Bill Waddington

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name = Bill Waddington


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caption = Bill Waddington as Percy Sugden in
"Coronation Street"
birthname = William Joseph Waddington
birthdate = June 10, 1916
location = flagicon|ENG Oldham, Lancashire
deathdate = September 9, 2000
deathplace = Rotherham, South Yorkshire
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notable role = Percy Sugden
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Bill Waddington (June 10, 1916 - September 9, 2000), was a British music hall performer and comedian who was born in Oldham, Lancashire. In later life he achieved stardom as the pompous ex serviceman, Percy Sugden, in Granada Television's long running soap opera, Coronation Street. He played the role from August 1983 until quitting the serial in October 1997.

In 1995, he released a cover of Always Look on the Bright Side of Life along with the rest of the Coronation Street cast, the single reached a lowly chart position of #35 on the UK Singles Chart.

He appeared as a magician in Victoria Wood's first play "Talent" for Granada Television in 1979.

In later life Bill became brother-in-law to The Chuckle Brothers when he married their sister. He died in Rotherham General Hospital on the morning of September 9, 2000. He had been suffering from Parkinson's Disease for 18 months.

Bibliography

* "The Importance of Being Percy" by Bill Waddington and Stafford Hildred. (ISBN 1852831928), an autobiography written in 1992.
* "Percy's War" by Stafford Hildred. (ISBN 189892600X), the D-Day memories of Coronation Street's Bill Waddington published in 1994.

External links

*imdb|0905344|Bill Waddington
* [http://www.corrie.net/profiles/actors/waddington_bill.html Bill Waddington]
* [http://raretv.blogspot.com/2006/09/talent-granada-television-1979.html Review of 'Talent']
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20000912/ai_n14339998 Obituary: "Independent"]