Carlo Forgione (born 3rd May 1944 in Dundee, died 10th September 1998 in Kensington, London) appeared on Coronation Street intermittently between April 1991 and April 1992 as Jackie Ingram's solicitor, Gordon Barrett.
He grew up in the Rhondda Valley, Wales and was a founder member of the Bare Boards Theatre Company.
His other credits included roles in The Wars of the Roses, Dixon of Dock Green, Doctor Who, Blake's 7, All the World's a Stage, Emmerdale Farm, EastEnders and Fist of Fun.
On stage, he appeared in productions of Richard II, Henry IV, Richard III, Henry V and Edward IV for the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Reluctant Peer, The Sacred Flame, I Love You Mrs Patterson, Busman's Honeymoon, The Diplomatic Baggage, East Lynne, Return Ticket, Make Me a Widow, The Night of the Iguana, Plunder, The Unexpected Guest, Hot and Cold in All Rooms, A Shot in the Dark, The Girl Who Couldn't Quite, The Wings of the Dove, Poor Bitos, The Late Christopher Bean, Travelling Light, Person Unknown, Doctor at Sea and Spider's Web for Swansea Repertory Company. Other works included The Royal Hunt of the Sun, Under Milk Wood, Birds of Paradise, Sweeney Todd, Me Mam Sez, Conversations with George Sandburgh After a Solo Flight Across the Atlantic, Lulu and The Prisoner's Pumpkin.
While for radio, he was heard in It Doesn't Really Matter, A Knight in the Theatre, Eustace and Hilda, The Far Off and The Near, The Detectives, Waggoners' Walk, The Far Off and the Near, The War Behind the Wire, A Bumper Year for Dahlias and Thackeray.
