"cheated with 16-year-old Dawn Cunningham (Lisa Williamson), who then gave birth to his daughter Bethany (Danielle Calvert). Jack arrives in Hollyoaks with his wife Celia and son Darren (Adam Booth), where they join Jack's daughter Ruth (Terri Dwyer). Jack becomes the landlord of The Dog in the Pond, after Celia's brother Greg (Alvin Stardust) decides to sell up following the death of his daughter Natasha (Shebah Ronay). Jack immediately causes a stir when it is revealed that he is the father of teenager Dawn's child Bethany, who needs a kidney transplant. Jack donates one of his kidneys to the daughter"
"Alvin Stardust Bernard William Jewry (27 September 1942 – 23 October 2014), known professionally as Shane Fenton and later as Alvin Stardust, was an English rock singer and stage actor. Performing first as Shane Fenton in the 1960s, Jewry had a moderately successful career in the pre-Beatles era, hitting the UK top 40 with four singles in 1961–62. However, he became better known for singles released in the 1970s and 1980s as Alvin Stardust, a character he began in the glam rock era, with hits including the UK Singles Chart-topper ""Jealous Mind"", as well as later hits such as ""Pretend"""
"Greg Wood (actor) Greg Wood (born 21 August 1979) is an English actor known for playing Trevor Royle in Channel 4 Soap ""Hollyoaks"", Rick Neelan in rival ITV Soap ""Coronation Street"" and Terry Gibson in ""Brookside"". Wood usually plays villainous or threatening characters. His first acting role was in ""Hollyoaks"", playing one of the bullies in the ground breaking portrayal of Luke Morgan's rape and would then go on to play what is possibly his best-known role in the now defunct soap ""Brookside"" (as Greg Milburn) playing a drug dealer called Terry Gibson. Wood later reprised the role for the"
"Martin Hancock Martin Hancock (born 1973) is an English actor best known for his roles as Geoffrey ""Spider"" Nugent in the British soap ""Coronation Street"" (between 1997 and 2003) and as Reg Lund in ""Holby City"". Hancock was born in Fulham to an English mother and New Zealand father. He attended Drayton Manor High School in West London and trained at the Drama Centre London and the Royal Court People’s Theatre. In 2007 he appeared as himself on an episode of ""Celebrity MasterChef."" He lives in London with his long-term partner, and is a supporter of soccer club West Ham."
"their father Greg (Alvin Stardust); the Cunningham family which included Dawn Cunningham (Lisa Williamson), her mother Angela (Liz Stooke) and Angela's boyfriend Terry Williams (Ian Puleston-Davies); and teen characters, Julie Matthews (Julie Buckfield), Tony Hutchinson (Nick Pickard), Jambo Bolton (Will Mellor), Louise Taylor (Brett O'Brien) and Maddie Parker (Yasmin Bannerman). The show has also featured some children and babies, with Tom Cunningham being the most featured. Ellis Hollins has portrayed him since the character's creation in 1999 and has been nominated for several awards as well as being voted 'Soaps Greatest Ever Child' in a 2009 Inside Soap poll. On"
"Dramatic Art, the Drama Centre London, the Method Studio, London, and the City Literary Institute. In 2011 he took to the stage to play John Proctor in Arthur Miller's ""The Crucible"" at the York Theatre Royal. In 2013, he joined the cast of Channel 4 soap opera, ""Hollyoaks"" playing Danny Lomax. Stephen Billington Stephen Billington (born 10 December 1969) is an English actor, best known for playing Greg Kelly in ""Coronation Street"" (for which he won the 1999 British Soap Award for Villain of the Year). Born in Farnworth, Lancashire, Billington trained at the Drama Centre London, and was an"
"George Irving (English actor) George Irving is a British actor known for playing Anton Meyer in ""Holby City"" from 1999 to 2002. He previously had a regular role as DI Ken Jackson in the first two series of ""Dangerfield"" (1995). He has also been in ""The Sweeney"", ""The Professionals"", ""Shoestring"", ""Juliet Bravo"", ""Bergerac"", ""Dempsey and Makepeace"", ""EastEnders"" as Trevor Smith, ""Inspector Morse"", ""Peak Practice"", ""The Bill"", ""Cadfael"", ""Casualty"", ""Dalziel and Pascoe"" and ""Doctors"". In 2006 he starred in Daniel Mulloy’s BAFTA Award winning short film ""Antonio's Breakfast"". Also in 2006 he toured in John Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman. In"
