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Roy Senior Barraclough MBE (12 July 1935 – 1 June 2017) was an English comic actor. He was best known for his role as Alec Gilroy, the devious, mournful landlord of the Rovers Return in the long-running British TV soap Coronation Street, and for the double-act Cissie and Ada with comedian Les Dawson.
Jun 1, 2017 · Comic actor Roy Barraclough, who played Rovers Return landlord Alec Gilroy in Coronation Street, has died aged 81. Julie Goodyear, who starred as his on-screen wife Bet Lynch, led the...
Jun 2, 2017 · For millions of Coronation Street fans, Roy Barraclough, who has died following a short illness, will forever be remembered as Alec Gilroy, the grumpy and devious landlord of the Rovers...
Roy Barraclough. Actor: Funland. Roy Barraclough began his career as a draughtsman, taking time off to work as an entertainer in a holiday camp on the Isle of Wight.
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- Preston, Lancashire, England, UK
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Roy Barraclough. Actor: Funland. Roy Barraclough began his career as a draughtsman, taking time off to work as an entertainer in a holiday camp on the Isle of Wight.
- July 12, 1935
- June 1, 2017
Jun 1, 2017 · Roy Barraclough, the comic actor, who has died aged 81, played Alec Gilroy, the shifty landlord of the Rovers Return pub in the ITV soap Coronation Street; earlier, in the 1970s, he had formed a...
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Jun 1, 2017 · Former Coronation Street actor Roy Barraclough has died aged 81 following a short illness, his agent said in a statement. The Lancashire-born comic was best known for playing Rovers...