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Christopher Hancock
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Born
June 5
,
1928
·
Bishop Auckland, Durham, England, UK
Died
September 29
,
2004
·
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
(heart attack)
Birth name
Christopher Anthony A. Hancock
Mini Bio
Christopher Hancock was born on June 5, 1928 in Bishop Auckland, Durham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992)
,
Love for Lydia (1977)
and
The Theban Plays by Sophocles (1986)
. He was married to
Ann Walford
. He died on September 29, 2004 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK.
Family
Spouse
Ann Walford
(1959 - ?) (divorced, 2 children)
Trivia
Took up acting after a suffering a nervous breakdown while studying in his first year of medicine,.
His father was a director of the Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Company in Darlington. and lived in Hillside Road, Darlington.
He appeared on the BBC's soap-opera,
EastEnders (1985)
, and his younger brother,
Stephen Hancock
, appeared on ITV's soap-opera,
Coronation Street (1960)
.
Reprised his role as "Charlie Cotton", after 9 years since his character's off-screen death, in a special spin-off episode called
EastEnders: Return of Nick Cotton (2000)
as "Charlie's ghost".
Uncle of actress
Phyllida Hancock
(b. 1962) and casting director
Gemma Hancock
(b. 1966).
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