Geoffrey Hughes

Personal Info

Birthday

February 2, 1944

Day of Death

2012-07-27

(68 years old)

Place of Birth

Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK

Geoffrey Hughes

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.

Known For

Skins

Play for Today

Heartbeat

Keeping Up Appearances

Casualty

BBC Play of the Month

The Royle Family

You Rang, M'Lord?

Filmography

2023
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
as Twiggy (archive footage)
Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances
as Self (archive footage)
2010
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
as Self
2008
The New Sofa
as Twiggy
Flick
as Tony Ray
2007
Liverpool Nativity
as Gabriel
1997
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
as Onslow
1990
Needle
as Repo Man
The Man from the Pru
as Det Sgt Bailey
1986
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
as Popplewick
1976
Confessions of a Driving Instructor
as Postman
1973
Tiffany Jones
as Georg
Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall
as Larry
1971
Carry On at Your Convenience
as Willy
The Pigeon Fancier
as Derek
Revenge
as Fred
The Blood on Satan's Claw
as Drinking Villager
1970
The Man Who Had Power Over Women
as Policeman
The Hunting of Lionel Crane
as Flash Blakey
1969
The Virgin Soldiers
as Lantry
Till Death Us Do Part
as Mike's Brother
1968
Yellow Submarine
as Paul McCartney (voice) (as Geoff Hughes)
The Bofors Gun
as Private Samuel - Cookhouse
1967
Smashing Time
as Builder