David Lonsdale

Lonsdale's first major role on television occurred in 1986 when he played Peter Barlow in Coronation Street. He has subsequently re-appeared in the show on two further occasions. He first returned in 2011 in a minor role working for a solicitor and again in May 2012, this time playing Edwin Soames.[1]

Other, more minor television appearances, have seen Lonsdale take roles in the 1989 Inspector Morse episode Driven to Distraction in which he played a Detective; in the medical drama Casualty (2011) and in the soap opera Emmerdale (2018) in which he played a private detective.

Lonsdale has also twice appeared in the drama series Vera, again in the role of a Policeman, and as pub landlord Phil Annerly in the episode ‘Dirty’ (2020) and in The Bay (2022). He has also made an appearance in the ITV drama series Anne.

Lonsdale had a minor role as a repo man in the 1997 feature film The Full Monty. In 2019 he appeared as a Desk Sergeant in the movie Downton Abbey.

Lonsdale appeared in the pantomime Dick Whittington at the Gracie Fields Theatre, Rochdale, in 2018 - 2019. In recent years Lonsdale has played the part of Gordon Bennett in Uncle Eric musical comedy plays at the New Vic Theatre in Newcastle-under-Lyme.