John McArdle
Born (1949-08-16) 16 August 1949
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Alma materEast 15 Acting School
OccupationActor
SpouseKathy Jamieson

John McArdle (born 16 August 1949) is an English actor. He is most notable for playing Billy Corkhill in the soap opera Brookside, with many other smaller appearances in other soaps and dramas. Playing a regular character in Brookside's heyday (alongside Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston, and working with writers such as Jimmy McGovern), he made himself memorable with his portrayal of a man beyond breaking point, which culminated with him ranting at neighbours and churning up their lawns as he drove his car around in circles.

McArdle was the subject of This Is Your Life in 2003 when he was surprised by Michael Aspel on the set of Merseybeat.

In 2006, McArdle portrayed Frank Taylor in an episode of BBC TV's Surviving Disaster that concerned the Munich air disaster of 1958, which Taylor was the only newspaper reporter to survive.

In 2010, McArdle played Christopher Mead's father in Waterloo Road.

He is also an accomplished stage actor, recently seen in Our Country's Good at the Liverpool Playhouse.

He is a patron of the Octagon Theatre in Bolton, and Chief Officer of Age UK Wigan.

From 2016 to 2017, he appeared in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as regular character Ronnie Hale. Then in March 2023, he portrayed Phil Griffiths in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors.[1]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleOther notes
1982–1984BrooksideMr. P. Todd4 episodes
1984CharlieFirst Shop Steward2 episodes
ScullyTeacherEpisode: "#1.3"
1985–1990BrooksideBilly Corkhill83 episodes
1985How We Used to LiveDoctor WallaceEpisode: "1915: Epidemic"
SeaviewPolicemanEpisode: "The Godfather"
Fell TigerReporterEpisode: "#1.1"
1986Screen Two'Election Countdown' PanelEpisode: "Frankie and Johnnie"
1992UnderbellyJack Preston4 episodes
ThackerMartin StricklandTV movie
1992–1994Firm FriendsPeter Creswell7 episodes
1993GallowglassPaul Garnet3 episodes
SpenderSam HarperEpisode: "Best Friends"
1994Screen OneHarryEpisode: "Bambino Mio"
The ChiefDC Dave CorbynEpisodes: "Four and Twenty Blackbirds" and "Strained Relations"
Screen TwoDilkeEpisode: "Skallagrigg"
CrackerTom CarterEpisode: "Men Should Weep, Part 1"
SeaforthFred Spence7 episodes
FinneyLouis Souter3 episodes
1995WycliffeAlex KeirEpisode: "The Trojan Horse"
Rich DeceiverMalc FreemanTV movie
HeartbeatTerry TinniswoodEpisode: "Vigilante"
1996Kavanagh QCSimon LloydEpisode: "Men of Substance"
And the Beat Goes OnCharlie Woods8 episodes
Prime SuspectDCS BallingerEpisodes: "Errors of Judgement", parts 1 & 2
ThrowawaysSpindorTV movie
1997The Place of the DeadMajor Ron FosterTV movie
Born to RunEddie GallagherEpisode: "#1.3"
CasualtyPete EllingtonEpisode: "A Taste of Freedom"
1998Out of HoursDr. Daniel Laing6 episodes
1999Playing the FieldGrahamEpisode: "#2.3"
City CentralMichael DennisonEpisode: "Paradise Lost"
Holby CityKenEpisode: "Staying Alive, Part 1"
2000Peak PracticeClive RichardsEpisode: "Faith, Hope & Love"
MetropolisSteve NorrisEpisodes: "#1.3" and "#1.4"
Where the Heart IsEddie ArmitageEpisode: "Shifting Sands"
In DefenceDCI Brian WalshEpisode: "#1.4"
My Fragile HeartRoy Lavery2 episodes
There's Only One Jimmy GrimbleHeadmaster
2001Always and EveryoneMr. RogersEpisode: "Med School Educate"
The CazaletsTonbridge6 episodes
2001–2004MerseybeatSupt. Jim OultonSeries 1—4; 38 episodes
2003GiftedSteve MoranTV movie
2004Casualty@Holby CityFrank Morgan2 episodes
Dalziel and PascoeMatthew DavisEpisode: "The Price of Fame"
Through My EyesMcAuley2 episodes
The Afternoon PlayBob CollinsEpisode: "Viva Las Blackpool"
2005The BillCommander Ian Barrett8 episodes
HeartbeatNat JubbEpisode: "Duty of Care"
2006Surviving DisasterFrank TaylorEpisode: "Munich Air Disaster"
Foyle's WarStan DaviesEpisode: "Invasion"
Blue MurderColin McAteerEpisode: "The Spartacus Thing"
2007MobilePaul StoanEpisode: "The Soldier"
2008DoctorsLes RobsonEpisode: "The Front Page"
2009All the Small ThingsJimmy6 episodes
U Be DeadBrian PembertonTV movie
2010Waterloo RoadOliver Mead6 episodes
CasualtyMick GarlandEpisode: "Going Solo"
Law & Order: UKDan CallaghanEpisode: "Denial"
DoctorsJohn FairleyEpisode: "A Child Called Moon"
2011Waking the DeadMurray StuartEpisodes: "Solidarity", parts 1 & 2
The CaseGordon McAllister4 episodes
2012DoctorsClive RoyleEpisode: "Fall of a Sparrow"
VeraMartyEpisode: "A Certain Samaritan"
Holby CityJock BuchanEpisode: "When Sacha Met Chrissie"
Crime StoriesBill JonesEpisode: "Jackpot"
2013New TricksJim MarshallEpisode: "Things Can Only Get Better"
2016–2017EmmerdaleRonnie Hale116 episodes
2023DoctorsPhil GriffithsEpisode: "Runaway Train"

References

  1. ↑ Timblick, Simon. "Doctors spoilers: Luca McIntyre tells Jamie about his past..." What to Watch. (Future plc). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
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