"Mel Hutchwright Lionel Hipkiss, using the alias Mel Hutchwright, is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Coronation Street"", played by Ian McKellen. He makes his first on-screen appearance on 1 May 2005 and is last seen on 22 May 2005. In March 2005, it was announced that British veteran actor, Ian McKellen, had joined ""Coronation Street"" for ten episodes as a ""dodgy novelist"". Producer Tony Wood said: ""We are delighted that an actor of Ian McKellen's calibre has agreed to appear in the show, it is a testament to the direction we have been taking the show"
"""he's unwashed, sleazy and a leading authority on ""the working man"" and his ""daily struggle"", no mean feat considering Mel's spent the past three decades in a dressing gown and flip-flops listening to the World Service."" During a feature on famous faces in ""Coronation Street"", Tom Cole of the ""Radio Times"" said McKellen's casting was ""show-stealing"" and ""one in the eye for any snobs who'd call soap operas vulgar or trashy."" Cole added ""Playing smooth-talking conman Mel Hutchwright, McKellen's performance in Corrie was as enchanting as a kaleidoscope and intoxicating as a fine single malt."" Mel Hutchwright Lionel Hipkiss, using"
"three parts from 2012 to 2014. On 16 March 2002, he hosted ""Saturday Night Live"". In 2003, McKellen made a guest appearance as himself on the American cartoon show ""The Simpsons"" in a special British-themed episode entitled ""The Regina Monologues"", along with the then UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and author J. K. Rowling. In April and May 2005, he played the role of Mel Hutchwright in Granada Television's long running British soap opera, ""Coronation Street"", fulfilling a lifelong ambition. He narrated Richard Bell's film ""Eighteen"" as a grandfather who leaves his World War II memoirs on audio-cassette for his"
"Ben Cartwright (actor) Ben Cartwright (born 17 June 1976) is a British actor who has made guest appearances on some of Britain's most popular television shows. He appeared in ""Judge John Deed"" in 2001, playing Paul Bailey. He also had a small part in ""EastEnders"" in 2003, playing Tony Jamison. He played Heath Gambol in ""Casualty"" in 2005. His fifth and most recent role in ""Casualty"" was as Felix Barstow, in July 2018. In 2009 he appeared in the film version of ""Sherlock Holmes"" as a graveside policeman, and also played the role of a policeman in another 2009 release,"
"that he is. Mel's real name is in fact Lionel Hipkiss and he has pulled scams like this at book clubs all over the country. Emily, Blanche, Roy, Rita, Audrey and Norris are shocked and demand their money back. Norris manhandles Mel out of the door after he insults them all. None of the Book Club members report Mel to the police, embarrassed that they were taken in by a conman. ""The Guardian"" critic Grace Dent described the character as ""a pretentious bore,"" and praised ""Coronation Street"" for being ""streets ahead."" In the same article Dent went on to say"
"he appeared in an episode of the New Zealand television drama ""The Hothouse"". In 2008 he appeared as Ben Hecht in Ron Hutchinson's ""Moonlight and Magnolias"" and a horse in the Polly Teale/Shared Experience version of ""Jane Eyre"", both at the Fortune, as well as in Peter Hawes' ""The Gods of Warm Beer"" at Centrepoint. Malcolm Murray (actor) Malcolm Alan Murray (born 24 July 1964) is a New Zealand stage and television actor, best known for his role as Dr Alan Dubrovsky in the television soap opera ""Shortland Street"" between 1999 and 2001. In 2005 he won the Actor of"
"Victoria. Tom Hudson (actor) Thomas “Tom” Hudson (born 2 October 1986 in Salford) is an English actor. Hudson played the roles of Baz Wainwright in ""Grange Hill"" between 2003 and 2007 and of Paul Clayton, son of Terry Duckworth, in ""Coronation Street"" between 2007 and 2008. Hudson left ""Coronation Street"" in May 2008. Other roles have included a part in the film ""Love + Hate"" and a small part as Jamie Coldwell in television series ""Casualty"". He also had parts in ""Knight School"", ""Heartbeat"" and ""The Royal"". In January 2008 Hudson announced his engagement to marry his girlfriend of two"
"""The Hollow Crown"" is a series of Shakespeare films for the BBC/PBS, starring Ben Whishaw, Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Benedict Cumberbatch, Judi Dench, Hugh Bonneville, Keeley Hawes and Sophie Okonedo. Neal Street are developing the live-action adaptation of Enid Blyton's book series The Magic Faraway Tree, alongside StudioCanal. Neal Street Productions Neal Street Productions is a British film, television and theatre production company. The company was set up in 2003 by Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris and Caro Newling. Nicolas Brown joined in 2013 to work across the film and TV portfolio. The company's movies include ""Revolutionary Road"", ""Jarhead"" and ""Starter"
