Kevin Moreton
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Kevin Moreton is an English
actor
, best known for his portrayal of Kevin Marsh in Coronation Street
, the British prime-time soap opera set in the fictional town of Weatherfield, made by Granada Television
(now ITV Studios
). He was a popular British child actor during the 1970s and appeared in many roles.
He was brought up and lived in a small village named Carleton, in Pontefract
West Yorkshire
and attended his local school, at the time known as "Pontefract Boys school", now known as Carleton Community High School.
He was put forward and selected for his first TV role by his school Drama Teacher, Trevor Lunn, who had past contacts in the industry. One of the adult actors and one of the child actors from The Flaxton Boys
also came from the same school in Carleton.
His first TV appearance was in ITV Granada's children TV series Sam (TV series) that ran from 1973 to 1975. In the TV series he played a young boy called Sam Wilson who lived in a fictional Yorkshire mining village, Skellerton, in England, set in 1934. Moreton played the young Sam for two series, from 1973 (aired June 12, 1973) to 1974 (aired 8 August 1974). He was replaced in 1975 for the third and final series by Mark McManus
who later went on the star in Taggart
, who played the much older Sam, after the storylines jumped from the 1930s to 1950s.
The opening scene to Sam, which shows a young Sam (Kevin Moreton) running up the pit fields was filmed in Featherstone
nr Pontefract, West Yorkshire.
Moreton obtained permission from his school to work in the series, and during filming his education was continued by a private tutor. He was paid £900 for playing Sam.
He also started as William Dalby in the British film It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (film)
in 1975, directed by Eric Till
.
.
His character will be remembered for wrecking Ken Barlows house and subsequently burning down Mark Brittain's Warehouse situated on Coronation Street in 1975.
Event extracts for the plotline are:-
In Episode 1532 (22 September 1975) Coronation Street
Kevin Marsh, Chris Ashton and Bernie Marsh, who live in the Gossamer Street flats, run amok in the Street. Later Kevin, Chris and Bernie steal magazines from The Kabin, but are caught by Ken Barlow (Coronation Street). As they were former pupils of Ken's during his teaching days he felt some responsibility towards them and stops Len Fairclough, the shop owner from reporting the matter to the police. Ken later catches the lads playing truant and takes the magazines from them. He tells them to go back to school. The lads smash a window at the Community Centre, just missing Albert Tatlock
. Ken tells Len he'll pay for the windows so long as the police aren't bought in, however Albert contacts the police. Kevin Marsh tells his father that Ken is trying to frame them and that he hit them when he came round.
In Episode 1533 (24 September 1975) Coronation Street
Kevin Marsh, Chris Ashton and Bernie Marsh tip rubbish over Ken's back yard. Ken gives Kevin Marsh a telling off and advises him to stop the vandalism and stealing before he ends up in Borstal. Kevin & Bernie then decide to let the tyres down on Ken's taxi so he can't work. Later Douglas Marsh, the boys father, threatens to have Ken charged with assault for hitting his boys. Kevin & Bernie later set about wrecking Ken's home, No.11 Coronation Street. (Ken rented the house off Elsie Tanner
, after she moved out to live in Newcastle with her then Husband Alan Howard).
In Episode 1534 (29 September 1975) Coronation Street
Ken is horrified at the state of his house and later shows Douglas Marsh the damage, who the offers Ken money (£30) not to tell the police. The boys decide to run away after Mr Marsh laid into them for causing damage to Ken's home. Later the boys hide in the Mark Brittain Warehouse storeroom but a discarded cigarette left by Kevin is left smouldering.
In Episode 1535 (1 October 1975) Coronation Street
The discarded cigerette subsequently starts a fire which gutted the warehouse and killed Edna Gee who was celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. Ken played the hero by saving Tricia Hopkins who was trapped in a toilet.
In 1976 the remains of the site was bought by the fictional character Mike Baldwin who later renovated it into the second factory of the "Baldwin's Casuals" empire.
" in a (1976) episode titled "Beware of the Dog" as a cocky young boy showing whose boss to 'Arkwright
' the tight fisted shop owner.
, famous as the ghost in Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
. Moreton played the title role in "Striker" which was about a young boy named Ben Dyker (Moreton), the star forward of the Brenton youth team. His popularity was ensured by both goal-scoring prowess and an ability to make chip-butties. Other notable cast members included, Joe Gladwin
, as "Harry", Sam Williams, as "Nicky" Arthur White (actor)
, as Mr Robson.
