Geoffrey Hughes

Born: 1944-02-02, Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK

Died: 2012-07-27

Biography

Geoffrey Hughes DL was an English actor. Hughes provided the voice of Paul McCartney in the animated film Yellow Submarine, and rose to fame for portraying much-loved binman Eddie Yeats in the long-running British soap opera Coronation Street from 1974 to 1983, making a return to the show in 1987.

Filmography

• Casualty (1986)
• Skins (2007)
• Crown Court (1972)
• Screen Two (1985)
• Keeping Up Appearances (1990)
• Heartbeat (1992)
• The Wednesday Play (1964)
• Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
• Z-Cars (1962)
• The Upper Hand (1990)
• Spender (1991)
• The Royle Family (1998)
• Yellow Submarine (1968)
• Expresso (2007)
• Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)
• Tiffany Jones (1973)
• Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1973)
• Carry On at Your Convenience (1971)
• I, Lovett (1993)
• Smashing Time (1967)
• The Virgin Soldiers (1969)
• The Royle Family: The New Sofa (2008)
• That's Carry On! (1977)
• Till Death Us Do Part (1969)
• On Location: The Carry Ons (2001)
• The Bofors Gun (1968)
• Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe (1986)
• The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970)
• Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family (2023)
• The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket (1997)