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John Savident RIP

clive
clive Posts: 19,454
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John Savident, known for playing Fred Elliott in Coronation Street, has died aged 86, his agent has said.

The actor was known for his booming voice while playing the local butcher on the ITV soap.

Outside Coronation Street, Savident's other screen credits included a role in political comedy Yes, Minister.

He also appeared in Doctor Who, Stanley Kubrick's dystopian thriller A Clockwork Orange, biopic Gandhi, war film Battle Of Britain, and period drama Middlemarch.

Savident also appeared opposite Sir Anthony Hopkins in 1993's Oscar-nominated The Remains Of The Day.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68380093

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  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    edited February 2024
    Honestly thought he'd died a few years back.

    Was great as Fred Elliott.  I say, I say, he were great as Fred Elliott.

    RIP.
  • raytreacy69
    raytreacy69 Posts: 955
    He was a great actor in his day
    I say he was a great actor in his day
    RIP Fred
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,018
    RIP Fred Elliott I say RIP Fred Elliott
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,856
    RIP
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,599
    RIP, the English Foghorn Leghorn
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,018
    DaveMehmet said:
    RIP, the English Foghorn Leghorn
    thats pretty much the perfect description isnt it :)
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,353
    RIP a great character actor.

    "Our Ashley!"
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,855
    edited February 2024
    RIP.

    First knew him as Fred Elliot, and then was always delighted when I saw him as a younger actor in other things, a bit like the first time I saw Alf Roberts in Get Carter, and not trying to pull Rita Fairclough in The Corner Shop.  

    ps I know its already been done but it's worth repeating - I say, I say, it's worth repeating.
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,295
    I am much too late to use the I say gag, sadly.

    Fred Elliot was an iconic Coronation Street actor and I was amazed to see him in A Clockwork Orange.

    RIP
     
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,153
    RIP
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  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    I think he played Jumbo in Yes Minister when he had to squeeze into a train sleeping compartment with Hacker, Woolley, Appleby and the Press Agent.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,628
    It's all been said up thread.

    RIP.
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    RIP
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    RIP
  • R0TW
    R0TW Posts: 1,676
    Best pork n beef.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,788
    RIP
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,419
    Just read a great story told by John to a friend.
    He was stocking up at a local off licence when he recognised someone he thought had worked in pantomime with him, racking his brains he failed to put a name to the face.
    As he joined the queue he still couldn’t place the face or put a name to it, as she turned to leave to the till he said “are you doing panto this year” to which came the reply of “No” accompanied by a filthy look.
    Moving forward to pay, the guy at the till said, not often Princess Margaret comes into your shop!
    He had indeed met her in panto, after the event backstage with the rest of the cast. 
    RIP

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