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Bob Cryer Bob Cryer ( born 24th November 1973 in London ) appeared on " Coronation Street " in September 1998 as Inspector Johnson , who led the search for the missing Toyah Battersby in East London . After studying English & Theatre at Warwick he went on to train at LAMDA . Other credits include roles in " Highlander , Colour Blind , Holby City , Bombshell , The Bill , Doctors , EastEnders , Outnumbered " and " The Interceptor " . Stage productions include " Guerilla / Whore , Don Juan , Into Thy Hands , Eugene Onegin , Picasso at the Lapin Agile , The Tempest " and " Mrs Hudson ' s Christmas Corker " . He is the son of writer and comedian Barry Cryer .
Stella Randell Stella Randell was the owner of the Carousel Club when it opened its doors in May 1971 . She spent £30 , 000 on doing the club up , money which had come from her divorce from her bookie husband . Elsie Howard went for a job there as bar manager and cited her previous employment at the Orinoco Club but she was too much like Stella for her liking . She told Elsie outright that any manager she took on would be a fellah . She gave complimentary tickets to the opening night to Len Fairclough and Ray Langton but she thoroughly perplexed the two builders by taking a real shine to Stan Ogden ! As well as being the owner , Stella was also a singer and got up on stage herself to belt out some numbers such as " " and " " . Stan told her that he was once in the music business but panicked when she pushed him over to the piano to play and spluttered out that he got someone else to put the tunes down ( this being a reference to Stan ' s scam on club singer Mickie Malone ) . A few weeks later , Ray Langton had a business meeting with Mel Ryan at the Carousel and tried to impress him to bringing along Irma Barlow as his date and having Irma pretend to be French . Ray introduced Irma to Stella as " Irma Barlot " from Paris , which interested Stella as she ' d done a club tour there . Disaster ensued when Mel arrived and with his date - Francoise Dubois , a real French woman . Irma had a torturous evening with Francoise asking her questions ( in French ! ) and had to try not to spoil Ray ' s deal with Mel , however when Ray realised he was being used he went for Mel and Irma ended up fighting with Francoise . Stella saw this happening but couldn ' t do anything . She billed Ray £50 for damages . Four months later , Ray bumped into Stella again and tried to arrange with Jerry Booth and Len Fairclough to go to the club but they were more concerned with Jerry ' s upcoming appearance in court over his assault of Jim Stoker .
Alex ( Episode 8580 ) Alex was a receptionist who worked at the Parke Square Hotel . A house auction was being held there which Tony Stewart attended with Eva Price in order to bid on a property for her and Jason Grimshaw , although he knew nothing of their plan . A scheming Todd Grimshaw followed them there with Eva ' s mobile phone , which he had stolen earlier , and gave it to Alex , saying it had been dropped outside . When he returned home , Todd dropped a hint to Jason to ring Eva and Alex answered the phone , giving the name of the hotel . Jason , already suspicious of his girlfriend and his dad due to Todd ' s machinations , went there and was in time to see Eva give Tony a kiss of thanks . Falling for Todd ' s plan hook , line and sinker , he attacked his father .
Episode 1742 ( 26th September 1977 ) Plot . Mavis returns from holidaying in the Isle of Man . Mike tells Elsie to move Terri Clayton up to the machine room from packing . She starts her as a learner . Alf and Renee enjoy the fact that people are talking about them . Rita discovers that Len has told Ralph Lancaster she isn ' t singing anymore . Ralph offers her three nights work . Mavis reveals Derek spent a day with her on holiday . Ivy feels it ' s suspicious that Terri is a learner as Mike doesn ' t like training people up . Renee is embarrassed by Alf ' s attention . Rita tells Len she ' s considering Ralph ' s offer .
Disgruntled Parent 1 ( Episode 8606 ) The unnamed Disgruntled Parent was annoyed when he and his wife attended a recorder recital at Bessie Street School and was unable to take a front row seats as Liz McDonald told him they were taken ( by Steve McDonald and Michelle Connor who were late arriving ) . He asked who if the occupants were invisible and moved to another which Tracy Barlow truthfully told him was for her dad who ' d broken down . The man sighed and he and his wife made for the second row . Liz was annoyed that he ' d not given Tracy a hard time and he replied that he wouldn ' t , knowing who she was !
