British actor Kenneth Cope, a popular TV and film star in the 1960s and ’70s thanks to leading appearances in Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Coronation Street, has died. He was 93.
Cope’s former agent Sandra Chalmers, of The Artists Partnership, announced that he died at his home in the northern seaside town of Southport in Sefton, Liverpool, the area where he was born in 1931.
Renny Lister, Cope’s wife of 63 years, and family members, including actor daughter Martha Cope, were by his side. He is also survived by children Nick and Mark.
Chalmers said Cope was an “incredible icon of British TV & film.” Cope and Lister met in 1961 when they both joined the cast of long-running ITV soap Coronation Street. He played petty crook Jed Stone as a semi-regular through the early and mid-1960s. He later returned to the role after an absence of 42 years.
He honed his...
Cope’s former agent Sandra Chalmers, of The Artists Partnership, announced that he died at his home in the northern seaside town of Southport in Sefton, Liverpool, the area where he was born in 1931.
Renny Lister, Cope’s wife of 63 years, and family members, including actor daughter Martha Cope, were by his side. He is also survived by children Nick and Mark.
Chalmers said Cope was an “incredible icon of British TV & film.” Cope and Lister met in 1961 when they both joined the cast of long-running ITV soap Coronation Street. He played petty crook Jed Stone as a semi-regular through the early and mid-1960s. He later returned to the role after an absence of 42 years.
He honed his...
- 9/12/2024
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Tributes have been paid to British actor David Kernan, who died at the age of 85 on Boxing Day.
The news of his death was revealed on December 30th, with his family posting on social media:
“It is with the heaviest of hearts to announce that dear David has passed away peacefully.
“In this time of such sadness, we shall think of the wonderful man he was, and the truly fantastic career that he had on stage, and on screen.”
Kernan was best known in the UK for his role in the comedy classic film Carry On Abroad in 1972, but in 1977 he was also nominated for a Tony Award for his role in the original Broadway cast of Side by Side by Sondheim.
He became known as a respected interpreter of Sondheim’s songs, and went on to become a patron of the Stephen Sondheim Society.
The Sun newspaper quotes Mandy Dixon,...
The news of his death was revealed on December 30th, with his family posting on social media:
“It is with the heaviest of hearts to announce that dear David has passed away peacefully.
“In this time of such sadness, we shall think of the wonderful man he was, and the truly fantastic career that he had on stage, and on screen.”
Kernan was best known in the UK for his role in the comedy classic film Carry On Abroad in 1972, but in 1977 he was also nominated for a Tony Award for his role in the original Broadway cast of Side by Side by Sondheim.
He became known as a respected interpreter of Sondheim’s songs, and went on to become a patron of the Stephen Sondheim Society.
The Sun newspaper quotes Mandy Dixon,...
- 12/31/2023
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
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