Malcolm Hebden

Hebden was born on 21 December 1939 in Chester before his family moved to Burnley, Lancashire, three weeks later.[http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/archive/1998/03/04/6158919.I_see_Pendle_and_I_m_home/ I see Pendle and I'm home] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106232618/http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/archive/1998/03/04/6158919.I_see_Pendle_and_I_m_home/ |date=6 November 2014 }}, Lancashire Evening Telegraph, 4 March 1998 He was educated at West Gate High School and began his career as a window dresser in Burnley. He found school difficult due to "severe dyslexia".{{Cite news|url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/4404007.Interview__Coronation_Street_s_Norris_Cole__Malcolm_Hebden/|title=Interview: Coronation Street's Norris Cole, Malcolm Hebden|website=Lancashire Telegraph|date=28 May 2009 |access-date=1 August 2018|archive-date=1 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801190138/http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/4404007.Interview__Coronation_Street_s_Norris_Cole__Malcolm_Hebden/|url-status=live}} He was involved in amateur dramatics groups, one of which included Richard Moore, called The Highcliffe Players.{{cite news |url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure/whats_on/8096790.Preview__Comedians_in_Bolton/ |title=Preview: Comedians in Bolton |date=13 April 2010 |work=Lancashire Telegraph |accessdate=27 April 2014 |archive-date=19 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419195006/http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure/whats_on/8096790.Preview__Comedians_in_Bolton/ |url-status=live }} When aged 28, he attended the Rose Bruford Drama School in London before beginning a career in theatre.

Hebden first appeared in Coronation Street from 1974 to 1975, as Mavis Riley's (Thelma Barlow) Spanish boyfriend Carlos.{{cite web |title=Malcolm Hebden |url=http://www.corrie.net/profiles/actors/hebden_malcolm.html |website=www.corrie.net |access-date=30 November 2007 |archive-date=16 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216081030/http://www.corrie.net/profiles/actors/hebden_malcolm.html |url-status=live }} He first appeared as Norris Cole in 1994; he left in 1997, before returning to the role in December 1999. He also appeared in the very first episode of police procedural period drama Heartbeat as well as the sixteenth episode of its ninth series. Hebden’s other roles include portraying model toy salesman Oliver Shawcross in the short-lived ITV soap opera Albion Market.

In 1999, Hebden made a brief appearance as a pharmacist in the television film Lost for Words, alongside Pete Postlethwaite, Anne Reid and Thora Hird.{{cite web |title=Lost for Words (1999) |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b821b0258 |website=www.bfi.org.uk |access-date=27 July 2020 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727194539/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b821b0258 |url-status=dead }} He also made an appearance in Last of the Summer Wine and also in Children's Ward.

Along with his on-screen business partner Barbara Knox (Rita Sullivan), Hebden won the Best Onscreen Partnership award at the British Soap Awards in May 2006. Additionally, he won the Funniest Character award for two consecutive years at the 2001 and 2002 Inside Soap Awards.

Hebden had a near-fatal heart attack in December 2017, and was absent from Coronation Street from December 2017 to April 2019.{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/news/a861043/coronation-streets-malcolm-hebden-recovering-from-heart-attack/|title=Corrie fan favourite recovering from heart attack|date=5 July 2018|work=Digital Spy|access-date=29 July 2018|archive-date=29 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729171022/http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/news/a861043/coronation-streets-malcolm-hebden-recovering-from-heart-attack/|url-status=live}} However, in March 2019, it was announced that Hebden would return briefly in May 2019.{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a871410/coronation-street-malcolm-hebden-norris-cole-return/|title=Corrie confirms return for Malcolm Hebden as Norris|last=Lee|first=Jess|date=26 November 2018|website=Digital Spy|access-date=3 February 2019|archive-date=5 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305111028/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a871410/coronation-street-malcolm-hebden-norris-cole-return/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/itvcorrie/status/1101103916777914374|title=Norris Cole - back where he belongs Welcome home Malcolm Hebden - see him on screen in April! #Corrie #Norris #BehindTheScenes #Exclusivepic.twitter.com/uDivXP3pKx|last=Street|first=Coronation|date=28 February 2019|website=@itvcorrie|access-date=3 March 2019|archive-date=27 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827233031/https://twitter.com/itvcorrie/status/1101103916777914374?s=21|url-status=live}} He made his final appearance in June 2020. In January 2021, he announced his retirement from acting, at the age of 81.{{Cite news|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/19033551.no-norris-coronation-street-actor-malcolm-hebden-retires-screen/|title=No more Norris! Coronation Street actor Malcolm Hebden retires from screen|work=Lancashire Telegraph|date=22 January 2021|access-date=22 January 2021|archive-date=25 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125115919/https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/19033551.no-norris-coronation-street-actor-malcolm-hebden-retires-screen/|url-status=live}}

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