Acting credits
26
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Peter Armitage
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 5Series: 21
TMDB ID: 1242012
IMDb ID: nm0035513
Known for: Acting
Born: January 26, 1940
Died: December 4, 2018
Age: 78
Place of birth: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1971 - 2006
Years active: 36
Average TMDB rating: 6.95
Wikidata: Q7172555
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Peter Armitage.
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Peter Armitage.
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as Priest • 2 eps
2006 Series
6.8
The Second Coming
as Frank Baxter • 2 eps
2003 Series
7.6
The Royal
as Bill Smithson • 1 eps
2003 Series
8.0
Hearts and Minds
as Norman • 4 eps
1995 Series
Chandler & Co
as Bill Savage • 1 eps
1994 Series
6.1
Peak Practice
as Rob Clulow • 1 eps
1993 Series
4.5
Mr. Wroe's Virgins
as Brother Taylor • 1 eps
1993 Series
7.1
Heartbeat
as Mr. Huggett • 1 eps
1992 Series
6.0
Plaza Patrol
as Robber • 1 eps
1991 Series
6.0
Chimera
as Sgt. Crichton • 4 eps
1991 Series
6.2
G.B.H.
as Mr Burns • 7 eps
1991 Series
7.0
Jack the Ripper
as Sergeant Kerby • 2 eps
1988 Series
5.2
Rockliffe's Babies
as DS Hibbert • 1 eps
1987 Series
6.2
Casualty
as Peter Adams • 1 eps
1986 Series
7.3
Lovejoy
as George Palmer • 1 eps
1986 Series
7.5
The Professionals
as Ray Kerrigan • 1 eps
1977 Series
7.2
Lucky Feller
as Randolph Mepstead • 13 eps
1976 Series
6.2
Days of Hope
as Conscientious objector in France • 1 eps
1975 Series
7.8
The Sweeney
as Jacko • 1 eps
1975 Series
1.0
Churchill's People
as Trooper John Steel • 1 eps
1974 Series
6.0
Justice
as Det. Constable Boyce • 1 eps
1971 Series