Bert Gaunt

Bert Gaunt played Ivy Tilsley's husband Jack. He was cast as the role when Lynne Perrie (Ivy) was a semi-regular cast member, and before her backstory was changed when she became a regular. He appeared in two episodes in 1975, before Peter Dudley took over the role, with the name change of Bert Tilsley. Like Perrie, Gaunt was a singer and comedian on the northern club circuit, and had acted alomgside her the year before in the BBC Play For Today factory drama Leeds United.

== He played a number of minior roles in various television series including Open All Hours in 1982, and Heartbeat in 1993. His most enduring role was as Sydney Huntington in Channel 4's soap opera Brookside in 1983. ==