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Joe Gladwin

Actor

Joe Gladwin

Born January 22, 1906 in Salford, Lancashire, England, UKDied March 11, 198727 films

Joseph Gladwin was an English actor, best known for his roles as Fred Jackson in Coronation Street and Wally Batty in the world's longest-running sitcom, Last of the Summer Wine.

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A Kind of Loving posterFirst watchA Kind of Loving19627.1as Bus Driver (uncredited)As Vic Brown vacillates between infatuation and disinterest for his co-worker Ingrid Rothwell, she finds out that she is pregnant and Vic has to reconcile how he thought his life would go…View film

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Yanks poster5.9Yanks1979

Filmography

27 films as actor
  1. 1986Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the BrideWally Batty
  2. 1983Last of the Summer Wine: Getting Sam HomeWally Batty
  3. 1980The Merchant of VeniceOld Gobbo
  4. 1979YanksPlumber
  5. 1978Renoir, My FatherOld Man in Cafe
  6. 1978LizaAnton
  7. 1976No Hard FeelingsMr Etheridge
  8. 1976The Littlest Horse ThievesBert
  9. 1976The ChauffeurJoe
  10. 1976The Chester Mystery Plays
  11. 1974InitiationTed
  12. 1972Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.Sam
  13. 1972Nearest and DearestStan Hardman
  14. 1971All This, and Christmas Too!Patrick Hall
  15. 1971Paper RosesMessenger
  16. 1971PlatonovMarko
  17. 1970The Mind of Mr. SoamesOld Man In Car
  18. 1970The ReckoningDrunk
  19. 1969Faith and HenryMr Forshaw
  20. 1969The Last Train Through Harecastle TunnelAdam Coulson
  21. 1969Sling Your HookOliver
  22. 1968Work Is a 4-Letter WordPa Brose
  23. 1968Charlie BubblesWaiter in Hotel
  24. 1967The LumpJoiner
  25. 1965Three Hats for LisaHarry
  26. 1964Night Must FallDodge
  27. 1962A Kind of LovingBus Driver (uncredited)