Colin Prockter
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Colin Prockter is an actor
and TV writer
who has appeared on many TV series and film
s since the 1960s. Colin is probably best known for his role as Eddie Maddocks in Coronation Street
(2005
).
TV series Luna
alongside Colin Bennett.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and TV writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
who has appeared on many TV series and film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s since the 1960s. Colin is probably best known for his role as Eddie Maddocks in Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
(2005
2005 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...
).
Filmography
Television | |||
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1969 | Z-Cars Z-Cars Z-Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby in the outskirts of Liverpool in Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.-Origins:The series was developed by... |
Arthur Leach | Episodes: Not That Sort of Policeman |
1970 | The Borderers The Borderers The Borderers is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1970.- Setting :A historical drama series, The Borderers was set during the 16th century and chronicled the lives of the Ker family, who lived in the Scottish Middle March on the frontier between England and Scotland... |
Hob | Episode: Hostage |
1970 | A Family at War A Family At War A Family At War is a British drama series that aired on ITV from 1970 to 1972. It was created by John Finch and made by Granada Television for ITV. The director was David Giles.... |
Private Galt | Episode: For Strategic Reasons |
1975 | The Sweeney The Sweeney The Sweeney is a 1970s British television police drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police specialising in tackling armed robbery and violent crime in London... |
Stupid Hawes | Episode: Ringer |
1975 | Ransom | Mike | |
1976 | Play for Today Play for Today Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted... |
The Porter | Episode: Double Dare |
1979 | Goodbye Darling | Unknown episodes | |
1980 | Minder Minder (TV series) Minder is a British comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television and shown on ITV... |
Stevie | Episode: Caught in the Act, Fact |
1981 | Play for Today Play for Today Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted... |
The Porter | Episode: London is Drowning Double Dare |
1985 | Dempsey & Makepeace Dempsey & Makepeace Dempsey & Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham... |
John Bates | Episode: Judgement |
1989 | Precious Bane Precious Bane Precious Bane is a novel by Mary Webb, first published in 1924. It won the Prix Femina Vie Heureuse Prize.In 1957 it was made into a six part BBC television drama series starring Patrick Troughton and Daphne Slater... |
Ox Driver | |
1989 | Hannay Hannay (TV series) Hannay was a 1988 spin-off from the 1978 film version of John Buchan's novel The Thirty-Nine Steps which had starred Robert Powell as Richard Hannay.... |
Reverend Harker | Episode: The Good Samaritan |
1989 | The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work... |
Mr Burridge | Episode: Pathways |
1993 | Coronation Street Coronation Street Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960... |
John Halpem | Episode: #1.3491 |
1995 | Coronation Street Coronation Street Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960... |
Rodney Bostock | Episodes: #1.3929, #1.3930 |
1997 | The Famous Five The Famous Five (series) The Famous Five is the name of a series of children's novels written by British author Enid Blyton. The first book, Five on a Treasure Island, was published in 1942.... |
Coastguard | Episode: Five on Kirrin Island Again |
1999 | Kavanagh QC Kavanagh QC Kavanagh QC is a British television series made by Carlton Television for ITV between 1995 and 2001. It has been shown on ITV3 as recently as August 2011; series 1–6 are available on Region 2 DVDs.... |
Prison Officer | Episode: The More Loving One |
2001 | The Whistle-Blower | Pater Carey | |
2001 | The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells | Mr. Perkins, Foreman | TV miniseries |
2001 | Doctors Doctors (BBC Soap Opera) Doctors is a British daytime television soap opera, set in the fictional Midland town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the City of Birmingham. It was created by Chris Murray; Mal Young drove its development, and Carson Black was the original producer. The first episode was broadcast on... |
Major Stanley Miller | Episode: Military Manoeuvers |
2002 | Trial and Retribution | Major Giddings | Episode: Trial and Retribution |
2002 | My Family | Raymond | Episode: Imperfect Strangers |
2002 | The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work... |
Mr Yardley | Episode: #063 |
2003 | Heartbeat | Mr Arkwright | Episode: Out of the Blue |
2003 | Casualty Casualty (TV series) Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The... |
Williams | Episode: Flight |
2004 | My Family | George | Episode: The Mummy Returns |
2005 | Doctor Who Doctor Who Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior... |
Head chef | Episode: The Long Game The Long Game "The Long Game" is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on May 7, 2005. Along with new companion Adam, the TARDIS deposits the Doctor and Rose on Satellite 5, a space station that broadcasts across the entire human empire... |
2005 | Afterlife Afterlife (TV series) Afterlife is a British television drama series, produced by independent production company Clerkenwell Films for the ITV network... |
Arthur Rose | Episode: More Than Meets the Eye |
2005 | The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work... |
Landlord | Episode: #344 |
2005 | Hex Hex (TV series) Hex is a British television programme developed by Shine Limited and aired on the Sky One satellite channel. The story is about a remote English country school that becomes the battleground between a demonic entity and the witches who oppose it... |
George the Porter | Episode: Death Takes the Mother |
2005 | Coronation Street Coronation Street Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960... |
Eddie Maddocks | Episodes: #1.6058, #1.6061, #1.6083, #1.6084 |
2006 | Doctors Doctors (BBC Soap Opera) Doctors is a British daytime television soap opera, set in the fictional Midland town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the City of Birmingham. It was created by Chris Murray; Mal Young drove its development, and Carson Black was the original producer. The first episode was broadcast on... |
David Allen | Episode: Out of the Past |
2008 | Coronation Street Coronation Street Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960... |
Clarky | Episode: #1.6855 |
2008 | Doctors Doctors (BBC Soap Opera) Doctors is a British daytime television soap opera, set in the fictional Midland town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the City of Birmingham. It was created by Chris Murray; Mal Young drove its development, and Carson Black was the original producer. The first episode was broadcast on... |
Martin Jones | Episode: Anger Management |
2010 | Doctor Who Doctor Who Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior... |
Air Raid Warden | Episode: Victory of the Daleks Victory of the Daleks "Victory of the Daleks" is the third episode in the fifth series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is written by Mark Gatiss and first broadcast on BBC One on 17 April 2010.... |
Film | |||
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
1995 | Feast of July Feast of July Feast of July is a 1995 UK film produced by Merchant Ivory Productions, based on the novel by H. E. Bates, starring Embeth Davidtz and Ben Chaplin.-Plot:... |
Man in Pub |
Other works
Colin was also one of the co-writers of the 19831983 in television
The year 1983 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1983.For the American TV schedule, see: 1983-84 United States network television schedule.-Events:...
TV series Luna
Luna (TV series)
Luna was a children's science fiction TV comedy show produced by Central Television for the ITV Network in the UK and which ran for two series in 1983 and 1984...
alongside Colin Bennett.