All posts tagged "actor"

  • Late Actor Bill Moores to Feature in Prescot Festival Tribute

    The Prescot Festival of Music & the Arts pays tribute to a popular star of stage, screen and TV this year. Most people know that playwright Willy Russell was born in neighbouring Whiston, but his classic BBC...

    • Posted May 5, 2016
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  • Sam Kelly: Fondly Remembering a Prescot Lad

    In the summer of 2013, a grey-haired chap in his sixties stepped off the number 10 bus from Liverpool and knocked on the door of a house in Derwent Avenue, Prescot. “I’m Roger Kelly, and I grew...

    • Posted December 30, 2014
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  • Prescot Actor Sam Kelly Dies, Aged 70

    Stage, film and TV actor Sam Kelly has passed away at the age of 70. The performer was best-known for a succession of TV comedy roles, including ‘Bunny’ Warren in the BBC sitcom Porridge and Captain Hans Geering in Allo Allo (pictured)....

    • Posted June 16, 2014
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  • Actor Ken Jones, 83, Dies at Home in Prescot

    The Liverpool-born actor Ken Jones has passed away at a nursing home in Prescot. A familiar face on TV, he played ‘Horrible’ Bernard Ives opposite Ronnie Barker in the BBC sitcom Porridge. He also appeared as Uncle Dermot...

    • Posted February 16, 2014
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