James Quinn (born "Richard James Quinn" in Manchester) appeared on Coronation Street in six roles:
- Peter Anderton, factory manager at Brown's Textiles where both Vera Duckworth and Ivy Tilsley vied for a single vacancy in September 1989
- TV repairman Frank Gregson in September 1990
- DS Cartwright in March 1995
- Corrupt council planning officer John Sinclair in both October and December 2000
- DI Mannery between January and February 2003
- DS Keith Willets, appearing intermittently between March 2013 and January 2021.
His other credits include roles in Emmerdale, Stay Lucky, Cracker, Three Seven Eleven, Heartbeat, Hollyoaks, The Bill, Fat Friends, Holby City, Dalziel and Pascoe, Early Doors, Doctors, The Case, Hank Zipper, Home Fires, Safe, Bancroft, Waterloo Road and After the Flood, along with the films Millions, Apostasy and Pace.
On stage, he appeared in productions of To Kill a Mockingbird, Desire Under the Elms, And Did Those Feet, Glengarry Glen Ross and Hindle Wakes.
He is the creator of the acclaimed comedy series Sir Ralph Stanza's Jail Diaries, based on the egotistical poet - three series of which were broadcast on Radio 4. He was selected for the BBC's first new Comedy Writer's Apprenticeship, as part of which he was commissioned to write an original television sitcom pilot. He has also written for a number of radio shows including The In Crowd and was writer-in-residence at Strangeways Jail in 2000. He wrote and directed a live show called At the End of the Day, satirising TV football coverage. It received great reviews in "The Independent" and "Manchester Evening News".
He was formerly married to Coronation Street actress, Sue Cleaver.