Episode 1112 ( 13th September 1971 ) Plot . Elsie gossips with an uncomfortable Alan about Janet ’ s men friends . Len warns Janet off Alan saying he ’ ll always choose Elsie over her . Janet thinks he ’ s after her again and accuses him of being jealous of Alan . Betty has asked Elsie for a dress from the Mark Brittain catalogue for an evening out with Cyril . Lucille goes for a job at the warehouse and gives Emily as a referee . Emily worries that she will let her down if she does give her a reference . Elsie wonders why Len looks so glum . Elsie promises to drop Betty ’ s dress in for her later on . Len has a go at Stan for taking an extended lunch . Betty tells Bet about Janet and Alan and Maggie also tells Alf . Emily tells Dave off for treating Lucille badly . Dave upsets Alf when he passes on the rumours he ’ s heard about him and Maggie . Emily tells Lucille she can ' t recommend her for a job because she shouldn ' t have taken the betting shop money on her own to the bank . Janet delivers the shop order to No . 11 . Alan asks her to leave . Elsie forgets the dress for Betty again and in an argument Betty tells her Alan and Janet were together in Leeds . Elsie runs home and confronts Alan . He tells her Janet followed him to Leeds but nothing happened . Elsie is livid with Janet and storms into the Corner Shop . She demands Maggie produce her …
Episode 8777 ( 20th November 2015 ) Plot . Beth takes an embarrassed Craig and Caitlin aside to give them " the talk " . Tracy doesn ' t want Simon staying at No . 1 and feels Leanne isn ' t pulling her weight as Simon is just back from seeing Peter . Carla and Johnny don ' t want Kate to leave Underworld while Aidan thinks it ' s for the best that she goes . Beth passes on her mother ' s advice to Craig and Caitlin , painting all men as predators . Caitlin says Craig isn ' t like that . Craig is pleased when she calls him her boyfriend . Sean and Billy decide on a week in April to go on holiday but disagree on a destination - Sean wants Ibiza , while Billy prefers the Isle of Mull . Carla and Michelle drag Kate to Carla ' s flat for drinks . Amy winds Simon up by practicing on her violin while he ' s watching a DVD . In anger , Simon grabs the violin but Ken walks in before anything more happens . Ken sends Amy to her room to play . Billy and Sean agree to compromise , going to Ibiza and spending the first half of the week in the mountains and the second half in an apartment . Over a bottle of wine , Carla and Michelle try to persuade Kate to give her job another chance . She is talked round . Eileen discovers Michael has agreed to clean the gutters at 12 Station Road and wonders what he ' s up to . Tracy goes to have it out with Leanne but ends up feeling sorry for her . Sophie tries to get Steph to forgive Luke but only makes her suspicious that he ' s told her what he was hiding from Steph . Leanne texts Simon good night and is upset when he doesn ' t reply , standing by his earlier threat . She fears she ' s lost him forever .
Episode 3818 ( 15th February 1995 ) Plot . Steve is aghast when his credit card is cut off for going over his credit limit . For peace and quiet , Martin writes his thesis at Curly ' s . Curly hates being back at work under Reg . Reg orders him about and takes extended lunches . Fiona and Liz fear that Steve may be gambling again . Reg plans to take Maureen off for the day with Curly covering for him . Martin ' s work is disturbed by Tricia borrowing tea . She is intrigued to hear he ' s a nurse and tells him all her problems . Gail is startled to find them together . Andy drives Vicky to Cheshire , looking for stables to buy . Des tells Sean he won ' t sack Liz as she ' s a good worker and warns him it would be unfair dismissal as she ' s done nothing wrong . Gail is embarrassed when Josie buys the children some toys after Don takes her shopping . Fiona finds out about Steve ' s credit card being cut off and rows with him , saying she ' s sick of him hiding things from her and refuses to live with a man who is lying to her . He confesses that he fears she ' ll go now he ' s broke . She is disgusted and tells him she is not after his money . He is amazed when she doesn ' t walk out .