"as recurring character Tim Richards in ""Emmerdale"". December 2017 Mark is starring in Jack and the Beanstalk Pantomime in Bournemouth where he plays the devilish Fleshcreep. Mark Moraghan Mark Stephen Moraghan (born 27 January 1963) is an English film and television actor. He has appeared in many British drama series including ""Peak Practice"", ""London's Burning"" and ""Heartbeat"". He is most famous for being the narrator for the children's television show ""Thomas & Friends"" from the seventeenth to twenty-first seasons, and his roles as Greg Shadwick in ""Brookside"", Ray Wyatt in ""Dream Team"", Owen Davies in ""Holby City"" and Adrian Atkins"
"the Manly Sea Eagles rugby league club who play in the National Rugby League. Gary Sweet Gary Sweet (born 22 May 1957) is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles in ""Alexandra's Project"" (as Steve), ""Police Rescue"" (as Sergeant ""Mickey"" McClintock), ""Cody"" (as Cody), ""Big Sky"" (as Chris Manning), ""Bodyline"" (as Donald Bradman), ""Stingers"" (as DI Luke Harris) and ""House Husbands"" (as Lewis Crabb). He grew up in Warradale, South Australia, and attended Brighton High School in Adelaide. He later obtained a teaching degree and whilst at Sturt Teachers' College took up drama. His first role was"
"Alun Lewis (actor) Alun Lewis (born Alun L. Bennett in 1949) is a British actor, best known for his roles in ITV's ""Emmerdale"" as postmaster Vic Windsor, and Darryl Stubbs in BBC1 sitcom ""Birds of a Feather"" from 1989 to 1994. Together with ""Emmerdale"" co-stars Steve Halliwell and Billy Hartman, he was a member of UK 1990s country rock trio The Woolpackers who had a UK hit single ""Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll"" in November 1996. He was born in London, the son of Sarah Gwen (née Lewis) and Gorden Bennett. After training as an actor at RADA, in 1979 he"
"contributions as an actor"". Duncan Preston Duncan Preston (born 11 August 1946) is an English actor. He is known for his appearances in television productions written by Victoria Wood, including his roles of Clifford in the soap opera parody sketches ""Acorn Antiques"", and Stan in the sitcom ""Dinnerladies"" (1998–2000). He reprised his role of Clifford in ""Acorn Antiques: The Musical!"" in 2005. His other television roles include Jonathan Haslam in the sitcom ""Surgical Spirit"" (1989–95); playing Kevin's dad in ""Harry Enfield and Chums"" (1994); and Douglas Potts in the soap opera ""Emmerdale"" (2007–11, 2014–present). Preston appeared in a 1981 Public"
"Gary Mavers Gary John Mavers (born 1 September 1964 in Huyton, Liverpool) is an English television actor. Mavers graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and is best known for his portrayals of GP Andrew Attwood in ""Peak Practice"" which he worked on for 5 years as a hardworking doctor in a country practice, (1995 – 2000), and Will Manning in ""Casualty"" in a year long role, (2004 – 2005). Mavers took over the role of Gordon Livesy in ""Emmerdale"" from 2015 to 2016 where his character was involved in a child abuse storyline, after it was revealed Gordon"
"Alex Papps Alex Papps (born 11 February 1969) is an Australian actor, television host, writer and singer. After appearing in serial ""Neighbours"" as Greg Davis, he became better known for his role as original foster child Frank Morgan on rival soap opera ""Home and Away"". Previously he played Vince Cerontonio in ""The Henderson Kids"". He was also a host of music program ""The Factory"". Since 2005 he has been a presenter on the ABC's children's show ""Play School"", alongside his former ""Home and Away"" co-star Justine Clarke whom played his girlfriend Roo Stewart, with whom he also appears in the"
