Colin Edwynn
{{Short description|English actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{more citations needed|date=June 2009}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Colin Edwynn
| birth_name = Colin Edwin Thompson
| birth_date = 23 September 1933
| birth_place = Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
| death_date = 31 October 2018 (age 85)
| death_place = Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
| othername =
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1966-2009
| spouse = Elizabeth A A Quickfall (m.1959){{Cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0250484/bio?ref_=nm_ql_1 |title = Colin Edwynn|website = IMDb}}
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Colin Edwynn (23 September 1933 – 31 October 2018{{Cite web | url=https://announcements.johnstonpress.co.uk/obituaries/lutontoday-uk/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=190793814 |title = View Colin Edwynn's Notice on lutontoday.co.uk and share memories}}) was an actor who appeared as PC Jimmy Conway in the British television soap opera Coronation Street 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 Les Dawson in his long-running radio show Listen to Les.
He has also appeared in the television series Bergerac, Out of the Blue, Wycliffe and Heartbeat. Edwynn also made an appearance in one episode of the sitcom 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 Ed Wynn.
In 1959 he married Elizabeth Quickfall. They had two sons together. His wife predeceased him. Edwynn died in Luton, Bedfordshire on 31 October 2018 aged 85.{{cite web | url-access=limited |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/1795958080678705/2237229356551573 |archive-date = 2022-04-27| url = https://www.facebook.com/savethequeenshead/photos/a.1798521460422367/2237229356551573/?type=1&theater |title = Friends of the Queens Head on Facebook |website=Facebook}}{{cbignore}}{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}
Filmography
=Film=
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! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes | |||
| 1970 | Dick Turpin - and the Legend of Black Bess{{cite web|url=https://en.kinorium.com/2301786/|title=Dick Turpin - and the Legend of Black Bess (1970)}} | Dick Turpin | |
| rowspan="2"|1974 | Who Killed Lamb?{{cite web|url=https://en.kinorium.com/64700/|title=Who Killed Lamb? (1974)}} | Michael | |
| Miss Julie{{cite web|url=https://en.kinorium.com/64207/|title=Miss Julie (1974)}} | House Servant | ||
| 1997 | The Missing Postman{{cite web|url=https://en.kinorium.com/104686/|title=The Missing Postman (1997)}} | Alfie |
References
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External links
{{IMDb name|0250484}}
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Category:English male soap opera actors
Category:Male actors from Manchester
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