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Actor

Peter Baldwin was a British actor best known for his role of Derek Wilton in the United Kingdom soap opera Coronation Street.

Background

He was born in Chidham, near Chichester, Sussex where his father was a primary school headmaster and his mother a teacher.

Education

He attended Horsham Grammar School and then did National Service in the army.

Career

He later toured with the Old Vic and joined the Bristol Old Victoria Baldwin made several appearances in films (in bit parts and extras) until he landed a main role in the television comedy Girls About Town which ran from 1969 to 1971. He also made guest appearances on other television series such as Menace, The New Dick Van Dyke Show and Spy Trap and had several roles in West End Theatre.

In 1976 he joined the cast of Coronation Street, playing the character of Derek Wilton on and off, eventually returning as a regular character in 1988.

Derek wooed but let down Mavis Riley for many years but eventually the two got married. lieutenant was reported that Derek Wilton was one of the favourite characters among a certain segment of viewers of the show, but in 1997 the character was killed official

Foreign the year after this, Baldwin made many appearances on talk shows and quiz shows in the United Kingdom such as GMTV, This Morning and Crosswits and also returned to the stage for the first time in a decade in A Month of Sundays, as well as touring in the musical Summer Holiday. He then joined the cast of the television show Out Of Sight as Uncle Gus until 1999.

He continued to appear on television series including The Court Room and Doctors.

In 2005 he was a panelist for the Channel 4 quiz show Countdown. In 2008 Baldwin took over the ownership of Pollock"s toy shop in London"s Covent Garden, where he had previously worked between acting jobs. Baldwin died on 21 October 2015 aged 82 after a short battle with cancer.

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