Ian Kelsey (born 17th December 1966 in York) appeared on Coronation Street as Harvey McArdle (although credited as Vinny Ashford) from August to November 2016, reprising the role in October 2017.
Probably best known in the role of Dave Glover in Emmerdale between 1994 and 1997, he has also appeared in Men Behaving Badly, Touching Evil, Down to Earth, Murder in Mind, Holby City, Casualty, Hotel Babylon, Where the Heart Is, Blue Murder, The Bill, The Weakest Link, Extreme, Twirlywoods and Doctors, along with the movies Black Beauty, Wild Justice, Angel of Death: The Beverly Allitt Story and Dustbin Baby.
On the other side of the camera, he has also written one episode of Doctors. He met his singer/songwriter wife Mia when they appeared together in Grease and have two daughters.