Joseph McKenna appeared on Coronation Street as Peter Barlow, playing the role between 1977 and 1978.
His other credits include The Main Chance, Sutherland's Law, General Hospital, Survivors, The Mackinnons and Scottish Playbill, along with the films The Camerons, Nosey Dobson and the 1986 blockbuster Absolute Beginners.
After he quit acting in the mid-1980s, Joseph became a fashion editor for Vanity Fair magazine in New York.