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Vic Windsor
Victor "Vic" Windsor is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ''Emmerdale'', played by Alun Lewis for a period of five years, from 1993 until 1998. Vic was the second husband of shopkeeper, Viv Windsor (Deena Payne), and also father of Kelly Windsor (Adele Silva) and Donna Windsor ( Verity Rushworth). He was killed off in an armed robbery by Billy Hopwood ( David Crellin) on Christmas Day 1998. Storylines Vic and Viv had married in 1984, with both of them having been previously married. Vic had started an affair with Viv whilst he was still married to his first wife Anne. Anne returned home to discover Vic and Viv in bed together and fled the house in shock and was run over and killed by a car. Vic had a daughter from his marriage to Anne, Kelly, and Viv had a son from her first marriage, Scott, whom Vic formally adopted and who took his surname. In December 1985, Vic and Viv's daughter Donna was born. In the summer of 1993 Vic had let his family believe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alun Lewis (actor)
Alun Lewis Bennett (born 1949) is a British former actor, best known for his roles in ITV's ''Emmerdale'' as postmaster Vic Windsor, and Darryl Stubbs in BBC1 sitcom ''Birds of a Feather'' from 1989 to 1994. Together with ''Emmerdale'' co-stars Steve Halliwell and Billy Hartman, he was a member of UK 1990s country rock trio The Woolpackers who had a UK hit single " Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll" in November 1996. Personal life He was born in London, the son of Welsh parents Sarah Gwen (née Lewis) and Gorden Bennett. He appeared with the National Youth Theatre in ''Zigger Zagger'' at the Strand Theatre in the West End in March 1968. After training as an actor at RADA, in 1979 he appeared in the humorous film ''Le Pétomane''. He is the brother of actor Hywel Bennett, who played many roles in British film and television. His daughter, by his former wife Annette Ekblom, is composer Amelia Warner. Television *''Beryl's Lot'' (1977) *''Rising Damp'' (1978) *''Noah's Castle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verity Rushworth
Verity Charlotte Rushworth (born 15 August 1985) is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Donna Windsor in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' from 1998 to 2009, with a guest appearance in 2014. She has played many theatre roles throughout the UK, including two leading roles in West End theatre productions. From 2020 to 2021, she appeared in the BBC medical soap opera '' Doctors'' as Lily Walker. Life and career Rushworth attended St. Mary's Catholic High School, Menston. In 1997, Rushworth had small roles in ITV television programmes such as '' Heartbeat'', and in 1998, at the age of 12, she took on her most notable role, Donna Windsor in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale''. She took the role over from Sophie Jeffery, who played the part from 1993 to 1997. After appearing on ''Emmerdale'' for over 10 years, Rushworth filmed her final scenes at the end of 2008 which were later aired in January 2009. From 2 February 2009, she made her West End debut in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Hartman
Billy Hartman (born 1957) is a Scottish actor, well known for playing the part of Terry Woods on ITV's ''Emmerdale'' from 1995 until his character was killed off in 2011 after 16 years. Career Together with ''Emmerdale'' co-stars Steve Halliwell and Alun Lewis, he was a member of UK 1990s country rock trio The Woolpackers, who had a UK hit single " Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll" in November 1996. He also played a small role in the film ''Highlander''. He played the part of Dougal MacLeod, cousin of Connor McLeod. Under the name GBH, Hartman was the host of the rock 'n' roll revival television show '' Oh Boy'' in 1979. Hartman also starred in the comedy series '' Russ Abbots Madhouse in the early 1980s. Hartman played a teenager in 1980s American horror film ''Slaughter High''. Hartman also appeared as Isaac Talentire in the original west end production of Howard Goodall's musical ''The Hired Man.'' Billy played “Billy” in Minder Series 4, Ep9 - Windows. In 1993 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Woods (Emmerdale)
