Seven film actors who have appeared in Coronation Street

Coronation Street has spawned some of the UK’s most popular actors and actresses throughout the years it’s been on television.

A number of those have gone on to carve out Hollywood careers, and some Hollywood actors have even turned up on the Street too!

So which big-name film actors have also graced the cobbles? Here’s a list of all the famous faces we’ve seen on the Street.

Sir Ian McKellen

Best-known for playing Gandalf in the Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, Magneto in The X-Men movies, Sherlock Holmes in Mr. Holmes, and Cogsworth in the live-action Beauty and the Beast adaptation, Sir Ian McKellen joined Coronation Street in 2005 when his character, Mel Hutchwright, turned up at a book club after being invited by Blanche Hunt.

Mel had written the book they were discussing, and while Norris Cole, Emily Bishop and Rita Tanner were all in awe of him, Ken Barlow’s nose was firmly put out of joint.

The author moved in with Norris and Emily to finish his next book, allowed them to pay for everything and even persuaded the book club to donate £200 each to help publish his next novel.

But Ken wasn’t taken in and eventually exposed Mel for who he really was : conman Lionel Hipkiss. Norris threw Lionel out and that was the last we ever saw of Sir Ian on the cobbles.

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Robert Vaughn

Robert Vaughn, American actor and star of The Man From U.N.C.L.E, was known for Hollywood films such as The Magnificent Seven, Superman III and The Young Philadelphians, which earned him an Oscar nomination in 1960. And in January 2012 he joined Corrie as Milton Fanshaw.

He was a love interest for Roy’s mother, Sylvia Goodwin. They met on a cruise and he turned up on the Street, wanting to turn Roy’s Rolls into an American-style diner. Roy refused and Milton eventually decided to go back to the States.

He bought Sylvia a ticket to go with him, but when she couldn’t stand the Americans in the queue at the airport, she decided against it. Although she did go out and stay with him in August 2012 and developed a gambling habit that saw the end of their relationship for good.

Patrick Stewart

Sir Patrick Stewart appeared in one episode of Coronation Street on January 25, 1967 as a fire officer.

Patrick is best known for his roles in the Star Trek TV series and films as Captain Jean-Luc Picard and in The X-Men movies playing Professor Charles Xavier.

In Corrie, his fire officer put out a fire accidentally started by Dennis Tanner when he was decorating 15 Mawdsley Street for Len Fairclough.

Honor Blackman

Former Bond Girl Honor, who starred as Pussy Galore in the 1964 Bond movie Goldfinger, was also in The Avengers and Jason and the Argonauts.

She joined Corrie in September 2004 as Rula Romanoff. She starred in the soap for five episodes. Rula was an old friend of Rita’s, and she tried to seduce Norris in a wife-swapping storyline!

Pete Postlethwaite

The late Pete Postlethwaite starred in movies such as Brassed Off, Romeo + Juliet, Dragonheart, The Constant Gardener and Inception.

But prior to all of this, he played Detective Sergeant Cross in Corrie. DS Cross was investigating Gee Whizz Video Enterprisesm a business Fred Gee was a nominal director of, but had been set up by Mike Baldwin’s father, Frankie.

The business was supposed to be a wedding video service, but was actually making pornography! Cross also interviewed Alf Roberts, who was another investor in the business.

Joanna Lumley

Joanna Lumley, star of The Ab Fab Movie and Bond film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, appeared in Corrie as Elaine Perkins.

Elaine was another of Ken Barlow’s many, many girlfriends. She was in the show between July and August 1973.

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Joan Collins

Joan Collins, star of Dynasty, as well as many movies such as The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, The Big Sleep, and The Girl In The Red Velvet Swing, and those based on the books by her sister, Jackie: The Stud and The Bitch, popped in a Street spin off.

She played herself in the 1997 feature-length Viva Las Vegas! where she was on a plane with Corrie icons Jack and Vera Duckworth.

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