He lived in a caravan with his limping dad (played by future Coronation Street actor Geoffrey Hinsliff
- aka Don Brennan) who insisted his son wasn't to play football. But, for Ben, nothing could beat pulling on Brenton's blue strip - complete with a red and white sash - and guiding his team to the local cup final.
But days before Ben could grab cup glory, his dad discovered his antics and banned him from playing. The reason? Dad Dyker had once been an ace footballer nicknamed Striker Dyker whose career was cruelly cut short by a horrific injury - hence the limp - and he didn't want his kid Ben to follow in his footsteps. After much cajoling, of course Ben is allowed to play in the final where, amazingly hero Ben banged a last-minute winner". Ben's best mate in the series was Soggy Sollis (played by Simon Manley).
The first 3 part series was aired on 31 December 1975 by BBC1 (Wednesday) at 17.10 to 17.35.
The characters, cast and appearances for the series Striker were.
The plot revolved around a 1970s contemporary family, the Sinclair’s, that move into an old Victorian house "Cornerstones", that was built in 1885. This house was built on the site of what was previously an old Victorian workhouse "Burnsey Workhouse" in which a young orphan boy had died of the plague many years before while working in the workhouse. The boy had not "crossed over", and remained as a ghost in the house and over the years he continued to haunt the old Victorian house.
The house had been empty for years until the Sinclair's view the property. Having been made aware of a ghost occupying the property by the estate agent, Mr Jacobs, they decide to buy the property after their offer to buy it at half the asking price was accepted.
Strange things begin to happen when the family move into the house. The two Sinclair children first meet the ghost in Gilly's upstairs bedroom, after the ghost manifests himself to them and warns them that there is a fire in the cellar. Later the children meet the ghost and they ask him his name. The child ghost could not remember his name, so the children who now decide to befriend him (Moreton) call him Nobody, thus, Nobody's house.
No one except the two children could see the ghost "Nobody". The ghost wore grey Victorian workhouse or street urchin clothes and when he wanted to "ghost" in or out of sight he would tug on his neck-scarf.
The characters, cast and appearances for the series Nobody's House
and Bill Dean
who starred in Brookside
, Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
and Scum (film)
amongst his many credits.
In 1977 Moreton played the character of "Raymond" in the Granada Television children's TV series "The Ghosts of Motley Hall
", the episode was called "Ghost of a chance" (series 2, episode 5).
Later that year he went on to star in the lead role in a play at a small theatre in Shepherds Bush by Paul Copley.
Also in 1977 he starred in an 3 part episode of Crown Court (TV series)
called "Street Gang", playing a character called Ian Parker and subsequently as a character called Gerald in Centre Play (TV Series), entitled "Auntie Kathleen's old clothes).
". His character was known as "The Apprentice", one of many animated characters that were used to advertise Tetley Tea from 1973 to 2001. Collectively these characters were known as the Tetley Tea Folk
, a series of adverts that combined animation inter-linked with live action. The characters' voices have been supplied by some distinguished actors throughout the campaign, including "Gaffer’s" Brian Glover
, and "Sydney" George Layton
.
in West Yorkshire.
He continues to receive small royalties for his acting roles in the 1970s
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, best known for his portrayal of Kevin Marsh 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...
, the British prime-time soap opera set in the fictional town of Weatherfield, made by Granada Television
Granada Television
Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....
(now ITV Studios
ITV Studios
ITV Studios is a television production company owned by the British television network ITV. It not only makes programmes primarily for its parent company, but also for other networks...
). He was a popular British child actor during the 1970s and appeared in many roles.
Early life
Moreton was born 1959 in Hemsworth, a small town on the edge of West Yorkshire, England.He was brought up and lived in a small village named Carleton, in Pontefract
Pontefract
Pontefract is an historic market town in West Yorkshire, England. Traditionally in the West Riding, near the A1 , the M62 motorway and Castleford. It is one of the five towns in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield and has a population of 28,250...
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
and attended his local school, at the time known as "Pontefract Boys school", now known as Carleton Community High School.
He was put forward and selected for his first TV role by his school Drama Teacher, Trevor Lunn, who had past contacts in the industry. One of the adult actors and one of the child actors from The Flaxton Boys
The Flaxton Boys
The Flaxton Boys is a British historical children's television series set in the West Riding of Yorkshire and covering a timespan of almost a century. The series was made by Yorkshire Television and was broadcast on ITV between 1969 and 1973, running for 4 series and 52 episodes, each of 30...
also came from the same school in Carleton.
