Geoffrey Hughes

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Geoffrey Hughes (b. 2 February 1944 in Wallasey, Wirral, England) is an English actor, best known to United Kingdom television viewers for his playing: Vernon Scrips in Heartbeat; Eddie Yeats, refuse collector and lodger of Hilda Ogden in UK soap opera Coronation Street, from 1974 to 1983; the slobbish Onslow in the popular BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances; and the character Twiggy on The Royle Family, a role he reprised in 2006. <p>He started his career in repertory at the Victoria Theatre in Stoke-on-Trent. This was followed by his first West End production, the Lionel Bart and Alun Owen musical, Maggie May. His other West End productions include the stage version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; Say Goodnight to Grandma; The Secret Life of Cartoons; and several seasons of Run for your Wife. He has recently played 'Pistol' in an open air production of Henry V at Barnwell Manor. He has also toured extensively in Britain and abroad. <p>Among his many other appearances on television are: An...