Jerold Wells (born "Gerald Walls" on 8th August 1908 in Wallington, Hampshire; died 19th July 1999 in Bath) appeared on Coronation Street in March 1964 as Ted Ashley.
He moved to Australia as a child where he began his working life as an ironmonger but then went to drama school in Sydney. He moved back to the UK in the 1950s.
His other credits include Murder Bag, Dixon of Dock Green, Great Expectations (a 1959 television adaptation in which he played the part of Magwitch), The Days of Vengeance, Biggles, Bootsie and Snudge, 199 Park Lane, The Newcomers, The Troubleshooters, Curry & Chips, Sykes, Dominic, The Benny Hill Showand Fighting Back.
On stage, he appeared in a UK touring production of Kill 2 Birds.