"was due to release his first album for 30 years and six days after what became his last show at the Regal Cinema, Evesham. He had been diagnosed with prostate cancer 18 months earlier, which later metastasised. Alvin Stardust Bernard William Jewry (27 September 1942 – 23 October 2014), known professionally as Shane Fenton and later as Alvin Stardust, was an English rock singer and stage actor. Performing first as Shane Fenton in the 1960s, Jewry had a moderately successful career in the pre-Beatles era, hitting the UK top 40 with four singles in 1961–62. However, he became better known"
"Gary Sweet Gary Sweet (born 22 May 1957) is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles in ""Alexandra's Project"" (as Steve), ""Police Rescue"" (as Sergeant ""Mickey"" McClintock), ""Cody"" (as Cody), ""Big Sky"" (as Chris Manning), ""Bodyline"" (as Donald Bradman), ""Stingers"" (as DI Luke Harris) and ""House Husbands"" (as Lewis Crabb). He grew up in Warradale, South Australia, and attended Brighton High School in Adelaide. He later obtained a teaching degree and whilst at Sturt Teachers' College took up drama. His first role was in low-budget horror film ""Nightmares"". In the early 1980s, Sweet became recognisable through the"
"Duncan Preston Duncan Preston (born 11 August 1946) is an English actor. He is known for his appearances in television productions written by Victoria Wood, including his roles of Clifford in the soap opera parody sketches ""Acorn Antiques"", and Stan in the sitcom ""Dinnerladies"" (1998–2000). He reprised his role of Clifford in ""Acorn Antiques: The Musical!"" in 2005. His other television roles include Jonathan Haslam in the sitcom ""Surgical Spirit"" (1989–95); playing Kevin's dad in ""Harry Enfield and Chums"" (1994); and Douglas Potts in the soap opera ""Emmerdale"" (2007–11, 2014–present). Preston appeared in a 1981 Public Information Film entitled: Say"
"bodyguard Jasper Frost on the E! drama series ""The Royals"" in 2015. Tom Austen Tom Austen is an English actor, known for his television appearances portraying Jasper Frost on ""The Royals"" and Guy Hopkins on ""Grantchester"". Raised in Taunton, Somerset, Austen attended Queen's College, Taunton and then the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Austen's first acting job was portraying rent boy Anto in an episode of the UK series ""Shameless"" in 2010. He played multi-episode roles on ""The Borgias"" and ""Beaver Falls"" in 2012, and starred as Marc Bayard in the police procedural series ""Jo"" in 2013. After his"
"Mark Moraghan Mark Stephen Moraghan (born 27 January 1963) is an English film and television actor. He has appeared in many British drama series including ""Peak Practice"", ""London's Burning"" and ""Heartbeat"". He is most famous for being the narrator for the children's television show ""Thomas & Friends"" from the seventeenth to twenty-first seasons, and his roles as Greg Shadwick in ""Brookside"", Ray Wyatt in ""Dream Team"", Owen Davies in ""Holby City"" and Adrian Atkins in ""Coronation Street"". Moraghan was born in Toxteth, Liverpool on 27 January 1963. He started acting in 1978, when the BBC held auditions in his high"
"Beggar My Neighbour (TV series) Beggar My Neighbour is a British sitcom starring Reg Varney, Peter Jones, June Whitfield, Pat Coombs and (later) Desmond Walter-Ellis. Made in black-and-white, it was broadcast from 1966 to 1968 and was written by Ken Hoare and Mike Sharland. Rose Garvey, and her husband Gerald, live next door to her sister Lana Butt, and her husband Harry, in Larkworthy Road in Muswell Hill in North London. Gerald is an underpaid junior executive, while Harry is a well-paid fitter. The slightly snobbish Gerald makes sure that he and Rose keep up a pretence of doing well"
