Ralph Casson

Ralph Casson appeared on Coronation Street in two roles: firstly in July 2000 as Mr Bellis, who interviewed Spider Nugent for a position as a DSS Claimant Officer; and he returned to the programme in March 2004 as a Paramedic who attended an unconscious Nick Tilsley, overcome by smoke fumes following a fire that Janice Battersby had unwittingly started in Underworld's disused storeroom.

His other on-screen credits include Wilmot, The House of Angelo, Actors, Cracker, The Mark of Cain and Shameless, while on the stage he has appeared in productions of The Three Musketeers, The Collection, Hamlet, King Lear, A Woman of No Importance and Dracula.