Colin Edwynn (23 September 1933 – 31 October 2018) was an actor who appeared as PC Jimmy Conway in the British television soap opera ''

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'' between 1967 and 1972.

Career

He appeared in several episodes of the long running BBC Radio comedy '' The Clitheroe Kid'' as Mr Humphrey Brocklebank and worked with

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in his long-running radio show ''

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''. He has also appeared in the television series '' Bergerac'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Heartbeat''. Edwynn also made an appearance in one episode of the

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'' Dinnerladies''. From 1981 he ran the Queen's Head pub in Tebworth, Bedfordshire.

Personal life

Born as Colin Edwin Thompson, on becoming an actor he changed his name to Colin Edwynn - his surname made up of the name of his idol actor

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. In 1959 he married Elizabeth Quickfall. They had two sons together. His wife predeceased him. Edwynn died in

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on 31 October 2018 aged 85.

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