Frank Roper Frank Roper was GPO Supervisor and Alf Roberts ' s boss . In May 1979 , Frank went to see Alf at the Corner Shop to check on him as Alf was off sick recovering from a skull fracture sustained two months earlier , when a lorry overturned and its timber load crashed through the Rovers outer wall while Alf was drinking at the establishment . Alf wasn ' t worried about Frank ' s visit but didn ' t like it when Frank started making friendly jibes about all the time he was taking off , claiming that he himself felt worse than Alf looked . When Frank assured Alf , with a nudge and wink , that he ' d tell everyone at the office that he was still sick , Alf lost it and told Frank a few home truths , angrily telling him he was the biggest skiver in the building and hadn ' t done an honest day ' s work in his life . Both Alf ' s wife Renee and Elsie Tanner were stunned at the outburst , but Frank didn ' t seem offended , saying there was no harm done .
Episode 1306 ( 23rd July 1973 ) Plot . When she hears Elsie is away , Annie asks Lucille to move back to the Rovers . She uses Alan as an intermediary as she knows Lucille won ' t listen to her if she asks her personally . Alan is offended that she doesn ' t trust him to be alone with Lucille . Lucille refuses so Norma volunteers to stay at No . 11 with them both . Elsie arrives at Ernie Sutton ' s house and he tells her that Dennis has been in prison for a week . Elsie is ashamed of Dennis , who was involved in a double glazing scam . Ernie defends him , believing that he was led on and left to carry the can . Wilfred Perkins entertains the staff of Bessie Street School at his home and Ken takes a fancy to his daughter Elaine . Len is annoyed when he makes a date with Rita only for her to take him to meet her old maiden aunt who is stone deaf . Ernie tells Elsie that Jenny Tanner refuses to see her now that she ' s left Dennis . Lucille and Norma plan a welcome home and wedding anniversary party for Elsie and suggest Alan invites Deirdre . This puts him off the idea but they decide to throw the party anyway . Elsie goes to Pentonville to visit her son .
Episode 5943 ( 19th January 2005 ) Plot . Fiz is suspicious of Kirk ' s relationship with Thelma Clegg . Sean and Fiz decide to find out where Thelma lives and spy on Kirk . Katy ' s relieved when Martin finally accepts they ' re going to have a baby . Fiz and Sean spy on Kirk . Fiz is furious to see Kirk ' s got a key to Thelma ' s house . Ian and Sally lock themselves in the office . Whilst they ' re kissing , Sally ' s mobile rings and it ' s Kevin . Sarah admits to Gail and Audrey she ' s got a date with a lad called Scooter who she met on a bus . Gail ' s pleased for her . Sean peers through Thelma ' s window and is shocked to see Thelma belly - dancing for Kirk wearing a Moroccan Bedlah . Sally asks Kevin not to phone her again at work unless it ' s urgent . Fiz smacks Kirk across the face . Kirk ' s bemused explaining he only went in to return the dog after its walk . Katy lets slip that she stopped taking the pill and got pregnant on purpose . Martin ' s furious and suggests they should end their relationship .
Jane Jefferson Jane Jefferson appeared on " Coronation Street " as a Receptionist of the Lake District hotel where Alec Gilroy and Joyce Smedley briefly stayed in August 1996 . She has also appeared in " Cold Feet , Emmerdale " and the 2007 short film " Double Act " .
Episode 2937 ( 22nd May 1989 ) Plot . Alec finds it hard coping with the staff without Bet ' s management . Ivy begins to feel fond of Lucky . Don gets Audrey to persuade Alf to have a share in Lucky . Audrey fancies herself as an owner ' s wife . Alma sorts out her divorce , leaving Phyllis and Christine Carter on their own in the cafe . Alec is forced to wear a Hawaiian shirt as it ' s his only clean one . He contacts the Home Care agency for a housekeeper . When Percy complains about the food at the cafe , Alma throws him out and closes the cafe as she can ' t cope . Alec takes Mrs Hargreaves on as housekeeper . Audrey worries as she ' s got no clothes that match Lucky ' s colour . Bet finds Mrs Hargreaves ironing Alec ' s shirts with her iron . She accuses her of being Alec ' s bit of stuff and takes the iron off her . Bet tells her that Alec is a sex maniac . Ken worries as the " Gazette " starts a freesheet . Bet enjoys seeing Alec going under . Mrs Hargreaves leaves when Alec asks her to work behind the bar . He is forced to take Vera on for the night and accuses Bet of being a pub - wrecker .