"Nigel Humphreys Nigel Humphreys (born 1951 in Bognor Regis, Sussex) is a British actor who is best known for his television work. His most prominent roles include Dickie Fleming in ""Coronation Street"" and PC Pete Dodds in """". Other television credits include: ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""Z-Cars"", ""The Expert"", ""Warship"", ""The Sweeney"", ""Blake's 7"", ""The Professionals"", ""Minder"", ""The Gentle Touch"", ""Doctor Who"" (in the serial ""Warriors of the Deep""), ""All in Good Faith"", ""Pulaski"", ""No Job for a Lady"", ""The Bill"" and ""Birds of a Feather"". His film credits include ""Danny Jones"" (1972), ""Joseph Andrews"" (1977), ""Scum"" (1979), ""The Great"
"Freddie Stroma Frederic Wilhelm C.J. Sjöström (born 8 January 1987), known professionally as Freddie Stroma, is a British actor and model, best known for playing Cormac McLaggen in the ""Harry Potter"" film series and Luke in the 2011 musical comedy film """". He starred as Adam Cromwell on the dramedy series ""Unreal"", which premiered on Lifetime in June 2015. He starred as Brit Vayner in the 2016 Michael Bay war film, """". In 2016, he played H.G. Wells in the ABC series, ""Time After Time"". He has been married to his ""Unreal"" co-star Johanna Braddy since 2016. Stroma was born"
"Jeremy Edwards Jeremy Edwards (born 17 February 1971) is an English actor and television presenter, best known for playing Kurt Benson in ""Hollyoaks"", Danny Shaughnessy ""Holby City"" and Mike Taylor in ""Millie Inbetween"" as well as being a regular panellist and guest host on ""The Wright Stuff"". He lives in Winchester with his wife Lydia. Edwards was born in London. He has a degree in 'Politics and Public Administration' from Manchester Metropolitan University, and his previous jobs have included modelling for Armani and Vogue Hommes and a television researcher as well as an accountant. He also delivered burgers on roller"
"Get Me Wrong"". Dicken Ashworth Dicken Ashworth (born 18 July 1946) is an English actor. Ashworth's film credits include ""King of the Wind"", ""Force 10 from Navarone"", ""Tess"", ""Krull"" and """". On television, Ashworth played Alan Partridge in ""Brookside"" from 1983 to 1985, Geoff Horton in ""Coronation Street"" from 1992 to 2000 and Duke Woods in ""Emmerdale"" from 2007 to 2008. Other television credits include ""Grange Hill"",""Juliet Bravo"", ""Minder"", ""Blake's 7"", ""The Chinese Detective"", ""Doctor Who"", ""C.A.T.S. Eyes"", ""The Bill"", ""Boon"", ""Inspector Morse"", ""Dangerfield"", ""Keeping Up Appearances"" and ""Where the Heart Is"". Ashworth appears in the video to the Pretenders'"
"Tom Hudson (actor) Thomas “Tom” Hudson (born 2 October 1986 in Salford) is an English actor. Hudson played the roles of Baz Wainwright in ""Grange Hill"" between 2003 and 2007 and of Paul Clayton, son of Terry Duckworth, in ""Coronation Street"" between 2007 and 2008. Hudson left ""Coronation Street"" in May 2008. Other roles have included a part in the film ""Love + Hate"" and a small part as Jamie Coldwell in television series ""Casualty"". He also had parts in ""Knight School"", ""Heartbeat"" and ""The Royal"". In January 2008 Hudson announced his engagement to marry his girlfriend of two years,"
"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"
"Ken Swofford Kenneth Charles Swofford (July 25, 1933 – November 1, 2018) was an American film and television actor often cast as a villain or a policeman. Between 1962 and 1995, Swofford's film credits included ""Thelma & Louise"", ""Skyjacked"", ""Black Roses"" and ""The Andromeda Strain"", while his TV career during the same period was prolific. He appeared on such television series as ""Fame"", ""Switch"", ""The Oregon Trail"", ""Rich Man, Poor Man Book II"", ""Murder, She Wrote"", and as a cast member of the mystery series ""Ellery Queen"". Born to Howard and Goldie Swofford on July 25, 1933, Ken Swofford graduated"
"Dr Basil Hood of the St Marylebone Infirmary. This is scheduled to air on 25 September 2018 Edwards married Lydia Metz on 2 May 2009. Edwards was also engaged to former S Club star Rachel Stevens. He proposed on Valentine's Day 2002, the couple broke up in late 2003. Jeremy Edwards has a Boston Terrier whose name is 'Molly'. Jeremy Edwards Jeremy Edwards (born 17 February 1971) is an English actor and television presenter, best known for playing Kurt Benson in ""Hollyoaks"", Danny Shaughnessy ""Holby City"" and Mike Taylor in ""Millie Inbetween"" as well as being a regular panellist and"