His first TV appearance was in ITV Granada's children TV series Sam (TV series) that ran from 1973 to 1975. In the TV series he played a young boy called Sam Wilson who lived in a fictional Yorkshire mining village, Skellerton, in England, set in 1934. Moreton played the young Sam for two series, from 1973 (aired June 12, 1973) to 1974 (aired 8 August 1974). He was replaced in 1975 for the third and final series by Mark McManus
Mark McManus
Mark McManus was a Scottish actor best known for his portrayal of Detective Chief Inspector Jim Taggart in the long-running ITV television series Taggart for eleven years until his death.-Career:...
who later went on the star in Taggart
Taggart
Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme, created by Glenn Chandler, who has written many of the episodes, and made by STV Productions for the ITV network...
, who played the much older Sam, after the storylines jumped from the 1930s to 1950s.
The opening scene to Sam, which shows a young Sam (Kevin Moreton) running up the pit fields was filmed in Featherstone
Featherstone
Featherstone is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It lies south-west of Pontefract and has a population of 14,175.Featherstone railway station is on the Pontefract Line.-History:...
nr Pontefract, West Yorkshire.
Moreton obtained permission from his school to work in the series, and during filming his education was continued by a private tutor. He was paid £900 for playing Sam.
He also started as William Dalby in the British film It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (film)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (film)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet , was a sequel to the 1975 film All Creatures Great and Small....
in 1975, directed by Eric Till
Eric Till
Eric Till is a British film and television director working in Canada, the United States, and Europe since the 1960s.-Career:...
.
Coronation Street
His most memorable acting role to many was as the character 'Kevin Marsh' in Coronation StreetCoronation 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...
.
His character will be remembered for wrecking Ken Barlows house and subsequently burning down Mark Brittain's Warehouse situated on Coronation Street in 1975.
Event extracts for the plotline are:-
In Episode 1532 (22 September 1975) Coronation Street
Kevin Marsh, Chris Ashton and Bernie Marsh, who live in the Gossamer Street flats, run amok in the Street. Later Kevin, Chris and Bernie steal magazines from The Kabin, but are caught by Ken Barlow (Coronation Street). As they were former pupils of Ken's during his teaching days he felt some responsibility towards them and stops Len Fairclough, the shop owner from reporting the matter to the police. Ken later catches the lads playing truant and takes the magazines from them. He tells them to go back to school. The lads smash a window at the Community Centre, just missing Albert Tatlock
Albert Tatlock
Albert Tatlock is a fictional character on the British television soap opera Coronation Street. Albert was played by actor Jack Howarth from 1960 to 1984...
. Ken tells Len he'll pay for the windows so long as the police aren't bought in, however Albert contacts the police. Kevin Marsh tells his father that Ken is trying to frame them and that he hit them when he came round.
In Episode 1533 (24 September 1975) Coronation Street
Kevin Marsh, Chris Ashton and Bernie Marsh tip rubbish over Ken's back yard. Ken gives Kevin Marsh a telling off and advises him to stop the vandalism and stealing before he ends up in Borstal. Kevin & Bernie then decide to let the tyres down on Ken's taxi so he can't work. Later Douglas Marsh, the boys father, threatens to have Ken charged with assault for hitting his boys. Kevin & Bernie later set about wrecking Ken's home, No.11 Coronation Street. (Ken rented the house off Elsie Tanner
Elsie Tanner
Elsie Tanner is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by Patricia Phoenix from 1960 to 1973 and from 1976 until 1984. Elsie Tanner was one of the original core characters on Coronation Street and appeared in the very first episode...
, after she moved out to live in Newcastle with her then Husband Alan Howard).
In Episode 1534 (29 September 1975) Coronation Street
Ken is horrified at the state of his house and later shows Douglas Marsh the damage, who the offers Ken money (£30) not to tell the police. The boys decide to run away after Mr Marsh laid into them for causing damage to Ken's home. Later the boys hide in the Mark Brittain Warehouse storeroom but a discarded cigarette left by Kevin is left smouldering.
In Episode 1535 (1 October 1975) Coronation Street
The discarded cigerette subsequently starts a fire which gutted the warehouse and killed Edna Gee who was celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. Ken played the hero by saving Tricia Hopkins who was trapped in a toilet.