"Soap Awards. The character was selected as one of the ""top 100 British soap characters"" by industry experts for a poll to be run by ""What's on TV"", with readers able to vote for their favourite character to discover ""Who is Soap's greatest Legend?"" A reporter writing for the ""Inside Soap Yearbook"" described Andy as a ""soap favourite"" and hoped he would ""hurry home soon"". Andy Sugden Andy Sugden (also Hopwood) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Emmerdale"", played by Kelvin Fletcher. He made his first on-screen appearance on 4 July 1996. Andy is the son"
"Mario Rosenstock Mario Rosenstock (born 31 August 1971) is an Irish actor, comedian, impressionist and musician. Rosenstock first came to the attention of the Irish public playing the role of Dr. David Hanlon in the soap ""Glenroe"" in the 1990s. However, he is now best known for the popular ""Gift Grub"" segments which have featured on the Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show on Today FM since May 1999 which Rosenstock created alongside Paul McLoone, a radio presenter with Today FM and also frontman of the Northern Irish pop-punk/new-wave band, The Undertones which occurred in 1999 and when McLoone served as a"
"following week. As he had no desire to become his own stage name creation, he and Levy both agreed that if this act were to become more than just a one-hit wonder, then a ""face"" was required to be, and perform as, Alvin Stardust. The ideal person appeared, Shane Fenton. The new ""Stardust"" then appeared on BBC Television's ""Top of the Pops"" just as the record had entered the UK Top 30, before finally reaching number 2. Shelley then followed up with a string of hits for Stardust, including ""Jealous Mind"", which went to number 1 in the UK in"
"Alistair Petrie Alistair Petrie (born 30 September 1970) is an English actor, known for his supporting roles in films, such as Philip Lisle in ""The Bank Job"", various characters, including Felix Finch in ""Cloud Atlas"", Stirling Moss in ""Rush"" and General Davits Draven in ""Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"". In television, Petrie is known for portraying Geoff in Channel 4's ""Utopia"", Alexander ""Sandy"" Langbourne in ""The Night Manager"" alongside Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie, Robert Greenlaw in BBC1's ""Undercover, ""Deep State"" opposite Mark Strong for Fox Television."" He is a director of This Red Rock, a film and television"
"Rob Spendlove Rob Spendlove (born 1 May 1953 in London) is a British actor best known for his roles on British television. He studied drama at Middlesex Polytechnic, worked as a teacher and toured schools with a fringe theatre company. He has appeared in many television soaps and dramas including; ""Brookside"" as Roger Huntington (the husband of Heather Huntingdon played by Amanda Burton), ""A Touch of Frost"", ""Soldier Soldier"" (on which he had a major role as Company Sergeant Major and later Lieutenant Michael Stubbs) and most recently in all 17 episodes of"" The Last Detective"" as Detective Inspector Aspinall."
"small role in the second Terry Pratchett adaptation ""Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic"". In February 2009, he appeared in ""EastEnders"" as Roger Clarke, Jane and Christian's father and in the BBC film ""Nativity!"". In 2010 he appeared in the BBC medical drama ""Casualty"" and the sitcom ""Grandma's House"", both of which were screened after his death. He was a regular as ""Mel Harvey"", the owner of five sunbed shops in the greater Manchester area in ""Benidorm"", an ITV sitcom about British holidaymakers in Spain; appearing in (Series 2 (2008), Series 3 (2009) and a 2009 Special. But his sudden"
"lived together for nearly 20 years before marrying in March 2004 in Antigua; she died of cancer a year later (9 March 2005). He married Karen Prentice in Italy in the summer of 2017. Denis Lawson Denis Stamper Lawson (born 27 September 1947) is a Scottish actor and director. He is known for his roles as John Jarndyce in the BBC's adaptation of ""Bleak House"", as Gordon Urquhart in the film ""Local Hero"", as DI Steve McAndrew in BBC One's ""New Tricks"", and as Wedge Antilles in the original ""Star Wars"" trilogy. He is the uncle of actor Ewan McGregor."
