Creator / Anthony Booth

A randy Scouse git.

Anthony George Booth, (9 October 1931 — 25 September 2017), was a British actor best known for playing Mike Rawlins in Till Death Us Do Part and Sid Noggett in the Confessions of a... Series.

He got into acting in his time in the army and then spent five years in repertory theatre, then started appearing in films and on TV in The '60s, however, he didn't get widespread recognition until he played Warren Mitchell's left-wing son-in-law Mike in Till Death Us Do Part. Likewise, while Booth appeared in over twenty films, his best-remembered role on the big screen was Robin Askwith's brother-in-law, Sid, in all four Confessions of a... films.

Following his '70s successes, Booth played Ted Pilkington, a pub landlord in the 1980's Soap Opera Albion Market, Tom in the short film The Duke, and Barry Hurst in another soap, Family Affairs.

Booth was married four times, notably his second marriage was to his Coronation Street co-star Pat Phoenix (who had nursed him back to health following a near-death accident) just a few days before she died from lung cancer. His daughter Cherie (from his first marriage) married former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

He died at the age of 85.

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Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:

Films

• The L-Shaped Room (1962) — Youth in Street
• Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974) — Sid Noggett
• Brannigan (1975) — Freddy
• Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975) — Sid Noggett
• Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976) — Sid Noggett
• Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977) — Sid Noggett
• Priest (1994) — Tommy
• The Contender (2000) — Peter Crenshaw

Series

• Coronation Street, 5 episodes:
  • 3 episodes (1960-61) — Malcolm Wilkinson
  • 2 episodes (1987) — Charles Halliday
• Z Cars, 2 episodes^{show list}"Threats and Menaces", "Sunday Morning" (1962) — Sammy Grebb
• The Avengers, episode "The Big Thinker" (1962) — Dr. Kearns
• Dixon of Dock Green, 3 episodes:
  • "Outside the Gates" (1962) — Bill Franks
  • 2 episodes^{show list}"Just to Scare 'Em", "Touch and Go" (1966) — Les Benson
• The Saint, 2 episodes:
  • "The Rhine Maiden" (1965) — Hans
  • "The Russian Prisoner" (1966) — Pyotr
• Till Death Us Do Part, 52 episodes (1966-75) — Mike Rawlins
• The Professionals, episode "Klansmen" (1977) — Dinny
• Heartbeat, episode "Lost and Found" (1994) — Napper Minto
• Doctors, 2 episodes:
  • "Catch 22" (2000) — George Phillips
  • "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (2005) — Ted White
• Holby City, 2 episodes:
  • "Reflected Truth" (2001) — Dennis Trevelyan
  • "Springflower" (2008) — Fletcher Hill
• The Bill, 3 episodes:
  • 2 episodes^{show list}"Jeopardy", "Gone Native" (2002) — Reuben Wills
  • "The Big Day - Part 1" (2006) — Frank Tomlinson
• Dalziel and Pascoe, episode "Mens Sana" (2002) — Sir Christopher Wynne
• EastEnders, 1 episode (2003) — Nobby Stuart
• Emmerdale, 1 episode (2007) — Errol Michaels

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