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Geoffrey Hughes
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Within Vinony's link graph, Geoffrey Hughes is referenced by 93 other articles, and connects out to garbage collector, Keeping Up Appearances and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).
It sits within the topics 1944 births, 2012 deaths and 20th-century English male actors.
Its subject is documented across 18 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1939
- Works
- 10
Top works
- Collins school thesaurus
- LNER
- An encyclopedia of swearing
- A Gresley Anthology
- A history of English words
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK
Geoffrey Hughes DL was an English actor. Hughes provided the voice of Paul McCartney in the animated film Yellow Submarine, and rose to fame for portraying much-loved binman Eddie Yeats in the long-running British soap opera Coronation Street from 1974 to 1983, making a return to the show in 1987.
Known for
- Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family — Twiggy (archive footage)2023
- Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances — Self (archive footage)2023
- The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa — Self2010
- Flick — Tony Ray2008
- The Royle Family: The New Sofa — Twiggy2008
- Liverpool Nativity — Gabriel2007
- Expresso — The Builder2007
- Skins — Uncle Keith2007
- Skins — Fat Bastard2007
- Skins — Bandy2007
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7
- Total plays
- 18
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Geoffrey
- Family name
- Hughes
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Wallasey
- Place of death
- Isle of Wight
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1944-02-02
- date of death
- 2012-07-27
- cause of death
- prostate cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
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