Terry Woods is a fictional character from the British television soap opera '' Emmerdale'', played by Billy Hartman. He was one of the longest-serving characters in the show when he was killed off alongside Viv Hope ( Deena Payne) in early 2011, after 16 years. Development Hartman said he found his audition for the role daunting. Terry was meant to be a former rugby player and there were five "really huge blokes" also waiting to audition, which made Hartman think he had come for the wrong job. Hayward 1991, p.141. He won the role and was paired with Michelle Holmes who was cast as Terry's wife Britt Woods. It was known that Holmes was only staying for six months and Hartman assumed that he would be leaving too, which is why he accepted the part. He admitted that he never wanted to appear in a soap, but came to realise that it often led to major roles in other shows. Hartman made his first appearance as Terry on 2 February 1995. Parkin 2002, pp.167–169. Terry and Britt's re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Loughran
Paul Anthony Martin Loughran (born 7 July 1969 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish actor. He was educated at Methodist College Belfast. He is best known for portraying Butch Dingle in ITV Soap Opera ''Emmerdale'' in which his character died in a bus crash with friend Pete Collins. After that he appeared in many other TV series such as '' Heartbeat''. During the 1980s when the real voice of Gerry Adams, the spokesman for Sinn Féin, was forbidden to be broadcast in Britain, Loughran's voice was dubbed into recordings of him that were broadcast on British airwaves. On 24 August 2016, it was announced that Loughran had been cast as Darryl Perkins, the father of Craig Tinker (Colson Smith), in ''Coronation Street''. Filmography * '' Casualty'' (2017) * ''Coronation Street'' (1992, 2016) * '' Jericho'' (2016) * '' Blue Murder'' (2003–2009) * '' Heartbeat'' (2005) * ''The Baby War'' (2005) * ''Ideal'' (2005) * ''The Royal'' (2003) * ''I Fought the Law'' (2003) * ''Puckoon'' (2002) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butch Dingle
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' in 1994, by order of first appearance. Eileen Pollock Eileen Pollock is the first wife of Eric Pollard ( Chris Chittell). She arrives in Emmerdale after reading about the Emmerdale plane crash and the death of Eric's second wife Elizabeth Feldmann (Kate Dove). She threatens to expose Eric as a bigamist until he pays her off for a divorce. She then leaves the village and they divorce after 30 years of marriage, although they have only been together for a short amount of time during the marriage itself. In November 2018, Eric reveals to Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter) that he and Eileen parted ways after their son, Edward, was born stillborn in 1978. The grief of their loss led to them leading separate lives, and ultimately Eric abandoning Eileen, changing his name and not seeing her again until 1994. He advises Chas to not let her and her partner Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt) drift apart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Davies
Rachel Davies is an English actress. She has numerous television credits to her name, including ''Boon'' (1986), '' A Little Bit Of Lippy'' (1989), ''Emmerdale'' (1993–94), '' Band of Gold'' (1995–96), ''Hillsborough'' (1996), and '' The Chase'' (2006–07). Career Born in Manchester, Lancashire, she has played leading roles in the following series: ''Boon'', ''The Cuckoo Waltz'', ''Making Out'', '' Band of Gold'', '' Telltale'', ''Emmerdale'', ''Nice Guy Eddie'', ''Linda Green'' and '' The Chase''. She appeared in the acclaimed single drama ''Hillsborough''. In 2000 she played in Estelle in the last film that had John Thaw in the lead role, ''Buried Treasure''. Guest roles on TV include: ''Z-Cars'', ''Coronation Street'', ''The Sweeney'', '' All Creatures Great and Small'', ''Last of the Summer Wine'', '' Doctor Who'' (in the serial '' State of Decay''), '' The Professionals'', '' Tales Of The Unexpected'', Grange Hill ''Juliet Bravo'', ''Minder'', '' C.A.T.S. Eyes'', '' Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Turner (Emmerdale)
''Emmerdale'' is a British soap opera first broadcast on 16 October 1972. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in 1993, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by either Morag Bain or Nicholas Prosser, the show's series producers. The first character Shirley Foster was introduced in May as a new love interest for Alan Turner. Two new Southern families were also introduced, The Windsors and McAllisters, in August and December, respectively. American Wine Merchant Josh Lewis began appearing in September. Shirley Turner Shirley Turner (née Foster), played by Rachel Davies, made her debut screen appearance in 1993. Shirley meets Alan Turner (Richard Thorp) and they begin dating. However, when Alan learns that she used to be a prostitute, he ends their relationship. Shirley is shocked when the Drop-In Centre where she works is faced with closure. She seeks help from Alan and their romance is "ignited" once again. A writer for ''Inside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg Dawson
