Fred Feast (born October 5, 1929 in Scarborough - June 25, 1999) was a British actor. is the 278th day of the year (279th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A View Of Foreshore Road Scarborough . ... is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ...

Early Life

He attended the Graham School, Scarborough and served as a physical training instructor for the Parachute Regiment with the rank of sergeant. He worked as a variety artist and stand up comic at the Windmill Theatre and appeared in summer seasons and pantomimes. Other occupations included driving instructor, butcher, trawlerman, dolphin trainer, nightclub owner and publican. The Windmill Theatre, later the Windmill Club, was a famous West End theatre in Great Windmill Street, London. ...

Coronation Street

Although he acted in numerous television dramas, he was best known for his role as the Rovers Return's "potman", Fred Gee, a crooked man with unscrupulous morals, on the soap opera Coronation Street, a role he played from 1975 to 1984. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A relatively unpleasant and unsympathetic character who arrived in Coronation Street in 1975. ... For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... Coronation Street is an award winning British soap opera. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ...

In 1983, Feast took time off sick at a moment's notice, causing the Coronation Street script writers to have to re-draught 12 episodes (then the equivalent of six weeks of programmes.) He claimed to be depressed, had trouble remembering his lines, and suffered from bouts of uncontrollable weeping. Podmore later said that if he had come to him and explained this in the first place, his role could have been temporarily reduced; appearing as a bar person in The Rovers, the focal point of Coronation Street, means that an actor tends to be in more scenes than other characters. Bill Podmore described Feast as 'earthy', and Fred Gee as being a toned-down screen version of Fred Feast. Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ...

The next time he took time off, in 1984 it was permanently. Fred Gee had gone from being an unlikeable loser to being an outright buffoon, getting the sack from The Rovers from owner Billy Walker after punching him in the face, unable to see that Walker had goaded him into it so he could fire him without having to pay him any redundancy. Business deals behind the back of London textile magnate Mike Baldwin also backfired. Feast refused to sign a new contract, stating in the British national press that he didn't want to become "...another Coronation Street cabbage", referring to several cast members - namely Peter Dudley, Jack Howarth and Bernard Youens, who had all recently died. Fred Gee was not killed off at that point, he was simply never mentioned again. He last appeared in the soap in September 1984. His place at The Rovers was taken by Jack Duckworth (William Tarmey). Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... Michael (Mike) Vernon Baldwin was a fictional character on the soap opera Coronation Street. ... Peter Dudley (died 20 October 1983) was a (homosexual) British character actor best known for his role as Bert Tilsley in televisions Coronation Street; a role he played continuously from 1979 until 1983. ... Jack Howarth (19 February 1896 – 31 March 1984) was a British actor best known for his role as Albert Tatlock in Coronation Street between 1960 and 1984. ... Bernard Arthur Youens (December 28, 1914 - August 27, 1984) was a heavyweight British character actor, best remembered for his portrayal of the workshy, beer-swilling Stan Ogden in Coronation Street from 1964 until his death in 1984. ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... John Harold Jack Duckworth, played by William Tarmey, is a fictional character on the soap opera Coronation Street. ... William Tarmey (born William Cleworth-Piddington on April 4, 1941) is a British actor best known for playing Jack Duckworth on the soap opera Coronation Street, a role he has played on a continuous basis since 1983. ...

Later roles

After leaving Coronation Street, he went on to a three-year stint on the BBC1 series All Creatures Great and Small in a minor role. Feast also went for the role of Fred Dibnah in a 1989 drama called Our Fred but the one off never came about. BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest United Kingdom, and indeed, the world. ... All Creatures Great and Small was the title given to a compilation volume first published in 1972 comprising James Herriots first two novels, If Only They Could Talk and It Shouldnt Happen to a Vet, which were considered too short to publish individually in the U.S. market. ...

Death of character

Feast later admitted that he regretted leaving Coronation Street, his bravado after having resigned long since gone. His character was killed off with a heart attack in January 1999, a few months before Feast's own real-life death from abdominal cancer. The news was given to Jack and Vera Duckworth by Fred's ex-wife Eunice (Meg Johnson) that he had passed away, in a manner that was not disclosed. A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these to spread, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion, or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis (where cancer cells are transported through the bloodstream or lymphatic system). ... Meg Johnson plays the role of Pearl Ladderbanks in ITVs popular Soap Opera Emmerdale. ...

External links

• Fred Feast at the Internet Movie Database
• Fred Feast at Corrie.net