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  1. Savident was born 21 January 1938 in St Peter Port, Guernsey, [1] and still lived there at the time of the German occupation of the island in 1940. He and his family escaped to Britain in a fishing boat and settled in Ashton-under-Lyne.

  2. Feb 25, 2024 · Savident was born in St Peter Port, Guernsey, the only son of John, a fisherman, and his Swiss wife, Karoline (nee Pfrinder). The family escaped from the German-occupied island in 1940 and...

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  4. Feb 23, 2024 · Updated 12:10 23 Feb 2024 GMT Published 11:24 23 Feb 2024 GMT. John Savident has died at the age of 86, his agent has said. The actor was well-known for playing Fred Elliott in Coronation Street ...

  5. Feb 23, 2024 · John Savident, best known for playing Fred Elliott in Coronation Street, has died aged 86. Savident arrived on the famous cobbles in 1994 and was quickly established as a fan favourite, known for ...

  6. Mar 3, 2024 · He was born John Frederick Joseph Savident in St Peter Port, Guernsey, in 1938 to Karoline (nee Pfrinder), who was Swiss, and John Savident, a local fisherman. When he was three,...

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  7. Feb 23, 2024 · The actor John Savident, best known for playing Fred Elliott in Coronation Street, has died. ... The actor was born in Guernsey in 1938 and escaped with his family to Britain during the German ...

  8. www.bafta.org › heritage › in-memory-ofJohn Savident | BAFTA

    A British actor, who was best known for his part in Coronation Street (1994-2006), playing the character of Fred Elliott in almost 1,000 episodes. John Savident’s screen career spanned six decades across both film and television. His film credits included Waterloo (1970), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Gandhi (1982), Little Dorrit (1987) and The Remains of the Day (1993).

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