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Peter Martin(1941-2023)

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Peter Martin in All Creatures Great & Small (1978)
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Les Virtuoses (1996)
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Peter Martin is an English actor (born Gainsborough) who was known in the 1980s for his TV ads for Jewsons Hardware. He played the fish shop man in First of the Summer Wine. He also played 'Charlie the moonlighting gravedigger' in the Beiderbecke Tapes.

He was in The Royle Family as Joe Carroll and played the part of Len Reynolds in ITV's Emmerdale from 2001 until the character's death on 17 May 2007.

He starred in the film Brassed Off and the television series All Creatures Great and Small and Chucklevision. He also was in an episode of Last of the Summer Wine.

He featured in Coronation Street (1960) three times in different roles.

He regularly worked small parts on Victoria Wood television programmes for over 20 years beginning in 1980 with her play Nearly a Happy Ending (1980) and ending with an appearance in an episode of dinnerladies (1998) in 2000.
BornDecember 1941
DiedApril 19, 2023
BornDecember 1941
DiedApril 19, 2023
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  • Awards
    • 1 nomination total

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Known for

Emmerdale Farm (1972)
Emmerdale Farm
4.9
TV Series
  • Len Reynolds
  • Leonard 'Len' Reynolds
  • Jolly Makepeace
  • Peter Martin
Ewan McGregor, Pete Postlethwaite, and Tara Fitzgerald in Les Virtuoses (1996)
Les Virtuoses
7.2
  • Ernie
  • 1996
The Royle Family (1998)
The Royle Family
8.2
TV Series
  • Joe Carroll
  • Joe
The Hills of Heaven
TV Mini Series
  • Charlie Drew

Credits

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Actor



  • Walk Like a Panther (2018)
    Walk Like a Panther
    5.0
    • Harry
    • 2018
  • The Royle Family (1998)
    The Royle Family
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Joe
    • Joe Carroll
    • 1998–2012
  • Doctors (2000)
    Doctors
    4.5
    TV Series
    • Len Collison
    • Bobby Bassett
    • Boris Scrimshaw
    • 2007–2012
  • Walk Like a Panther (2011)
    Walk Like a Panther
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Pete
    • 2011
  • Jack O'Connell, Dakota Blue Richards, Dev Patel, and Kaya Scodelario in Skins (2007)
    Skins
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Bert
    • 2011
  • Trailing Dirt (2010)
    Trailing Dirt
    7.2
    Short
    • Grandad
    • 2010
  • Emmerdale Farm (1972)
    Emmerdale Farm
    4.9
    TV Series
    • Len Reynolds
    • Peter Martin
    • Leonard 'Len' Reynolds ...
    • 1981–2007
  • Steve Coogan, Lena Headey, Ben Miller, Om Puri, and Steven Waddington in Mr Garden (2001)
    Mr Garden
    6.3
    • Tom
    • 2001
  • Brigade des mers (1996)
    Brigade des mers
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Midwife
    • 2001
  • Amanda Mealing, Sunetra Sarker, and Derek Thompson in Casualty (1986)
    Casualty
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Len Turner
    • 2001
  • Médecins de l'ordinaire (1993)
    Médecins de l'ordinaire
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Ernie Page
    • Alex Freeman
    • 1997–2000
  • City Central (1998)
    City Central
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Mac the Driver
    • 2000
  • dinnerladies (1998)
    dinnerladies
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Peter
    • 1999
  • Melanie Hill in Playing the Field (1998)
    Playing the Field
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Harry Laycock
    • 1998–1999
  • Where the Heart Is (1997)
    Where the Heart Is
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Keith
    • 1998

Additional Crew



  • D-Day to Berlin (2005)
    D-Day to Berlin
    7.3
    Video
    • contributor
    • 2005

Soundtrack



  • The Royle Family (1998)
    The Royle Family
    8.2
    TV Series
    • performer: "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen"
    • 1999
  • James Bolam and Barbara Flynn in The Beiderbecke Tapes (1987)
    The Beiderbecke Tapes
    8.4
    TV Mini Series
    • performer: "On the Sunny Side of the Street"
    • 1987

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Brassed Off
Trailer 1:41
Brassed Off

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Peter Mart
  • Born
    • December 1941
    • Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, UK
  • Died
    • April 19, 2023
    • UK
  • Other works
    TV commercial for Jewsons Hardware.

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  • When did Peter Martin die?
    April 19, 2023
  • Where did Peter Martin die?
    UK
  • When was Peter Martin born?
    December 1941
  • Where was Peter Martin born?
    Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, UK
  • What was Peter Martin known for?
    Emmerdale Farm, Brassed Off, The Royle Family, and The Hills of Heaven

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