Samuel Kane is a British

United Kingdom

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 actor

Actor

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, who has appeared in the soap opera

Soap opera

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s 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...

, 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...

and Emmerdale

Emmerdale

Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...

.

Kane was born in Huyton; his father is Ken McGlashan, a local Labour

Labour Party (UK)

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 Councillor. He is married to actress and former glamour model Linda Lusardi

Linda Lusardi

Linda Lusardi is an English actress, television presenter and former Page Three Girl. She is married to the actor Samuel Kane; they have two children, both born in Enfield, London: Lucy Anne and Jack Francis ....

, and they have two children together, both born in Enfield

London Borough of Enfield

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, Greater London: Lucy Anne (born 1996) and Jack Francis (born 1999). He is an avid fan of Everton F.C. He also enjoys kayaking and is known for raising rabbits on his ranch.

Filmography

As actor

• Emmerdale
  Emmerdale
  Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...
  
  (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...
  
  (2001)
• 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...
  
  (1995–1999)

As himself

• Loose Women
  Loose Women
  Loose Women is a British lunchtime television programme, first broadcast in 1999 on ITV. It consists of a panel of four women who interview celebrities and discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs, to celebrity gossip...
  
  (2008)
• Dancing on Ice
  Dancing on Ice
  Dancing on Ice is a British television show co-hosted by Christine Bleakley and Philip Schofield, in which celebrities and their professional partners figure skate in front of a panel of judges. The format, devised by LWT and Granada Television, has been a prime-time hit in eight different...
  
  (2006)
• Top Variety Night (2005)
• An Audience with Joe Pasquale (2005)
• Loose Lips
  Loose Lips
  Loose Lips is a politics column published in the Washington City Paper, a United States of America alternative weekly newspaper serving the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area...
  
  (2003)
• Another Audience with Ken Dodd
  Ken Dodd
  Kenneth Arthur Dodd OBE is a British comedian and singer songwriter, famous for his frizzy hair or “fluff dom” and buck teeth or “denchers”, his favourite cleaner, the feather duster and his greeting "How tickled I am!", as well as his send-off “Lots and Lots of Happiness!”...
  
  (2002) (TV)
• Night Fever
  Night Fever
  "Night Fever" is a disco song, written and performed by The Bee Gees. It first appeared on the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever. Producer Robert Stigwood wanted to call the film Saturday Night, but singer Robin Gibb expressed hesitation at the title. Stigwood liked the title Night Fever but was...
  
  (1999)
• Blankety Blank
  Blankety Blank
  Blankety Blank is a British comedy game show based on the 1977–1978 Australian game show Blankety Blanks ....
  
  (1999)
• An Audience with the Bee Gees (1998)
• Gladiators (1997)

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