George Ghent appeared in Coronation Street in February 1964 as a Lorry Driver. He worked principally for Granada Television in the early 1960s in series such as The Younger Generation, Maupassant, The Villains, The Man in Room 17 and The Corridor People but later found work for other companies in programmes such as Hadleigh and The Avengers. in 1969 he appeared in the film Oh! What A Lovely War.