Max Smith

Max Smith appeared in four separate roles in Coronation Street: in January 1979 he played Alec Young, an old friend of Fred Gee's. In December 1981 he returned as Graham Bell, a potential purchaser of No. 13 when the Ogdens considered selling their house. Seven years later in June 1988 he played Keith, a friend of Don Brennan's at his marriage to Ivy Tilsley. In May 1992 he was back in the programme at another wedding - that of jailbird Terry Duckworth to Lisa Horton where he played the Prison Officer that Terry was handcuffed to. He returned in this latter role nine month's later in February 1993 when he accompanied Terry from Strangeways to the hospital where Lisa lay dying, having been struck down by a car driven by John Hargreaves.

He has played in a number of television series since the mid-1970s including Play for Today, Flambards, Strangers, Gambling Man and Where The Heart Is. On film, he was in the highly successful 1996 film Brassed Off.