Peter Wallis

Comic actor Peter Wallis was born in 1926 and died on 23rd May 2008.

For many years he was part of Leeds-based comedy act with his three sisters and brother but later branched out into acting and went solo. One of his first credited acting roles was in the John Finch-scripted Granada series Sam in 1973 and he followed this up with roles in several of the BBC's Play for Today's as well as Open All Hours, Heartbeat and Last of the Summer Wine. On the big screen he had a small part in the highly successful 1996 film Brassed Off.

On Coronation Street he had three roles: in January 1975 he appeared as the morbid tourist Mr. McGill who turned up on the Street during the investigation into the murder of Lynn Johnson, followed in October 1980 by garage customer Tony Newall who saw Brian Tilsley driving round in his car with wife Gail and mother-in-law Audrey Potter. He reported Brian and got him (temporarily) sacked. His final appearance was in April 1999 when he played Hayley Patterson's Great Uncle Bert who attended her wedding to Roy Cropper.