Stephen Hancock
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| Stephen Hancock | |
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| Born | Philip Stephen Hancock 24 November 1925 Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Relatives | Christopher Hancock (brother; deceased) |
Philip Stephen Hancock (24 November 1925 – 1 November 2015) was a British television and stage actor.
He was born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham and attended the Chorister School, Durham and the Darlington Grammar School before reading music at Durham University as a mature student. He served as a radio engineer in the Royal Air Force during World War II.[1]
He was best known for his role as Ernest Bishop in Coronation Street. Introduced as wedding photographer Gordon Bishop in a 1967 episode dedicated to one of Elsie Tanner's marriages, he later re-emerged as the regular character Ernie and played the character from 1969 until being written out in a fatal shooting during a burglary at Mike Baldwin's factory in 1978.[1][2]
His brother was the late Christopher Hancock who played Charlie Cotton in EastEnders. In 2011 he appeared in a Coronation Street tribute programme.
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