John Pickles

John Pickles is an actor who was identified by Daran Little in his 1995 book The Coronation Street Story as, along with Brenda Elder, holding the record for the most roles played on Coronation Street with eight each. In reality, ten separate roles have been identified for Ms Elder. Mr Pickles' roles are Sgt Daniels in 1973, DI Conroy in 1976, PC Handley in 1978, Sgt Graham Ibbotson in 1984, a Police Sergeant in 1986 (although as both these letter characters knew Betty Turpin and were stated as being former colleagues of Cyril Turpin it is possible that they are one and the same), Fred Duffield in 1990, a Driving Examiner in 1992 and finally Arthur Watts, the father of Curly Watts in 1995 - the second of three actors to play the role along with Kenneth Waller and Geoff Oldham.

In addition to these roles, Mr Pickles appeared in numerous programmes from the 1960s to the 1990s, among them being Z Cars, Raffles, Emmerdale and Dangerfield.