Peter Armitage

Peter Armitage first appeared in Coronation Street in the 1970s playing corrupt decorator Maurice Allen. He has since played Bill Webster for three extended runs in the 1980s, the 1990s and the 2000s. Away from the programme he has appeared in episodes of Strangers, Medics, and Heartbeat. He was a regular actor in the short lived Sam Saturday.

In the 1980s he appeared in a memorable Yellow Pages commercial as a father who tried to dissaude his son from having a racing bike for his birthday, the advert ending with the line "I was right about that saddle though!".