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the British soap opera '' Emmerdale'' in 1994, by order of first appearance. Eileen Pollock Eileen Pollock is the first wife of Eric Pollard (Chris Chittell). She arrives in Emmerdale after reading about the Emmerdale plane crash and the death of Eric's second wife Elizabeth Feldmann (Kate Dove). She threatens to expose Eric as a bigamist until he pays her off for a divorce. She then leaves the village and they divorce after 30 years of marriage, although they have only been together for a short amount of time during the marriage itself. In November 2018, Eric reveals to Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter) that he and Eileen parted ways after their son, Edward, was born stillborn in 1978. The grief of their loss led to them leading separate lives, and ultimately Eric abandoning Eileen, changing his name and not seeing her again until 1994. He advises Chas to not let her and her partner Paddy Kirk ( Dominic Brunt) drift apa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frazer Hines
Frazer Simpson Frederick Hines (born 22 September 1944) is an English actor. He began his career as a child actor and appeared in '' A King in New York'' (1957) with Charlie Chaplin. He later played Jamie McCrimmon in '' Doctor Who'', appearing in 117 episodes of the series, more than any other companion. He was a regular in the series alongside Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor between 1966 and 1969, and made guest appearances in the 1980s stories ''The Five Doctors'' and ''The Two Doctors''. He also had a long-running role as Joe Sugden in '' Emmerdale Farm'' between 1972 and 1994. Early life and career Hines was born in Horsforth, a north-west suburb of Leeds in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the third son of Bill and Molly Hines. His mother was Scottish and came from Port Glasgow. Shortly after Hines was born, the family moved to Harrogate where his mother ran a boarding house. As a child, Hines went to the Western Board Primary School and then Norwood College. Thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Sugden
Joseph "Joe" Sugden is a Character (arts), fictional character from the Television in the United Kingdom, British television soap opera ''Emmerdale'', played by Frazer Hines. He first appeared on-screen during the soap's first episode broadcast 16 October 1972 and remained in the programme until 1983. After a brief return in the following year, Hines reprised his role on a permanent basis in 1986, a landmark year for the show under Richard Handford. He made his last appearance in August 1994, and subsequently died off-screen the following year. In 2019, Hines confirmed that he would like to return to the soap despite his off-screen death. Development Joe is a farmer as was his father. When ''Emmerdale'' began it depicted actual farm life. Rather than act out tasks Hines learned to dip sheep and milk cows. Joe is involved in a relationship with List of minor Emmerdale characters (1972-73)#Christine Sharp, Christine Sharp (Angela Cheyne). They married during the episode broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Tate
Kim Taylor (also Barker, Marchant and Tate) is a fictional character from the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'', played by Claire King. The character debuted on-screen during the episode broadcast on 12 December 1989. Kim is portrayed in the serial as an antagonist, who often concocts money making and vengeful schemes against other characters. During her first stint in the series, Kim's turbulent marriage to Frank Tate (Norman Bowler) was prominent. Writers also explored her difficult relationship with her stepchildren, Chris (Peter Amory) and Zoe ( Leah Bracknell). Kim's motive for her scheming was to gain control of the Tate family business; her marriage was problematic due to her affairs with Neil Kincaid (Brian Deacon) and Dave Glover (Ian Kelsey), the latter died after he saved Kim's son James from a fire. Kim's other prominent stories include faking her own death to frame Frank before leaving him to die of a heart attack, and a business partnership with Lord Alex Oakwell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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