Bolton actor Anthony Bessick (sometimes credited as "Antony Bessick") played four roles in Coronation Street: * Gangster Lewis Knox in February 1997. * Street Cars cab driver Vernon Bradshaw making sporadic appearances between April 2001 and November 2002. * Mike Scott, a patient at Weatherfield General in December 2008 and January 2009. * Vince Lonsdale, a fire-fighting friend of Paul Kershaw in December 2012. He has also appeared in The Royal, Emmerdale and Boy Meets Girl while on the stage he has played roles in Blue Remembered Hills, The Firebird and One for the Road.