In 1976 the remains of the site was bought by the fictional character Mike Baldwin who later renovated it into the second factory of the "Baldwin's Casuals" empire.
Open All Hours - TV Series
He always played a main character apart from his cameo appearance on "Open All HoursOpen All Hours
Open All Hours is a BBC sitcom written by Roy Clarke which ran for four series a first run in 1976, a second run in 1981, third in 1982 and finally with a fourth run in 1985, with a pilot episode from the Seven of One series in 1973...
" in a (1976) episode titled "Beware of the Dog" as a cocky young boy showing whose boss to 'Arkwright
Arkwright (Open All Hours)
Albert E. Arkwright, usually referred to simply as Arkwright or occasionally as 'Uncle' by his nephew, Granville is a fictional character in the British sitcom, Open All Hours played by Ronnie Barker. Arkwright is the proprietor of an old fashioned Yorkshire corner shop, which in the era of the...
' the tight fisted shop owner.
Striker - TV Series 1975
Moreton starred in the BBC Children’s TV series Striker. The show ran for three series on the BBC from 1975 to 1976 and was written by actor Kenneth CopeKenneth Cope
Kenneth Cope is an English actor. He is most famous for his roles as Marty Hopkirk in Randall and Hopkirk , Jed Stone in Coronation Street and Ray Hilton in Brookside.- Career :...
, famous as the ghost in Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Randall and Hopkirk , first transmitted during 1969-70, is a British private detective television series starring Mike Pratt and Kenneth Cope as the private detectives Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk, respectively. The series was originally created by Dennis Spooner and produced by Monty Berman...
. Moreton played the title role in "Striker" which was about a young boy named Ben Dyker (Moreton), the star forward of the Brenton youth team. His popularity was ensured by both goal-scoring prowess and an ability to make chip-butties. Other notable cast members included, Joe Gladwin
Joe Gladwin
Joe Gladwin was a British actor born in the Ordsall district of Salford, Lancashire. He was baptised at Mount Carmel RC Church, Ordsall and educated at the parish school...
, as "Harry", Sam Williams, as "Nicky" Arthur White (actor)
Arthur White (actor)
Arthur White is an English actor of stage and screen, best known for his occasional role as police archivist Ernie Trigg in the crime drama A Touch of Frost, alongside his real life younger brother Sir David Jason. His parents were Arthur R White and Olwen Jones...
, as Mr Robson.
He lived in a caravan with his limping dad (played by future Coronation Street actor Geoffrey Hinsliff
Geoffrey Hinsliff
Geoffrey Hinsliff is an English actor best known for his portrayal of Don Brennan in Coronation Street from 16 August 1987 to 8 October 1997. He had previously played other characters in the same programme, in 1963 and 1977....
- aka Don Brennan) who insisted his son wasn't to play football. But, for Ben, nothing could beat pulling on Brenton's blue strip - complete with a red and white sash - and guiding his team to the local cup final.
But days before Ben could grab cup glory, his dad discovered his antics and banned him from playing. The reason? Dad Dyker had once been an ace footballer nicknamed Striker Dyker whose career was cruelly cut short by a horrific injury - hence the limp - and he didn't want his kid Ben to follow in his footsteps. After much cajoling, of course Ben is allowed to play in the final where, amazingly hero Ben banged a last-minute winner". Ben's best mate in the series was Soggy Sollis (played by Simon Manley).
The first 3 part series was aired on 31 December 1975 by BBC1 (Wednesday) at 17.10 to 17.35.
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Nobody's House - TV Series 1976
Moreton played an orphan child Ghost called "Nobody" in this made for children Tyne Tees Television series that aired for seven, 25 minute episodes in 1976.The plot revolved around a 1970s contemporary family, the Sinclair’s, that move into an old Victorian house "Cornerstones", that was built in 1885. This house was built on the site of what was previously an old Victorian workhouse "Burnsey Workhouse" in which a young orphan boy had died of the plague many years before while working in the workhouse. The boy had not "crossed over", and remained as a ghost in the house and over the years he continued to haunt the old Victorian house.
The house had been empty for years until the Sinclair's view the property. Having been made aware of a ghost occupying the property by the estate agent, Mr Jacobs, they decide to buy the property after their offer to buy it at half the asking price was accepted.
