Cyril Appleton (born 31 May 1930) is a British stage, television and film actor whose acting career spanned four decades.

Life and career

Appleton was born in St Helens in

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in 1930. His first television role was Court Usher in the series ''Misleading Cases'' (1968), while from 1968 to 1969 he played 'Lofty' in the stage play '' Alfie'' at the Salisbury Playhouse.Appleton in ''Alfie'' in the Theatricalia website
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'' (1972), McKyle's Assistant in '' The Ruling Class'' (1972), Ferdinand's servant in ''

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'' (1972), Labourer in '' A Warning to the Curious'' (1972), Alf Burns/HP Man in '' Z-Cars'' (1972-1973), Borg in '' The Onedin Line'' (1973), Policeman and P.C. Henderson in three episodes of ''

Billy Liar ''Billy Liar'' is a 1959 novel by Keith Waterhouse that was later adapted into a play, a Billy Liar (film), film, a Billy (musical), musical and a Billy Liar (TV series), TV series. The work has inspired and been featured in a number of popul ...

'' (1973-1974), Inspector Riley in '' Shoulder to Shoulder'' (1974), Sgt. Henderson in '' Special Branch'' Series 4 episode ''Jailbait'' (1974), Mr. Thomas/Peter Webb in two episodes of '' Softly, Softly: Task Force'' (1973-1974), Driver in '' Barlow at Large'' (1974), First Guest in '' Chinese Blues'' (1975), Count Malatesta in '' A Touch of the Casanovas'' (1975), Master Procathro in '' The Ash Tree'' (1975),

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in ''Further Up Pompeii!'' (1975), Scranowitz in '' Second Verdict'' (1976), Sergeant in '' The Howerd Confessions'' (1976), and Billy Dalby in '' All Creatures Great and Small'' (1978). Appleton also played Jim Conran in ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...

'' (1978), Police Driver in '' Rough Cut'' (1980), Sgt. Hask in '' Blake's 7'' (1981), Traffic Warden in ''The Missing Ring'' (1981), Mayor of Swinford in '' By the Sword Divided'' (1985), Medical Officer in '' Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil'' (1985), Second Lawyer in ''

Bleak House ''Bleak House'' is a novel by English author Charles Dickens, first published as a 20-episode Serial (literature), serial between 12 March 1852 and 12 September 1853. The novel has many characters and several subplots, and is told partly by th ...

'' (1985), `Foxy' Rynaert in ''Pretorius'' (1987), Counsellor in ''

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'' (1989), Pub Landlord in '' Forever Green'' (1989), Harold in ''

Lovejoy ''Lovejoy'' is a British television comedy-drama mystery fiction, mystery series, based on the Lovejoy (novel series), novels by John Grant (Lovejoy), John Grant under the pen name Jonathan Gash. The show, which ran to 71 episodes over six ser ...

'' (1993), Clerk of the Court/Coroner's officer/Barman in ''

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'' (1991-1996) and Professor Crawford in '' McLibel!'' (1997).Appleton
on the

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website

References

External links

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Appleton on aveleyman.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Appleton, Cyril 1930 births Living people English male stage actors English male television actors English male film actors Actors from St Helens, Merseyside Male actors from Lancashire