Bernard Wrigley
Known for: Acting
From starting in folk clubs as a child bride, and then writing & performing at the Octagon theatre in Bolton, the career has always combined singing and acting. From TV programmes and films such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Phoenix Nights, Dinnerladies, Alan Bennett films, Brassed Off, My Son The Fanatic & Steve Coogan’s Coogan’s Run, to the many radio plays and programmes presented or guested upon, there has throughout been a steady stream of LPs and CDs - eighteen to date, the early ones all now remastered to CD.
Filmography
Series
All Creatures Great & Small
Elijah Wentworth
2020
Series
Shameless
Russell
2004
Series
Heartbeat
Brown
1992
Series
Heartbeat
George Costello
1992
Series
Last of the Summer Wine
Duane
1973
Series
Cold Feet
Cabbie
1998
Series
Strangers
DS Kevin Rignall
1978
Second City Firsts
Tommy
1973
Series
Coogan's Run
Tony the Receptionist
1995
Series
dinnerladies
Man
1998
Series
dinnerladies
Bob
1998
Film
Brassed Off
Chapman
1996
Series
Phoenix Nights
2001
Series
Phoenix Nights
Dodgy Eric
2001
Series
Soul Music
Asphalt (voice)
1997
Film
The Parole Officer
Bike Group Leader
2001
Series
Home from Home
Bill
2018
Film
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Various Characters
2000
Film
A Private Function
Painter
1984
Film
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Teacher
1987
Film
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
Market Trader
2002
Film
Strumpet
(Scenes Deleted)
2001
Film
My Son the Fanatic
Drunk Man
1997
Film
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Mr Trickett
1978
Film
The Insurance Man
Workmen
1986
Series
The Royal
Albert
2003
Film
Afternoon Off
Vic
1979
Film
Z Cars: A Lot of Fuss About Light
Sergeant Osgood
2010
Film
Soul Music
Asphalt (voice)
1997
Film
A Day Out
Ernest Tetley
1972
Film
Sunset Across the Bay
Milkman
1975
Film
Speech Day
Arts Master
1973
The Mersey Pirate
1979
Said the Preacher
David
1972