Peter Armitage

Known for ActingBorn 1940-01-26Died 2018-12-04Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Befrienders

Sorted

Chandler & Co

The Sweeney

The Royal

Hearts and Minds

The Professionals

Lovejoy

The Second Coming

Heartbeat

Justice

Strangers

Lucky Feller

Dockers

Jack the Ripper

Days of Hope

The Hanged Man

The Wild West Show

Centre Play

ITV Playhouse

Peak Practice

In Suspicious Circumstances

G.B.H.

Casualty

Magic Grandad

Chimera

The Parole Officer

Rockliffe's Babies

Mr. Wroe's Virgins

Plaza Patrol

Harry

Churchill's People

The Laughter of God

Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs

The Vet

Sam Saturday

One of the Boys

Grease Monkey

The Motorway File