Alan Cody

Alan Cody (born 1946 in London) appeared on Coronation Street as solicitor John Finney who advised Samir and Deirdre Rachid in December 1994, as Samir potentially faced deportation.

Other television credits include roles in Juliet Bravo, The Gentle Touch, Only Fools and Horses, Drummonds, Brookside and Wycliffe, along with a part in the blockbuster 1998 film Shakespeare in Love.

His many other theatre credits include Royal Shakespeare Company productions of The Alchemist, Pillars of the Community, Troilus and Cressida, The Comedy of Errors, Measure for Measure, Antony and Cleopatra and The Merchant of Venice.