouse
1967
- Smashing Time as Builder
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Second Workman
1964
- The Likely Lads as Podge