Colin Edwynn

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Colin Edwynn
Born	Colin Edwin Thompson September 23, 1934 (1934-09-23) (age 77) Manchester
Occupation	Actor
Spouse	Elizabeth A A Ashton (Deceased)

Colin Edwynn is an actor who appeared as PC Jimmy Conway in the British television soap opera Coronation Street between 1967 to 1972.

Career

He has also appeared in the television series Bergerac and Heartbeat.

Edwynn had a minor role to play in the television situation-comedy series Dinnerladies as the character Bert (Season 2; Episode 1: "Catering").

Since 1981 he has run The Queens Head pub in Tebworth, Bedfordshire, England.

Edwynn

There is a very unusual story behind this name. Colin was born as Colin Edwin Thompson. When he became an actor he had to change his name because no actor can have the same name. He took his middle name and changed the spelling. His idol was an actor called Ed Wynn and changed his name so it had the same spelling. The name Edwynn is not Welsh, Scottish or Irish or any other foreign name. It was made up.

External links

Colin Edwynn at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Edwynn, Colin
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Date of birth	1934-09-23
Place of birth	Manchester
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