Strange things begin to happen when the family move into the house. The two Sinclair children first meet the ghost in Gilly's upstairs bedroom, after the ghost manifests himself to them and warns them that there is a fire in the cellar. Later the children meet the ghost and they ask him his name. The child ghost could not remember his name, so the children who now decide to befriend him (Moreton) call him Nobody, thus, Nobody's house.
No one except the two children could see the ghost "Nobody". The ghost wore grey Victorian workhouse or street urchin clothes and when he wanted to "ghost" in or out of sight he would tug on his neck-scarf.
The characters, cast and appearances for the series Nobody's House
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Nobody loves me | 25 October 1976 |
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Other Roles
In late 1975? Moreton played the lead role in a play at the Royal Court theatre called "Runaway" with a strong cast including Bill Owen (famous for playing Compo in Last of the summer wineLast of the Summer Wine
Last of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom written by Roy Clarke that was broadcast on BBC One. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse on 4 January 1973 and the first series of episodes followed on 12 November 1973. From 1983 to 2010, Alan J. W. Bell produced and...
and Bill Dean
Bill Dean
Bill Dean was a British actor who was born in Everton, Liverpool. He was born Patrick Connolly but took his stage name in honour of Everton football legend William 'Dixie' Dean.- Biography :...
who starred in Brookside
Brookside
Brookside is a defunct British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003...
, Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! was a popular ITV situation comedy which ran from 1974 to 1977.It starred Bill Maynard as the council labourer, Scarsdale Working Men’s Club secretary, hapless handyman and all-round public nuisance Selwyn Froggitt. It was created by Roy Clarke, who wrote the pilot...
and Scum (film)
Scum (film)
Scum is a 1979 British crime drama film directed by Alan Clarke, portraying the brutality of life inside a British borstal. The story was originally made for the BBC's Play for Today strand in 1977, however due to the violence depicted in the film, it was withdrawn from broadcast...
amongst his many credits.
In 1977 Moreton played the character of "Raymond" in the Granada Television children's TV series "The Ghosts of Motley Hall
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
The Ghosts of Motley Hall was a British children's television series written by Richard Carpenter, produced and directed by Quentin Lawrence, and shown in 1976 by Granada Television.The series relates the adventures of 5 ghosts who haunt Motley Hall...
", the episode was called "Ghost of a chance" (series 2, episode 5).
Later that year he went on to star in the lead role in a play at a small theatre in Shepherds Bush by Paul Copley.
Also in 1977 he starred in an 3 part episode of Crown Court (TV series)
Crown Court (TV series)
Crown Court was an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984....
called "Street Gang", playing a character called Ian Parker and subsequently as a character called Gerald in Centre Play (TV Series), entitled "Auntie Kathleen's old clothes).
Voiceover
In 1979/80 Moreton did a TV advert voice over for Tea manufacturer and distributor "TetleyTetley
Tetley, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Global Beverages , is the world's second largest manufacturer and distributor of tea. Owned by India's Tata Group, Tetley's manufacturing and distribution business is spread across 40 countries and sells over 60 branded tea bags...
". His character was known as "The Apprentice", one of many animated characters that were used to advertise Tetley Tea from 1973 to 2001. Collectively these characters were known as the Tetley Tea Folk
Tetley Tea Folk
The Tetley Tea Folk are animated characters used to advertise Tetley Tea from 1973 to 2001, and from 2010 to present.- Tea Folk History :The late John McGill Lewis of McCann Erickson originated The Tetley Tea Folk in 1973...
, a series of adverts that combined animation inter-linked with live action. The characters' voices have been supplied by some distinguished actors throughout the campaign, including "Gaffer’s" Brian Glover
Brian Glover
Brian Glover was an English character actor, writer and wrestler. Glover was a professional wrestler, teacher, and finally a film, television and stage actor. He once said, "You play to your strengths in this game. My strength is as a bald-headed, rough-looking Yorkshireman".-Early life:Glover was...
, and "Sydney" George Layton
George Layton
George Layton is an English actor, director, screenwriter and author. He was educated at Belle Vue Boys' Grammar School in Bradford and later studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts where he won the Emile Littler award. He went on to leading parts at Coventry and Nottingham and...
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Personal life
Moreton is married to Lesley, whom he met in 1987, they have two children (2 boys) and livesin West Yorkshire.
He continues to receive small royalties for his acting roles in the 1970s