"three days. In 2018, Dixon appeared in the Doctor Who episode ""The Woman Who Fell to Earth"" as a crane driver being hunted by an alien species. Jonathan Dixon (British actor) Jonathan Dixon (born 10 August 1988), known professionally as Jonny Dixon, is a British television actor, best known for playing playground bully Matthew ""Mooey"" Humphries in long-running CBBC show ""Grange Hill"". He appeared in Manchester-based soap opera ""Coronation Street"" as Darryl Morton. He joined the soap in March 2007. Dixon was born in Pudsey. He was a friend of Jack P. Shepherd who plays his on-screen friend David Platt"
"Jonathan Dixon (British actor) Jonathan Dixon (born 10 August 1988), known professionally as Jonny Dixon, is a British television actor, best known for playing playground bully Matthew ""Mooey"" Humphries in long-running CBBC show ""Grange Hill"". He appeared in Manchester-based soap opera ""Coronation Street"" as Darryl Morton. He joined the soap in March 2007. Dixon was born in Pudsey. He was a friend of Jack P. Shepherd who plays his on-screen friend David Platt before getting his role in ""Coronation Street"". It was reported on 15 May 2009 that Dixon and co-star Wanda Opalinska would be written out of the soap"
"Riviera Bank Robbery"" (1979), ""The Long Good Friday"" (1980), ""Breaking Glass"" (1980), ""Who Dares Wins"" (1982) and ""Lamb"" (1985). Nigel Humphreys Nigel Humphreys (born 1951 in Bognor Regis, Sussex) is a British actor who is best known for his television work. His most prominent roles include Dickie Fleming in ""Coronation Street"" and PC Pete Dodds in """". Other television credits include: ""Dixon of Dock Green"", ""Z-Cars"", ""The Expert"", ""Warship"", ""The Sweeney"", ""Blake's 7"", ""The Professionals"", ""Minder"", ""The Gentle Touch"", ""Doctor Who"" (in the serial ""Warriors of the Deep""), ""All in Good Faith"", ""Pulaski"", ""No Job for a Lady"", ""The Bill"""
"the 13th star and horror icon, Adrienne King described it as ""Masterful writing"" and The Crack Magazine described it as ""One of the most heart racing, jaw-dropping novels that I have ever dared to finish."" Rod Glenn Rod Glenn is an English actor and author from northeast England. He received a degree in Theatre and Performing Arts from North Tyneside College and has gone on to appear in many film and television productions, including ""Monster"", ""Ripper Street"", ""The More You Ignore Me"", ""American Assassin"", ""The Hollow Crown"", ""Wolfblood"" and ""The Hippopotamus"". He achieved critical and commercial success with ""Sinema: The"
"Neil Patrick Harris Neil Patrick Harris (born June 15, 1973) is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian, magician, and singer. He is known primarily for his comedy roles on television and his dramatic and musical stage roles. On television, he is known for playing the title character on ""Doogie Howser, M.D."" (1989–1993), Barney Stinson on ""How I Met Your Mother"" (2005–2014, for which he was nominated for four Emmy Awards), and Count Olaf in ""A Series of Unfortunate Events"" (2017–present). Harris is also known for his role as the title character in Joss Whedon's musical ""Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog"" (2008)"
"include ""Salonika"", ""Twelfth Night"", ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" and ""Too Cold for Snow"". Paul Fox (actor) Paul Fox (born 20 March 1979) is an Cornish actor, known for portraying Mark Redman in ""Coronation Street"" and Will Cairns in Emmerdale and Dr Jeff Goodwin in ""The Royal"". Born in Truro, Cornwall, Fox moved to Greasby whilst still a baby. He has one older brother, Christian. He attended Hilbre high school in west kirby and the Glenda Jackson Youth Theatre in Birkenhead, and studied for a BTEC in Performing Arts and an A Level in Theatre Studies at West Cheshire College. Fox"
"John Middleton (actor) John Middleton (born 7 September 1953 in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English actor well known for his part in ITV's ""Emmerdale"" as Ashley Thomas, a role which he remained in from 1996 to 2017 for 20 years. He has appeared in many other TV programmes, most notably in 1993 as John Hargreaves in ""Coronation Street"", the man who knocked down and killed Lisa Duckworth. A year later he appeared again in ""Coronation Street"", this time as a hospital consultant, when Deirdre Barlow's former husband Samir Rachid was beaten up and killed by a gang"
"Peter Armitage (actor) Peter James Armitage (23 October 1939 – 30 November 2018) was an English television actor best known for his role as Bill Webster on long-running soap opera ""Coronation Street"". He was a regular on British screens from the 1970s onwards. Armitage was born in Skipton, West Riding of Yorkshire, where he was brought up primarily by his aunt until the age of 10, when his mother married. He did not meet his father, who was German, until he was 28, and the two did not form a long-term relationship. Armitage trained as an actor at the East"
"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."
