Born: 16th June, 1938

Birthplace: Sunderland

TV programmes include:

• The Likely Lads (1964-1966)
• Take Three Girls (1969)
• Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? (1973-1974)
• When The Boat Comes In (1976-81)
• Only When I Laugh (1979-1982)
• The Beiderbecke Trilogy (1985-1988)
• Room At The Bottom (1986-1988)
• Father Matthew's Daughter (1987)
• Andy Capp (1988)
• Second Thoughts (1991-1994)
• The Missing Postman (1997)
• Have Your Cake And Eat It (1997)
• Pay And Display (2000)
• Born And Bred (2002-2004)
• New Tricks (2003-2010)