Gordon Rollings

Born in Batley, Yorkshire, 'Gordon Rollings' (qv) began his career in radio in Israel, then progressed into the circus in Paris and trained as a clown. His first television appearance was in _Play School (1964)_ (qv) (this was the very first broadcast on BBC2). He then went onto appear as Charlie Moffit in _Coronation Street (1960)_ (qv). From there a progression of various television and film appearances occurred. He found late fame as Arkwright in the John Smith's Yorkshire Bitter ads with his beloved "Tonto". He died, after reaching a height of notoriety, of cancer in Bristol Royal Infirmary.::Justin Rollings