Johnny Briggs obituary
about 3 years in The guardian
Stage and screen actor best known for playing Mike Baldwin in ITV’s Coronation Street
The actor Johnny Briggs, who has died aged 85, was cast as the flash cockney Mike Baldwin in Coronation Street in 1976 to boost audience figures for the northern soap opera in the south of England. He ended up staying for 30 years.
Mike arrived with experience in the rag trade, opened a factory, Baldwin’s Casuals, where he was a tough boss with no time for unions – and went to bed with Bet Lynch, the Rovers Return barmaid. Continue reading...
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