"he was ineligible to score points. Kelvin Fletcher Kelvin Warren Fletcher (born 17 January 1984) is an English award winning actor, writer, model and racing driver who played Andy Sugden for 20 years in the long-running television soap opera ""Emmerdale"" from 1996–2016. He left the show in 2016 to pursue other acting opportunities. Alongside acting Kelvin is also a professional racing driver currently racing in the prestigious British GT Championship. He attended Thorp Primary School in Royton for his primary school education, and North Chadderton School for his secondary education. At the age of six, Fletcher started attending drama classes"
"the stage for the first time in a decade in ""A Month of Sundays"", as well as touring in the musical ""Summer Holiday"". He then joined the cast of the TV show ""Out Of Sight"" as Uncle Gus until 1999. He continued to appear on TV series including ""The Court Room"" and ""Doctors"". In 2005 he was a panelist for the Channel 4 quiz show ""Countdown"". In 1988 Baldwin took over the ownership of Benjamin Pollock's Toy Shop in London's Covent Garden, where he had previously worked between acting jobs and could often be found serving behind the counter. He"
"Eve. In late 2008, they recorded four more podcasts and began a series of audiobooks examining Pilkington's perspective on various subjects. In July 2005, following a brief return of the XFM radio show (filling in for Adam and Joe), Gervais and Merchant's new sitcom ""Extras"" premiered on BBC2. The series features Merchant in a supporting role as Darren Lamb, the incompetent agent to struggling actor Andy Millman, played by Gervais. Series 2 of ""Extras"" aired in late 2006, followed by a Christmas special in December 2007; all three installments aired on HBO in the United States. Merchant won a 2006"
"filmed segments and Hollins appeared in one as Tom. Hollins started alongside Carley Stenson (Steph Cunningham). In 2012, Hollins played the role of a young Hans Christian Andersen in the BBC Radio 4 Drama ""The Beautiful Ugly"". Hollins has become a favourite amongst ""Hollyoaks"" fans and was nominated for a British Soap Award in the 'Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor or Actress' category in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011. He won the award in 2006, losing out to ""Coronation Street"" star Sam Aston in 2005, ""Emmerdale"" star Eden Taylor-Draper in 2007, ""EastEnders"" star Jamie Borthwick in"
"Cape Town before returning to the United Kingdom in 1991. Ferns has been married to South African-born actress Jennifer Woodburne since 1996. They currently live in London with their two sons, Cameron and Mackenzie. He won the final of ""Kitchen Burnout"" in May 2010. Ferns is a Buddhist. Alex Ferns Alexander Ferns (born 13 October 1968) is a Scottish actor and television personality, best known for his ""EastEnders"" role as Trevor Morgan, who was described as ""Britain's most-hated soap villain"" when he played the role between 2000 and 2002. He is also known for his role as Rick Harper in"
"Tom Austen Tom Austen is an English actor, known for his television appearances portraying Jasper Frost on ""The Royals"" and Guy Hopkins on ""Grantchester"". Raised in Taunton, Somerset, Austen attended Queen's College, Taunton and then the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Austen's first acting job was portraying rent boy Anto in an episode of the UK series ""Shameless"" in 2010. He played multi-episode roles on ""The Borgias"" and ""Beaver Falls"" in 2012, and starred as Marc Bayard in the police procedural series ""Jo"" in 2013. After his costarring role as ""Grantchester"" Guy Hopkins in 2014, Austen began portraying duplicitous"
"Royal & Derngate Theatre, Northampton (directed by Ayckbourn himself) and many other plays at the Crucible Theatre, Hampstead Theatre and The Old Vic, London. Alongside appearing in the soap, the actor has helped raise awareness of child sex abuse through charity work and as patron for the charity Voicing CSA, which helps adult survivors of child sexual abuse to speak out. He married actress Emily Bowker in 2013. They live in London. Christopher Harper (actor) Christopher William Harper (born 19 August 1977) is an actor and director who played Nathan Curtis in ITV soap ""Coronation Street"" in a high profile"