Name
Geoffrey Hughes
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1944-02-02
Deathday
2012-07-27 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK
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.
Known For
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Light-hearted and occasionally unclothed adaptation of a British comic strip in the over-t...
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After a landsman in 18th century England discovers a corpse covered in fur buried in a fie...
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The core of the plot is the romantic triangle formed by the protagonist, a conscripted sol...
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Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by ...
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Timothy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney decide upon opening a driving school as their la...
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Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, ...
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At WC Boggs' Lavatory factory, Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike ...
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Based on the hit sitcom of the same name; racist, anti-Socialist Tory Alf Garnett and his ...
- 1973 Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall as Larry
- 1970 The Hunting of Lionel Crane as Flash Blakey
- 2023 Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family as Twiggy (archive footage)
- 1970 The Man Who Had Power Over Women as Policeman
- 1971 The Pigeon Fancier as Derek
- 1969 Till Death Us Do Part as Mike's Brother
- 2023 Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 The Funny Blokes of British Comedy as Self
- 1990 The Man from the Pru as Det Sgt Bailey
- 2008 Flick as Tony Ray
- 2007 Liverpool Nativity as Gabriel
- 1973 Tiffany Jones as Georg
- 1969 The Virgin Soldiers as Lantry
- 1997 The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket as Onslow
- 1967 Smashing Time as Builder
- 1968 The Bofors Gun as Private Samuel - Cookhouse
- 2008 The Royle Family: The New Sofa as Twiggy
- 1968 Yellow Submarine as Paul McCartney (voice) (as Geoff Hughes)
- 1976 Confessions of a Driving Instructor as Postman
- 1986 Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe as Popplewick
- 1971 Carry On at Your Convenience as Willie
- 1971 Revenge as Fred
- 1971 The Blood on Satan's Claw as Drinking Villager
- 2010 The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa as Self
- 1990 Needle as Repo Man
- 1995 The Smiths as Dooley
- 2001 On Location: The Carry Ons as Willie (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1977 That's Carry On! as Willie (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2007 Expresso as The Builder
- 1990 Keeping Up Appearances ( 40 episodes ) as Onslow
- 2007 Skins ( 2 episodes ) as Uncle Keith
- 1962 Z-Cars ( 1 episode )
- 1992 Heartbeat ( 85 episodes ) as Vernon Scripps
- 1972 Crown Court ( 1 episode )
- 1998 The Royle Family ( 6 episodes ) as Twiggy
- 1991 Spender ( 1 episode ) as Kenny Coates
- 1969 Curry and Chips ( 6 episodes )
- 1970 Play for Today ( 1 episode ) as Derek
- 1985 The Bright Side ( 6 episodes )
- 1970 Shadows of Fear ( 1 episode ) as Terry
- 1976 Cilla's World Of Comedy ( 1 episode )
- 1974 Don't Drink the Water ( 1 episode ) as Frank
- 1986 Casualty ( 1 episode ) as Si Blake
- 1990 The Upper Hand ( 1 episode ) as Ray
- 1968 Please Sir! ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Turner
- 1964 The Likely Lads ( 3 episodes ) as Podge
- 1990 You Rang, M'Lord? ( 1 episode ) as Fred Kendall
- 1969 Up Pompeii! ( 1 episode ) as Piteous
- 2007 Skins ( 1 episode ) as Fat Bastard
- 2007 Skins ( 1 episode ) as Bandy
- 1993 I, Lovett ( 5 episodes ) as Dirk (voice)
- 1993 I, Lovett ( 1 episode ) as Dirk (voice) / Addison Mammon
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Second Workman
- 1968 Dad's Army ( 1 episode ) as Bridge Corporal
- 1963 Doctor Who ( 2 episodes ) as Popplewick
- 1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Det. Sgt. Bailey
- 1964 The Wednesday Play ( 1 episode ) as Flash Blakey
- 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Lance-Corporal Williams
- 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Chuck
- 1967 City '68 ( 1 episode ) as Gill
- 1966 Out of Town Theatre ( 1 episode ) as William Williams
