Cast & creator
Geoffrey Hughes
Best known for Doctor Who, Casualty, Play for Today
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.
29
film credits
32
television credits
61
1962–2023 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (61)
Showing 61 of 61 credits
Doctor Who
Popplewick
1963
Casualty
Si Blake
1986
Play for Today
Derek
1970
The Wednesday Play
Flash Blakey
1964
Crown Court
1972
Heartbeat
Vernon Scripps
1992
Screen Two
Det. Sgt. Bailey
1985
Skins
Uncle Keith
2007Skins
Fat Bastard
2007Skins
Bandy
2007
BBC Play of the Month
Second Workman
1965
Z-Cars
1962
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Lance-Corporal Williams
1965Thirty-Minute Theatre
Chuck
1965
Keeping Up Appearances
Onslow
1990
The Upper Hand
Ray
1990
Dad's Army
Bridge Corporal
1968
Please Sir!
Mr. Turner
1968
You Rang, M'Lord?
Fred Kendall
1990
Blood on Satan's Claw
Drinking villager (uncredited)
1971
The Royle Family
Twiggy
1998
Spender
Kenny Coates
1991
Up Pompeii!
Piteous
1969
The Likely Lads
Podge
1964
Yellow Submarine
Paul McCartney (voice) (as Geoff Hughes)
1968
Shadows of Fear
Terry
1970
Don't Drink the Water
Frank
1974City '68
Gill
1967
I, Lovett
Dirk (voice)
1993I, Lovett
Dirk (voice) / Addison Mammon
1993
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
Self (archive footage)
2023Out of Town Theatre
William Williams
1966
Carry On at Your Convenience
Willie
1971
Cilla's World Of Comedy
1976
Curry and Chips
1969
Confessions of a Driving Instructor
Postman
1976
That's Carry On!
Willie (archive footage) (uncredited)
1977
The Smiths
Dooley
1995
The Man Who Had Power Over Women
Policeman
1970The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Self
2005
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
Popplewick
1986
Expresso
The Builder
2007
Tiffany Jones
Georg
1973
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
Larry
1973
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
Twiggy
2008
Smashing Time
Builder
1967The Bright Side
1985
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Self
2010
Till Death Us Do Part
Mike's Brother
1969
Revenge
Fred
1971
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
Twiggy (archive footage)
2023
The Hunting of Lionel Crane
Flash Blakey
1970
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
Onslow
1997
On Location: The Carry Ons
Willie (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001
Flick
Tony Ray
2008The Man from the Pru
Det Sgt Bailey
1990
Needle
Repo Man
1990
The Virgin Soldiers
Lantry
1969
The Bofors Gun
Private Samuel - Cookhouse
1968
The Pigeon Fancier
Derek
1971Liverpool Nativity
Gabriel
2007