
Geoff Hinsliff playing Don Brennan in Coronation Street. Photo: Getty Images

Cast as affable cabbie Don Brennan, he married Ivy Tilsley (played by Lynne Perrie) but soon showed his true colours. In a series of increasingly lurid storylines his character turned into a serial adulterer, a kidnapper and an attempted murderer, before finally getting his just deserts when crashing his car into a viaduct. Other notable roles included A Bridge Too Far, Holby City, Doctor Who and Brass. Hinsliff died on September 15 aged 86. — Agencies