Dicken Ashworth (born 18th July 1946 in Todmorden) appeared on Coronation Street intermittently between May 1992 and August 2000 as Jeff Horton, father of the late Lisa Horton/Duckworth.
His other television credits include roles in Second City Firsts, The Talisman, Nanny, the regular role of Alan Partridge in Brookside, Doctor Who, John Silver's Return to Treasure Island, William Tell, The Bill, Making Out, We Are Seven, I, Lovett, The Riff Raff Element, Heartbeat, Grange Hill, Seaforth, Look at the State We're In!, The Detectives, Emmerdale and Room at the Top.
Film roles include Force 10 from Navarone, Tess, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, Remembrance, Krull, Out of Order, Vroom, King of the Wind, B & B, The Revengers' Comedies and The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
On stage, he appeared in productions of Aladdin, Rock Navitity, Equus, Forever Young, The Marriage of Figaro and Three Days in May, the latter for Bill Kenwright.
