Geoffrey Hinsliff (born 1937 in
Leeds
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,
West Riding of Yorkshire
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) is an English actor best known for his portrayal of
Don Brennan in ''
Coronation Street'' from 1987 to 1997. He had previously played other characters in the same programme, in 1963 and 1977.
He originally trained at
RADA
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a drama school in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the Se ...
, before making his television debut in an episode of ''
Z-Cars
''Z-Cars'' or ''Z Cars'' (pronounced "zed cars") is a British television police procedural series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, near Liverpool. Produced by the BBC, it debut ...
''. He went on to appear in ''
Adam Adamant Lives!
''Adam Adamant Lives!'' is a British adventure television series that ran from 1966 to 1967 on BBC 1, starring Gerald Harper in the title role. The series was created and produced by several alumni from ''Doctor Who''. Proposing that an adventur ...
'', ''
Dixon of Dock Green
''Dixon of Dock Green'' was a BBC police procedural television series about daily life at a fictional London police station, with the emphasis on petty crime, successfully controlled through common sense and human understanding. It ran from 19 ...
'', ''
UFO
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'', ''
Crown Court'', ''
The Professionals'' and ''
Heartbeat'', and also played a wireless operator in the film ''
A Bridge Too Far''.
In 1978 Hinsliff appeared as a sergeant in an episode of the hard-hitting British police drama ''
The Professionals'', the episode entitled ''When the Heat Cools Off''.
He also had a role in the comedy-drama ''
Brass
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''
[ and appeared in two '' Doctor Who'' stories: '']Image of the Fendahl
''Image of the Fendahl'' is the third serial of the 15th season of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 29 October to 19 November 1977.
The serial was Chris B ...
'' and ''Nightmare of Eden
''Nightmare of Eden'' is the fourth serial of the 17th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 24 November to 15 December 1979.
The serial is set on th ...
''.
Personal life
His daughter is the political journalist Gaby Hinsliff.
He lives in Winster
Winster is a village in the English Derbyshire Dales about from Matlock and from Bakewell at an altitude of approximately . It was formerly a centre for the lead mining industry. The village lies within the Peak District National Park and T ...
in the Derbyshire Dales.
Filmography
*''O Lucky Man!
''O Lucky Man!'' is a 1973 British comedy-drama fantasy film directed by Lindsay Anderson, and starring Malcolm McDowell as Mick Travis, whom McDowell had first played as a disaffected public schoolboy in his first film performance in Ander ...
'' (1973)
*''Smuga cienia'' (1976)
*''The Battle of Billy's Pond'' (1976) - Tanker Driver
*''I, Claudius
''I, Claudius'' is a historical novel by English writer Robert Graves, published in 1934. Written in the form of an autobiography of the Roman Emperor Claudius, it tells the history of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and the early years of the Ro ...
'' (1976) - Rufrius
*'' A Bridge Too Far'' (1977) - British Wireless Operator
References
External links
*
Geoffrey Hinsliff
at Theatricalia
1937 births
Living people
Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
English male television actors
Male actors from Leeds
People from Derbyshire Dales (district)
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