John Savident, actor warmly remembered as the butcher Fred Elliott in Coronation Street – obituary

John Savident, the actor who has died aged 86, was a familiar face in films and on television before being cast in Coronation Street as the loud-mouthed, bumbling butcher Fred Elliott, the role that made him a household name.

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