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- J. Neil More was born in 1888 in Rochdale, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Journey's End (1937), No Escape (1936) and Men of Yesterday (1936). He died in 1961 in London, England, UK.
- Al Beresford was born on 26 August 1913 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. He died in 1993 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK.
- Megan Taylor was born on 25 October 1920 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Ice-Capades (1941). She died on 23 July 1993 in Jamaica.
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Wilf Gannon was born on 1 January 1891 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. He was a director and actor, known for Nick's Knickers (1929), Auntie's Antics (1929) and Chris's Mrs. (1929). He died in 1962 in Kent, England, UK.- Tommy Fields was born on 28 June 1908 in Rochdale, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Smiling Along (1938), Look Up and Laugh (1935) and The Penny Pool (1937). He was married to Cynthia Rawson, Dorothy Whiteside and Annette Thornton. He died on 3 June 1988 in Lewes, Sussex, England, UK.
- Martin Kelly was born on 13 April 1971 in Rochdale, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Diamond Tongues (2015), The Devil's Swindle (2016) and Keith's Crash (2023).
- Simon Danczuk was born on 24 October 1966 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. He was previously married to Karen Danczuk and Sonia Milewski.
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- Actress
Barb Jungr was born on 9 May 1954 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. She is a composer and actress, known for Terry and Julian (1992), Julian Clary: The Mincing Machine Tour (1989) and Piers Morgan's Life Stories (2009). She was previously married to Richard Bowling.- Marian Dawson was born on 18 October 1888 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960), Save a Little Sunshine (1938) and The Last Coupon (1932). She died in April 1975 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK.
- Paul Blomley was born on 1 November 1920 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Avengers (1961), The Winston Affair (1964) and Emma (1972). He died in 1984 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
- Mike Dolan was born on 22 January 1973 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Crew (2008) and The Making of 'The Crew' (2008).
- Heather Knight was born on 26 December 1990 in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, UK.
- Edwin Waugh was born on 29 January 1817 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Ten Nights in a Bar-Room (1931). He died on 30 April 1890 in New Brighton, Merseyside, England, UK.
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- Actor
David Taylor was born on 11 February 1934 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for One by One (1984), The World About Us (1967) and Animal Magic (1962). He was married to Shelagh and Hanne. He died on 29 January 2013 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK.- Director
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Barry Cockcroft was born on 4 October 1932 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for A Winter Too Many (1989), The World of Whicker (1971) and Calendar Special (1968). He was married to Celia Hodgins and Sheila Jackson. He died on 3 February 2001 in St. Ives, Cornwall, England, UK.- Mike Stott was born on 2 January 1944 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. Mike was a writer, known for Tell Me Lies (1968), To theatro tis Defteras (1970) and Voll daneben - Gags mit Diether Krebs (1990). Mike died on 7 September 2009 in the UK.
- Elizabeth Hadley was born in February 1998 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Hollyoaks (1995).
- Mathew Fraser was born on 19 October 1992 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Quills (2000), At Home with the Braithwaites (2000) and Doctors (2000). He has been married to Jamie Riding since 25 December 2010. They have nine children.
- Betty Fields was born on 31 March 1901 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for On Top of the World (1936), Tonight's the Night: Pass It On (1931) and Old Spanish Customers (1932). She was married to Charles Edward 'Eddie' Saunders and Roy Parry. She died in March 1974 in Australia.
- G.H. Elliott was born on 3 November 1882 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. He was married to Florence May Street (variety artist) and Emily Hayes (vocalist). He died on 19 November 1962 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Benjamin Paul Gerrard was born in 1984 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), Hollyoaks (1995) and Locked Up Abroad (2007).
- Andy Kershaw was born in Littleborough, Lancashire, England. He is a radio and television broadcaster with a specialty in music, known for his long association with the BBC. He began his career as a DJ with BBC Radio 1 in July 1985, and that summer co-presented _'Live Aid (1985) (TV)_'. With an eclectic taste in music, Kershaw became the first to play African and other music outside the Anglo-American mainstream on British radio. After 15 years on Radio 1, he switched to BBC Radio 3 until 2007. His older sister is fellow radio broadcaster Liz Kershaw.
- Beginning 2 years after his death, Smith has been the subject of various reports and investigations into alleged sexual abuse of young boys. The BBC reports that he was alleged to have abused youngsters who were residents of various children's homes, including in London, and his own home town of Rochdale, for which he was the MP.
The police opened an investigation in January 2013. His conduct had previously been looked into as early as 1970, with the police at the time deciding that a conviction was 'unlikely'. One of his accusers blames the political establishment for "turning a blind eye" to his conduct. - Michael Summerton was born on 22 December 1943 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Doctor Who (1963), Compact (1962) and Creation of the Daleks (2006). He died on 16 June 2009 in London, England, UK.
