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Geoffrey Hughes

Acting Born Feb 2, 1944 Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK 24 credits

Biography

Geoffrey Hughes DL was an English actor. Hughes provided the voice of Paul McCartney in the animated film Yellow Submarine, and rose to fame for portraying much-loved binman Eddie Yeats in the long-running British soap opera Coronation Street from 1974 to 1983, making a return to the show in 1987.

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Known for

Casualty

as Si Blake

Play for Today

as Derek
Film

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

as Popplewick

Heartbeat

as Vernon Scripps
Film

Sansho the Bailiff

as Second Workman

Full filmography

  • Casualty (1986) as Si Blake
  • Skins (2007) as Uncle Keith
  • Skins (2007) as Fat Bastard
  • Skins (2007) as Bandy
  • Play for Today (1970) as Derek
  • Doctor Who (1963) as Popplewick
  • Heartbeat (1992) as Vernon Scripps
  • Crown Court (1972)
  • Screen Two (1985) as Det. Sgt. Bailey
  • BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Second Workman
  • Z-Cars (1962)
  • The Wednesday Play (1964) as Flash Blakey
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) as Lance-Corporal Williams
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) as Chuck
  • Dad's Army (1968) as Bridge Corporal
  • Keeping Up Appearances (1990) as Onslow
  • The Upper Hand (1990) as Ray
  • Please Sir! (1968) as Mr. Turner
  • The Royle Family (1998) as Twiggy
  • You Rang, M'Lord? (1990) as Fred Kendall
  • Spender (1991) as Kenny Coates
  • The Likely Lads (1964) as Podge
  • Up Pompeii! (1969) as Piteous
  • Shadows of Fear (1970) as Terry