James Garbutt

James Garbutt (born 1925 in Houghton-le-Spring, Co. Durham) appeared on Coronation Street in three roles:
 * Football fan Johnny Lister in November 1970
 * A Drunk in October 1972
 * Allotment secretary Wilf Gaskell in April and December 1996, with a return to the role in February and April 1997.

Formally an art teacher in Newcastle before pursuing a career in acting, his other credits dating back from the late 1960s include roles in The Wednesday Play, The Borderers, Woodstock, The Onedin Line, Z Cars, Doctor Who, When the Boat Comes In, Juliet Bravo, Gems, The Franchise Affair, All Creatures Great and Small, Middlemarch, Casualty, Soldier Soldier, Casualty, Where the Heart Is and the films The Thirty-Nine Steps, Superman and High Heels and Low Lifes.

On stage he has appeared in productions of Close the Coalhouse Door; Henry IV, Part I; The Love Girl and the Innocent; Our Friends in the North and The Witch of Edmonton.