Stan Richards
Acting
Biography
Stanley Richardson, known professionally as Stan Richards, was an English television actor, best known for his portrayal of Seth Armstrong in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, a role he played from 1978 until his death from emphysema in 2005 at the age of 74.
Born: December 8, 1930
Place of Birth: Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Known For
All Creatures Great and Small
The trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshire town to begin his first job.
All Creatures Great and Small
The trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshire town to begin his first job.
Last of the Summer Wine
Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.
BBC2 Play of the Week
An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.
The Cuckoo Waltz
The Cuckoo Waltz was a British television sitcom made by Granada Television for the ITV network between 1975 and 1977 and in 1980. The series which was set in 1970s and Manchester, written by Geoffrey Lancashire, produced and directed by Bill Gilmour, dealt with the comic complications that ensue when impoverished newlyweds Chris and Fliss Hawthorne take in a lodger, Gavin Rumsey, to ease their financial problems. Collins left after 3 series and was replaced by Ian Saynor as Adrian Lockett in the fourth series. The series was re-screened by now defunct Satellite TV channel, Granada Plus, in the late 1990s and early-mid-2000s.
Agatha
England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
The workers of Milton Colliery prepare for a royal visit from Prince Charles.
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
A month after the royal visit, the workers at Milton Colliery are brought crashing back down to earth by an underground explosion.
Afternoon Off
Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested in him, on his afternoon off work he buys a box of chocolates and sets off to find her.
A Little Outing
Mam likes to make the weekly visit to Grandad into a proper little outing.
Filmography
as Marshall
as George Ackroyd
as Hotel Porter (uncredited)
as Man in Art Gallery
as Mr. Dent
as Charlie Dent
as Councillor
as 2nd Old Man
as George Ackroyd
as Railway-Parcel Agent