- Katie Ross was born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, UK. She is known for Sorted (2006), New Voices (1991) and Marian, Again (2005).
- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Norman Evans was born on 11 June 1901 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Honeymoon Hotel (1946), The White Countess (2005) and Demobbed (1944). He was married to Annie Evans. He died on 25 November 1962 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK.- Actress
Edith Fields was born on 26 January 1903 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. She was an actress. She was married to Douglas Wakefield. She died on 26 January 1987 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK.- Dudley Doolittle was born in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK.
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- Music Department
Richard Wilkinson was born on 2 July 1985 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. He is a composer, known for Doctor Who: The Edge of Time (2019), Narcos: Rise of the Cartels (2019) and Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle (2023).- Paul Aspden was born in 1976 in Rochdale, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Oh Doctor Beeching! (1995), Coronation Street (1960) and Prime Suspect 3 (1993).
- British bit player Chris Adcock was born on April 7, 1922 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England. Adcock first began appearing in films in uncredited minor roles in the late 1940's. A husky fellow with a rough face and short dark hair, Chris was frequently cast as soldiers, sailors, or assorted working class blokes. Adcock died at age 75 on January 1, 1998.
- Liz Kershaw was born on 30 July 1958 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Dave Cooke was born on 25 October 1952 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for Lipstick on Your Collar (1993), The Sunday Gang (1976) and John Wycliffe: The Morning Star (1984).- Actor
- Music Department
- Writer
Johnny Clegg was born on 7 June 1953 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for George of the Jungle (1997), Rain Man (1988) and Invictus (2009). He was married to 'Jenny Clegg'. He died on 16 July 2019 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.- Actor
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Neil Hurst is a British Actor and Presenter, based in the North of England. He is perhaps best known for playing character roles on TV and in Theatre, and has appeared in many commercials in the UK. He is married and has two daughters and also runs his own theatre company.- Actor
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Born in Rochdale he was an apprentice chef, salesman, plumber's merchant and engineer before he followed his ambition to act and joined the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
He has appeared n Coronation Street three times.
His other television credits include Crown Court, Shine On Harvey Moon, Boon and Minder.
He featured in the film About a Boy.- Bob Mason was born on 29 July 1951 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Emperor's New Clothes (2001), Coronation Street (1960) and Guest House Paradiso (1999). He was married to Janet Heppell. He died on 21 September 2004 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- Jack spent over 60 years in acting starting at the age of 12 playing children's parts with Churchills Minstrels in The Happy Valley, Llandudno. He then spent many years with Leslie Henson's company and was in 18 films and some 100 television programmes including the first play from Granada before taking on the role of Albert Tatlock in Coronation Street on 9 December 1960. He was married to Betty and had a son John
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Kieran Prendiville was born on 25 December 1947 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Care (2000), Ballykissangel (1996) and Glue (2014).- Shannon Flynn was born on 22 August 1996 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Waterloo Road (2006), Coronation Street (1960) and Scott & Bailey (2011).
- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
A comedienne and singer in the British Music Halls, she was the top box-office draw and the highest paid actress in Britain in the 1930's. Her Northern, working-class girl character was a favourite during the inter-war years.- John Barrett was born on 18 February 1910 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), The Eagle Has Landed (1976) and Emmerdale Farm (1972). He was married to Gwyneth Owen. He died on 22 May 1983 in Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England, UK.
- Arthur started off as a cadet clerk in the police force before spending 4 years in the navy during the war after which he became a student teacher then changed course and joined the Bradford Civic Theatre School to train as an actor, He was in repertory at Bristol Old Vic, Northampton and Birmingham and with Orson Welles in Othello in London's West End.. He appeared in at least two films Charlie Bubbles and Privilege. His television appearances include Z Cars, The trouble-Shooters, United, Coronation Street but is best known for Emmerdale Farm (now just known as Emmerdale) in which he was one of the original cast. Married to a former pottery teacher, they have two sons. t
- Oliver Wellington is a British actor of television and film. Oliver Michael Wellington was born May 17th in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Wellington trained at the prestigious Oxford School of Drama graduating with a diploma in acting. Since graduating he has worked consistently in television.
Oliver plays Nico in brand new hit Sky comedy Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything alongside Sheridan Smith.
He made his television debut, in 2015, as a guest lead in an episode of continuing British medical soap opera Doctors. In February 2016 he appeared as trawler-man, Jack Marshbrook, in an episode (The Sea Glass) of British crime drama series Vera on ITV, based on novels of the same name, written by crime writer Ann Cleeves.
In the same month he also appeared in the BBC One Mockumentary series Hospital People, set in the fictional Brimlington Hospital in which the show creator, Tom Binns, plays four different characters. He featured as recurring character, Gary, in a pilot episode that was shown on BBC One in February 2016. He would later reprise this role in the series that was commissioned and then broadcast in 2017.
