Dudley Jones

Dudley Jones (born 26th December 1914 in Watford, died 10th November 1990 in Fulham) appeared in Coronation Street in February 1971 as Mr Whittaker, the manager of the Brookside Motel.

A tenor singer as well as an actor, his television career began before the Second World War when he appeared at Alexandra Palace for the BBC in The Policeman's Serenade and The Wooing of Anne Hathaway. After the war, he also appeared in Robin Hood, No Hiding Place, ITV Play of the Week, Emergency-Ward 10, Doctor Who, Softly Softly, Doomwatch, Beryl's Lot, The Onedin Line, Yes, Honestly, Rosie, I Didn't Know You Cared and Shine on Harvey Moon.

Film roles include appearances in The Virgin Soldiers, Under Milk Wood  and The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It.

He made his radio debut in 1937 and was heard in Rosalind in Arden, Shakespeare and his Musicians, Bartholomew Fair, The Poetry of Jonathan Swift, Afternoon Theatre and Midweek Theatre.