Tony Nyland

Tony Nyland (born 2nd June 1955 in Stockport) has appeared in three roles in Coronation Street: in November 2000 he played the Manager of Skinner's Bookies who presented Jack Duckworth with a cheque for £59,631 when he won a six-horse accumulator. He returned to the programme in May 2002 as Blackpool caravan park boss Gerry Imlach and in August 2004 played myopic and lecherous nightclub boss Bobby Ockton.

He has also appeared in Bread, Burn It, Fat Friends, Heartbeat, Shameless and Emmerdale. Films include Mike Bassett: England Manager and The Navigators and he is a member of the Folk scene throughout the UK as a singer and songwriter.