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2 | [[caption-width-right:250:[[Series/TillDeathUsDoPart A randy Scouse git]].]] |
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4 | Anthony George Booth, (9 October 1931 -- 25 September 2017), was a British actor best known for playing Mike Rawlins in ''Series/TillDeathUsDoPart'' and Sid Noggett in the ''Film/ConfessionsOfASeries''. |
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6 | He got into acting in his time in the army and then spent five years in repertory theatre, then started appearing in films and on TV in The60s, however, he didn't get widespread recognition until he played Creator/WarrenMitchell's left-wing son-in-law Mike in ''Till Death Us Do Part''. Likewise, while Booth appeared in over twenty films, his best-remembered role on the big screen was Creator/RobinAskwith's brother-in-law, Sid, in all four ''Confessions of a...'' films. |
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8 | Following his '70s successes, Booth played Ted Pilkington, a pub landlord in the 1980's SoapOpera ''Albion Market'', Tom in the short film ''The Duke'', and Barry Hurst in another soap, ''Family Affairs''. |
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10 | Booth was married four times, notably his second marriage was to his ''Series/CoronationStreet'' co-star Pat Phoenix (who had nursed him back to health following a near-death accident) just a few days before she died from lung cancer. His daughter Cherie (from his first marriage) married former British Prime Minister UsefulNotes/TonyBlair. |
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12 | He died at the age of 85. |
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16 | !!Works on TV Tropes he appeared in: |
17 | [[AC:Films]] |
18 | * ''Film/TheLShapedRoom'' (1962) -- Youth in Street |
19 | * ''Film/ConfessionsOfAWindowCleaner'' (1974) -- Sid Noggett |
20 | * ''Film/{{Brannigan}}'' (1975) -- Freddy |
21 | * ''Film/ConfessionsOfAPopPerformer'' (1975) -- Sid Noggett |
22 | * ''Film/ConfessionsOfADrivingInstructor'' (1976) -- Sid Noggett |
23 | * ''Film/ConfessionsFromAHolidayCamp'' (1977) -- Sid Noggett |
24 | * ''{{Film/Priest|1994}}'' (1994) -- Tommy |
25 | * ''Film/TheContender'' (2000) -- Peter Crenshaw |
26 | [[AC:Series]] |
27 | * ''Series/CoronationStreet'', 5 episodes: |
28 | ** 3 episodes (1960-61) -- Malcolm Wilkinson |
29 | ** 2 episodes (1987) -- Charles Halliday |
30 | * ''Series/ZCars'', 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Threats and Menaces", "Sunday Morning"[[/labelnote]] (1962) -- Sammy Grebb |
31 | * ''{{Series/The Avengers|1960s}}'', episode "The Big Thinker" (1962) -- Dr. Kearns |
32 | * ''Series/DixonOfDockGreen'', 3 episodes: |
33 | ** "Outside the Gates" (1962) -- Bill Franks |
34 | ** 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Just to Scare 'Em", "Touch and Go"[[/labelnote]] (1966) -- Les Benson |
35 | * ''Series/TheSaint'', 2 episodes: |
36 | ** "The Rhine Maiden" (1965) -- Hans |
37 | ** "The Russian Prisoner" (1966) -- Pyotr |
38 | * ''Series/TillDeathUsDoPart'', 52 episodes (1966-75) -- Mike Rawlins |
39 | * ''Series/TheProfessionals'', episode "Klansmen" (1977) -- Dinny |
40 | * ''Series/{{Heartbeat}}'', episode "Lost and Found" (1994) -- Napper Minto |
41 | * ''Series/{{Doctors}}'', 2 episodes: |
42 | ** "Catch 22" (2000) -- George Phillips |
43 | ** "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (2005) -- Ted White |
44 | * ''Series/HolbyCity'', 2 episodes: |
45 | ** "Reflected Truth" (2001) -- Dennis Trevelyan |
46 | ** "Springflower" (2008) -- Fletcher Hill |
47 | * ''Series/TheBill'', 3 episodes: |
48 | ** 2 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Jeopardy", "Gone Native"[[/labelnote]] (2002) -- Reuben Wills |
49 | ** "The Big Day - Part 1" (2006) -- Frank Tomlinson |
50 | * ''Series/DalzielAndPascoe'', episode "Mens Sana" (2002) -- Sir Christopher Wynne |
51 | * ''Series/EastEnders'', 1 episode (2003) -- Nobby Stuart |
52 | * ''Series/{{Emmerdale}}'', 1 episode (2007) -- Errol Michaels |
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