Bernard Wrigley
Acting
Born: 1948-02-25 in Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography
From starting in folk clubs as a child bride, and then writing & performing at the Octagon theatre in Bolton, the career has always combined singing and acting. From TV programmes and films such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Phoenix Nights, Dinnerladies, Alan Bennett films, Brassed Off, My Son The Fanatic & Steve Coogan’s Coogan’s Run, to the many radio plays and programmes presented or guested upon, there has throughout been a steady stream of LPs and CDs - eighteen to date, the early ones all now remastered to CD.
Known For
Shameless
Russell
All Creatures Great & Small
Elijah Wentworth
Heartbeat
Brown
Heartbeat
George Costello
Last of the Summer Wine
Duane
Cold Feet
Cabbie
Strangers
DS Kevin Rignall
dinnerladies
Man
dinnerladies
Bob
Phoenix Nights
Dodgy Eric
Brassed Off
Chapman
Soul Music
Asphalt (voice)
Coogan's Run
Tony the Receptionist
A Private Function
Painter
Yanks Go Home
'Al Jolson'
Home from Home
Bill
The Parole Officer
Bike Group Leader
The Glamour Girls
Customer
My Son the Fanatic
Drunk Man
Z Cars: A Lot of Fuss About Light
Sergeant Osgood
The Mersey Pirate
Soul Music
Asphalt (voice)
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
Market Trader
The Insurance Man
Workmen
The Royal
Albert
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Various Characters
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Teacher
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Mr Trickett
Strumpet
(Scenes Deleted)
Afternoon Off
Vic
A Day Out
Ernest Tetley
Sunset Across the Bay
Milkman
Speech Day
Arts Master