Bert Parnaby

Bert Parnaby (born 4th March 1924 in Guisborough, Yorkshire, died 30th July 1992 in Cambridge) appeared in Coronation Street in March 1986 as Mr Pollitt, Curly Watts's boss on the bin round.

A former schoolteacher, he worked at Manchester Grammar school where he was acknowledged as an influence on him by the historian Michael Wood. He eventually gave up the professions to become a full-time actor and also appeared in The Blackadder, The Comic Strip Presents..., Play for Today, By the Sword Divided, Bergerac, Juliet Bravo, Black Silk, The Monocled Mutineer, First Among Equals, Screen Two, The Bretts, Hard Cases, All Creatures Great and Small, Casualty, Last of the Summer Wine and Lovejoy.

On the big screen he appeared in Prick Up Your Ears and The Dressmaker while on stage he was in Comedians at the Young Vic Theatre.

His radio work went back to the 1960s and he was heard in productions of Black Ivory, Deadline for Danger, A Bolt From The Blue, Demolition Trail, The White Company, The Waiting Game, The Song of Roland, The Monday Play, And End and a Beginning and Saturday-Night Theatre.

External pages

 * Internet Movie Database entry for Bert Parnbaby