Later that year, Wellington joined the cast of The Dumping Ground on CBBC where he plays the role of Sam, a young trainee social worker.
As of 2019, he joined the second series of ITV2 comedy Timewasters as series regular, JJ, the onscreen son of Anna Chancellor and Kadiff Kirwan's characters.
Wellington made his film debut as, Ricardo, in British feature, Fisherman's Friends starring Daniel Mays and James Purefoy.
In 2019 Oliver joined the cast of Brassic (Season 2) starring Joe Gilgun and Michelle Keegan, due for release in 2020. He also appears as Robbie in famous comedy duo David Mitchell and Robert Webb's six-part sitcom Back. - Actor
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Stuart's passion for acting first began at North Chadderton School under the tuition of Colin Snell. After starring in the stage version of 'Kes' - as Billy Casper, he won the Best Actor under 21 award at the renowned Grange Arts Centre - Oldham, at the age of 13. At this time he was also a popular and leading actor at Oldham Theatre Workshop, under the guidance of David Johnson. At 15, Stuart landed his first role as Craig the paperboy in Coronation Street and also the BBC One children's drama Jossy's Giants.
He spent his teenage years learning his craft in Local Rep in theatres such as; Coliseum Theatre, Contact Theatre and Library Theatre in a wide range of productions.
When Stuart was 17 he landed a role in the BBC film 'My Kingdom for a horse' written by John Godber, as Bobby Shaw. He starred opposite Sean Bean and Sheila Hancock.
In 1989, while filming 'Making Out' for BBC he got his big break when Granada called to say he had won the part of Mark Casey in Coronation Street. He loved being part of Corrie and went on to play the character for 3 years until 1992. His highlight was being asked to do the Royal Command Performance in 1990, as part of their 30th Anniversary.
In Stuart's 28 year career he has gone from strength to strength working in TV on shows such as; 'Clocking Off', 'Fat Friends', 'Blue Murder' to name but a few. More recently he appeared in the critically acclaimed Jimmy McGovern drama 'Accused'.
His film career started back in 1992, when he auditioned for Jim Sheridan, and won a role in the powerful, political film 'In the Name of the Father'. Stuart is a huge fan of British directors such as; Jim Sheridan, Ken Loach and Shane Meadows. His passion for films grew and in 2003 he was lucky enough to audition for Shane Meadows. His character 'Herbie' in the cult, award-winning film 'Dead Mans Shoes' has become one of his most recognised roles to date.
Stuart recently auditioned again for the great Ken Loach, who was kind enough to send his audition tape to his son Jim Loach which lead to him being cast in the 2011 film 'Oranges and Sunshine', playing the character Bill. The film, a true story, starring Emily Watson and Hugo Weaving is receiving great reviews and media attention.- Writer
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Bill Oddie was born on 7 July 1941 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for The Goodies (1970), George and the Dragon (2004) and Doctor in the House (1969). He has been married to Laura Beaumont since 1983. They have one child. He was previously married to Jeanne M. Hart.- Katie McGlynn was born on 16 July 1993 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Coronation Street (1960), Waterloo Road (2006) and The Syndicate (2012).
- Actress
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- Producer
Lisa Stansfield was born on 11 April 1966 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for Indecent Proposal (1993), The Bodyguard (1992) and Money Talks (1997). She has been married to Ian Devaney since 25 July 1998. She was previously married to Augusto Grassi.- Michelle Holmes was born on 1 January 1967 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Above Suspicion (2009), Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987) and Goodnight Sweetheart (1993). She was previously married to Mark O'Hanlon.
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- Director
Born in Lancashire, England, Kieran O'Brien first rose to prominence as a child star playing the title character in the BBC series Gruey. He then enjoyed further success as part of the main cast on the ITV series Children's Ward and also starred opposite the late Harry Dean Stanton in The Jim Henson Hour. O'Brien continued acting into his adulthood, appearing regularly in mainstream dramas, most notably as Robbie Coltrane's son in the multi BAFTA winning Cracker where he would first meet director Michael Winterbottom.
In 1999, he appeared in a full-frontal nude scene in Virtual Sexuality. He appeared nude again in the BBC series Burn It and then following his roles in the acclaimed Band of Brothers and 24 Hour Party People starred in 9 Songs, a film by Winterbottom which would push the boundaries of just how explicit a mainstream feature could be. O'Brien was the perfect casting opposite American model Margo Stilley, as he was a young actor both confident and well-endowed. He has to date collaborated with the maverick director on eight independent feature films, the most recent being The Look of Love.
Although O'Brien's role in such a controversial and groundbreaking film seems likely to be what people will always identify him with, he continues to act, mainly in high profile British and International television dramas.