Julia O ' Driscoll Julia O ' Driscoll was the wife of Richie O ' Driscoll , a businessman and the owner of O ' Driscolls , a clothing company . Underworld hoped to sign a contract with them and Aidan Connor came up with the novel idea of hosting a table tennis tournament with them to break the ice and of deliberately losing as a sweetener to getting Richie ' s signature down on paper . Richie and his wife Julia arrived ahead of some of their staff who had missed the motorway junction . Aidan asked if she would be playing but she replied that if it was running laps of the Trafford Centre she ' d beat them all but she had no skill at table tennis . Richie commented that his wife knew the boutiques of Cheshire better than the Trafford Centre and the social - climbing Sally Metcalfe ' s ears pricked up at this comment . She complimented Julia on her blue cashmere scarf and was informed it was qiviut , a substance Sally had clearly never heard of . She later asked if she could feel the scarf and checked on the spelling of the expensive material . Julia watched smiling as her husband ' s firm won the tournament - just - and joined in when Aidan and Richie discussed contract terms . List of appearances . 2015 2016
Rowe David McClelland Rowe David McClelland ( born 23rd January 1958 in Sheffield ) appeared on " Coronation Street " in three minor roles : Surveyor Mr Graham who in June 2006 was instructed by Charlie Stubbs to submit a report on 6 Coronation Street ; " Weatherfield Gazette " photographer Alan in June 2009 ; and he returned to the programme in October 2015 as a Security Guard , assigned to parking duties at Weatherfield General . He completed a course in Theatre Skills at Sheffield Polytechnic in 1986 and relocated to Canada the following year , working extensively in TV , film and theatre - most notably in several broadcasting roles for CBC , and returned to England in 2006 . His other credits include roles in " Foreign Bodies , Lexx , Liography , Beach Girls , Canada Russia ' 72 , Emmerdale , The Royal Today , A Touch of Frost , Law & Order : UK , The Zombie King " and " Homefront " .
Episode 1514 ( 21st July 1975 ) Plot . Donna makes of pretence of fretting at being late for work . Alf tells her that he ' s happy to have her around the place and to make sure she has the flat that ' s right for her before moving out . Blanche returns home and starts bossing the Langtons about as it ' s her house . Minnie buys Albert a paper but he ' s ungrateful as he already has one . She ' s puzzled why he won ' t sit down at the table with her and wonders if he has a boil . Donna tidies up for Alf while he ' s at a committee meeting . He offers to drive her to work but she refuses . She tells him about her training as a hairdresser and how she would love a salon of her own . Annie can ' t believe that Minnie has evicted Ena . Ken hears that Albert is acting strangely . A reluctant Ray goes food shopping but calls into the Rovers on the way back and has the mickey taken out of him . Blanche makes him leave his drink and take the shopping home . Annie thinks that Billy had a lucky escape . Albert refuses to sit down and eat a dish of potato hash that Emily makes him . Alf and Donna are aware of the supposed chemistry between them but her face tells a different story . Ray lounges around after dinner . Emily also asks Ken if Albert is ill but he has taxi fares to complete and can ' t investigate immediately . Alf tries to teach Donna chess . She tells him that men have always hurt her . She offers herself to him , saying that she ' d feel safe with him . He tells her there ' s plenty of time and to take things steady . She breaks down and Alf feels responsible for her . Ray collects his old pillows from No . 9 . Ken calls on Albert . he ' s reluctant to tell him what ' s wrong with him . Ken realises he ' s ill and drives him away in his taxi .
Jim Chester Jim Chester was a guest at Peter Barlow and Jessica Midgeley ' s wedding in Portsmouth in 1990 . Jim was a family friend of the Midgeleys and had known Jessica since she was young , being someone she used to come to if she wouldn ' t go to her parents Jean and Eric . At the reception , Jim shared a contemplative moment with Ken Barlow outside the hotel . After complimenting Ken on his speech , Jim explained his connection with Jessica to him . His words resonated with a reflective Ken , who told him that he probably knew Jessica better than he knew Peter due to him sending twins Peter and Susan off to live with their grandparents in 1971 when they were six . The conversation remained downbeat as Jim observed that people commonly got cheerful at funerals and miserable at weddings . At that moment , Tracy Barlow came outside to drag Ken back inside . Later , as Ken and Tracy got into a taxi to go back to their hotel in the city , Jim asked them if they could share with a couple of other people .
