Peter Armitage

Peter Armitage

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.

  • Title : Peter Armitage
  • Popularity : 1.643
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1940-01-26
  • Place of Birth : Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
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Peter Armitage Movies

  • 1975
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    The Motorway File

    The Motorway File

    1 1975 HD

    Part of BFI collection "Worth the Risk?" An investigation into the causes of a fatal accident on a motorway, in the course of which many aspects of...

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  • 1978
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    One of the Boys

    One of the Boys

    1 1978 HD

    An evening's drinking by rugby players after a match gets out of hand.

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  • 1991
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    The Laughter of God

    The Laughter of God

    1 1991 HD

    Amanda Donohoe and Peter Firth star in Tony Bicât’s unnerving thriller about a poisoned marriage in which both people are locked in...

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  • 1976
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    Grease Monkey

    Grease Monkey

    1 1976 HD

    An old motorbike gets a new lease of life from a "grease monkey".

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  • 1999
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    Dockers

    Dockers

    6.5 1999 HD

    Jimmy McGovern's depiction of the mid 90s Liverpool dockers strike. Featuring script contributions from Irvine Welsh and the real dockers themselves

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  • 2001
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    The Parole Officer

    The Parole Officer

    5.8 2001 HD

    A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he must entice his former clients away from the law...

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  • 1984
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    Charlie

    Charlie

    1 1984 HD

    Charlie Alexander is a private detective who gets caught up in sinister trade union machinations when he stumbles across the dying Stan Peace, a shop...

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  • 1975
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    The Sweeney

    The Sweeney

    7.7 1975 HD

    Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.

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  • 1972
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    The Befrienders

    The Befrienders

    1 1972 HD

    The Befrienders is a British television series produced by the BBC in 1972. The series dealt with the work of the Samaritans organisation, and the...

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  • 1991
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    Plaza Patrol

    Plaza Patrol

    6 1991 HD

    Cannon and Ball star as security guards Trevor and Bernard at the Margaret Thatcher Plaza shopping centre Trevor Purvis and his senior, Bernard...

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  • 1986
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    Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

    7.4 1986 HD

    The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a...

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  • 1993
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    Peak Practice

    Peak Practice

    5.5 1993 HD

    Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the...

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  • 1971
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    Justice

    Justice

    6 1971 HD

    Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974....

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  • 1987
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    Rockliffe's Babies

    Rockliffe's Babies

    5.2 1987 HD

    In this series, devised by Richard O'Keefe, maverick Detective Sergeant Alan Rockliffe is given the job of training seven new young recruits to the...

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  • 1993
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    Harry

    Harry

    1 1993 HD

    Harry is a television drama series that was made by Union Pictures for the BBC, and shown on BBC One between 1993 and 1995. Harry Salter is the...

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  • 1988
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    Jack the Ripper

    Jack the Ripper

    7.1 1988 HD

    Jack the Ripper is a 1988 two-part television film/miniseries portraying a fictionalized account of the hunt for Jack the Ripper, the unidentified...

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  • 2000
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    Fat Friends

    Fat Friends

    7.6 2000 HD

    Fat Friends was an ITV drama, following a group of overweight people, their laughter and pain and addresses the absurdities of dieting in our modern...

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  • 1993
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    Magic Grandad

    Magic Grandad

    6 1993 HD

    Magic Grandad was an educational programme which originally aired on BBC Two under the title 'Switch On, Switch Off' during Schools section of 1993....

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  • 2003
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    The Royal

    The Royal

    7.6 2003 HD

    Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.

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  • 1986
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    Casualty

    Casualty

    5.9 1986 HD

    Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and...

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  • 1995
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    Hearts and Minds

    Hearts and Minds

    8 1995 HD

    A young teacher begins work at a tough Liverpool comprehensive, where he has to deal with racism, homophobia and his students' poor backgrounds.

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  • 1992
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    Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

    7 1992 HD

    Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

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  • 2003
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    The Second Coming

    The Second Coming

    6.7 2003 HD

    Video store clerk Steve Baxter realises that he is in fact the Son of God. He has just a few days to find the human race's Third Testament and thus...

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  • 1991
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    Chimera

    Chimera

    6 1991 HD

    A journalist investigates the death of his girlfriend at a fertility clinic where she worked and uncovers a plot to create a new breed of human based...

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  • 1991
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    G.B.H.

    G.B.H.

    6.3 1991 HD

    GBH was a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of 1991 on Channel 4. The protagonists were Michael...

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  • 1976
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    Lucky Feller

    Lucky Feller

    7.2 1976 HD

    Lucky Feller is a 1976 ITV sitcom written by Terence Frisby and produced by Humphrey Barclay. It featured David Jason and ran for just one series of...

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  • 1975
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    Days of Hope

    Days of Hope

    6.2 1975 HD

    Days of Hope is a BBC television drama serial produced in 1975. The series dealt with the lives of a working-class family from the turmoils of the...

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  • 1992
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    Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

    7 1992 HD

    Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

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  • 1975
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    The Hanged Man

    The Hanged Man

    5.5 1975 HD

    After surviving a series of attempts on his life, successful businessman Lew Burnett decides to remain "dead" after the most recent one so he can go...

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  • 1993
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    Mr. Wroe's Virgins

    Mr. Wroe's Virgins

    4.5 1993 HD

    Based on the novel by Jane Rogers, the series follows the stories of seven young women who came to live and serve in the household of 19th century...

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  • 1977
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    The Professionals

    The Professionals

    7.4 1977 HD

    The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was...

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