John McArdle

John McArdle
Born (1949-08-16) 16 August 1949
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Occupation Actor
Spouse(s) Kathy Jamieson

John McArdle (born 16 August 1949 in Liverpool) is an English actor. He is most notable for playing Billy Corkhill in the soap opera Brookside, with many other smaller appearances in other soaps and dramas. Playing a regular character in Brookside's heyday (alongside Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston, and working with writers such as Jimmy McGovern), he burned himself into the viewers' memories with his portrayal of a man beyond breaking point, which culminated with him ranting at neighbours and churning up their lawns, as he drove his car around in circles.

John was the subject of This Is Your Life in 2003 when he was surprised by Michael Aspel on the set of Merseybeat.

In 2006, he portrayed Frank Taylor in the BBC's Surviving Disasters, about the Munich air disaster of 1958, in which Taylor was the only newspaper reporter to survive.[1]

In 2010, he played Christopher Mead's father in Waterloo Road.

McArdle is also an accomplished stage actor, recently seen in Our Country's Good at the Liverpool Playhouse.

He is a patron of the Octagon Theatre in Bolton and Chief Officer of Age Uk Wigan.

From 2016 to 2017, McArdle appeared in the ITV soap opera, Emmerdale, as regular character, Ronnie Hale.

Filmography

Year Programme Role
1982 (Episode 6) Brookside Mr. P. Todd (Economics Teacher)
1985–1990 Brookside Billy Corkhill
1993 Gallowglass Paul Garnet
1997 Born to Run Eddie Gallagher
2001 The Cazalets Tonbridge
2001–2002 Merseybeat Supt. Jim Oulton 
2004 Casualty@HolbyCity 2 episodes
2009 Starred in the hit show 'One Night in Istanbul' as Gerry Edwards at the Liverpool Empire. All the Small Things Jimmy
2010 Waterloo Road Oliver Mead
2016–2017 Emmerdale Ronnie Hale

References

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