Betty Driver Elizabeth Mary " Betty " Driver ( 20th May 1920 - 15th October 2011 ) was an actress and singer most famous for her long - running " Coronation Street " role as Rovers Return Inn barmaid Betty Williams ( previously Turpin ) , a role she played from 1969 to 2011 . After a career in the 1930s and 1940s as a big band singer , Betty went into acting , and in 1964 she auditioned for the part of Hilda Ogden on the " Street " , but was rejected because the casting directors wanted an actress who weighed less . In 1965 she gained a role in the " Street " spin - off sitcom " Pardon the Expression " , where she suffered a back injury after the script required her to throw Arthur Lowe . Betty retired from showbusiness in November 1967 to run a pub - firstly Cock Hotel at Whaley Bridge and later the Devonshire Arms in where H . V . Kershaw tracked her down in 1969 and persuaded her to return to acting in the role of Betty Turpin . Betty was awarded the MBE in 1999 . Betty was also awarded the " Lifetime Achievement Award " at the British Soap Awards in 2010 . Betty was rushed to hospital on 11th May 2011 suffering from pneumonia . Her character ' s final scenes aired in Episode 7610 on 27th May . The actress passed away several months later on 15th October . Her funeral was held at on Saturday 22nd October when Helen Worth and Bill Kenwright gave addresses and many of the cast , past and present , attended . The character she had played for 42 years was written out of the programme in April 2012 , after dying off - screen of natural causes . A portrait of her was placed on the wall of the Rovers Return set , allowing the memory of both she and the character to remain a constant presence .
Episode 7957 ( 17th September 2012 ) Plot . Rita is horrified that Tina is considering selling her body for surrogacy . Tommy ' s deeply upset and resigned to the fact that she won ' t change her mind . As Beth makes her getaway from her disastrous date , she thanks Kirk for coming to her rescue . Kirk ' s thrilled to think that he ' s her knight in shining armour . Rita barges into the Rovers and demands a quiet word with Tina . Rita implores Tina to rethink her plan but Tina insists that she ' d be helping both Gary and Izzy as well as Tommy . Rita offers to give her the money out of her savings but Tina refuses to take it . Lloyd calls at Mandy ' s house with the bracelet , but Mandy clearly isn ' t pleased to see him and after a quick cup of tea , ushers him out telling him that she ' d rather forget the past . Lloyd leaves , deflated . Sunita starts work back at the Corner Shop . Dev makes it clear that theirs is now purely a working relationship . When the van runs out of petrol , Kirk and Beth find themselves spending the evening together . They enjoy each other ' s company and Kirk makes Beth laugh . Tina returns home to find Tommy gone . She breaks down and sobs her heart out . Owen finds Tommy at the bus stop about to leave . He tells Tommy what an amazing girl Tina is and how he ' ll never find anyone like her again . When Gloria reads about a Pub of the Year competition in the Lancashire Leisure magazine she forms a plan . Beth thanks Kirk for a wonderful evening and it ' s clear that she fancies him . As tearful Tina prepares for bed , she hears the front door . Tommy enters and promising her that they ' ll sort their problems together , the couple are reunited .
Jack Leeming Jack Leeming was the first tenant of 5 Coronation Street in 1902 . As far as the neighbours were concerned , 21 - year - old mill sorter Jack and Maggie Leeming were married but in fact they had only pretended to be wed so that they could get a house in Coronation Street . Jack was two years older than Maggie and had lived next door to her in Victoria Street . Maggie hoped that he would propose to her but he had a high opinion of himself and enjoyed shocking people - he wanted her to have a baby so that they could come clean with the neighbours and enjoy their reaction . In 1904 , Maggie got tired of waiting for Jack and walked out on him . Jack returned to his old house in Victoria Street and resumed his sexual relationship with his younger sister Vicky . In his spare time , Jack enjoyed boxing and was a lightweight champion .