"London children's charity Scene & Heard and an ambassador for WaterAid. Hugh Bonneville Hugh Richard Bonneville Williams (born 10 November 1963), known professionally as Hugh Bonneville, is an English actor. He is best known for playing Robert Crawley in the television series ""Downton Abbey"" (2010–2015), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and two consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards. Bonneville was born in Paddington, in west London, to a mother who was a nurse and a father who was a urological surgeon. He was educated at Dulwich College Preparatory School and at Sherborne School, an independent school in"
"""Capote"" as Truman Capote 2006: Forest Whitaker – ""The Last King of Scotland"" as Idi Amin 2007: Daniel Day-Lewis – ""There Will Be Blood"" as Daniel Plainview 2008: Sean Penn – ""Milk"" as Harvey Milk 2009: George Clooney – ""Up in the Air"" as Ryan Bingham 2010: James Franco – ""127 Hours"" as Aron Ralston 2011: George Clooney – ""The Descendants"" as Matt King 2012: Daniel Day-Lewis – ""Lincoln"" as Abraham Lincoln 2013: Matthew McConaughey – ""Dallas Buyers Club"" as Ron Woodroof 2014: Michael Keaton – ""Birdman"" as Riggan Thomson 2015: Leonardo DiCaprio – ""The Revenant"" as Hugh Glass 2016:"
"James Atherton James Atherton (born James Conway, ) is a British actor best known for roles as Will Savage ""Hollyoaks"" and ""Coronation Street"" as Jamie and the 2017 revival of the original stage version of ""Rita, Sue and Bob Too"". Atherton grew up in the Cumbrian village of Talkin and attended Austin Friars School in nearby Carlisle. On television, Atherton has played the serial killer Will Savage in ""Hollyoaks"" and joined the cast of ""Coronation Street"" as Jamie in October 2015. On stage, he co-starred as title character Bob in the Out of Joint Theatre Company's revival of Andrea Dunbar's"
"in Europe he had various jobs, worked in repertory theatres in England and appeared in West End plays including ""Alfie."" George Waring (actor) George Waring (20 February 1925 – 15 February 2010) was a British television actor from 1962 to 2000. He also had occasional feature film credits. He was best known for appearing on ""Coronation Street"" as Arnold Swain, the bigamist husband of Emily Bishop in 1980. Earlier in the 1970s he appeared in ""Crown Court"", the long running ITV courtroom drama series. He also appeared in an episode of the early ""Doctor Who"" series. He attended Ducie High"
"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 unknown when chosen from hundreds who auditioned to play the lead part of Lysander Hawkley in ""The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous"" (1997). He has gone on to work with many leading film directors, including Peter Greenaway, Franco Zeffirelli, and Mel Gibson. He also now teaches at the London School of"
"Andy Moss Andrew Moss (born 1 June 1985) is an English television actor. He is currently best known for playing Rhys Ashworth in the Channel 4 soap opera ""Hollyoaks"" from 2005 to 2013. Moss returned to Hollyoaks in 2014 during Cindy's bipolar storyline and for playing Paul Cuthbert in BBC Daytime Soap Opera ""Doctors"" He has just finished playing the lead role Sam Wheat in the National tour of ""Ghost the Musical"". ""Hollyoaks"" is Moss's first regular television role, though he had previously played Craig Gutteridge in the BBC drama series ""Cutting It"", in addition to minor roles in ""Merseybeat"","
"Jonathan Hyde Jonathan ""Nash"" Hyde (born 21 May 1948) is an Australian-born English actor, known for roles such as Herbert Cadbury in ""Richie Rich"", J. Bruce Ismay in the 1997 film ""Titanic"", Culverton Smith in ""The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes"", Warren Westridge in ""Anaconda"", Sam Parrish/Van Pelt in ""Jumanji"", and Eldritch Palmer in the FX TV series ""The Strain"". Hyde was born in Brisbane, Queensland, to a middle-class family. His father was Stephen Geoffrey King, a solicitor. Hyde's interest in law took him to university to study the subject but his passion for performing and the theatre led him to"
"Drew Powell Andrew ""Drew"" Powell (born January 19, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Hoss Cartwright on the PAX series ""Ponderosa"", Cadet Drew on ""Malcolm in the Middle"", and Butch Gilzean/Cyrus Gold/Solomon Grundy, a series regular, on FOX's ""Gotham"". Powell was born in Noblesville, Indiana and grew up in Lebanon, Indiana, graduating from Lebanon Senior High School. He graduated from DePauw University in 1998 and moved to Los Angeles where he soon began auditioning for acting roles. His first television role was as a cadet on Fox's ""Malcolm in the Middle"". He appeared"