Jack Platts

Jack Platts (died 23rd December 2004) appeared in Coronation Street in May and June 1975 as the burly but bullied Gatsby Club waiter Alfredo.

He also appeared for Granada in Village Hall and Strangers as well as parts in The Nesbitts are Coming (starring Maggie Jones), Selwyn and two of the best remembered editions of Play for Today: Spend, Spend, Spend! and The Spongers.

The majority of his career was spent as a club comic in the north of England.