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Christopher Quinten

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Christopher Quinten
Born
Christopher Bell

(1957-07-12) 12 July 1957 (age 66)
Middlesbrough, England
OccupationActor
Years active1978–present
Spouses
(m. 1989⁠–⁠1991)
Paula Holmes
(m. 1992, separated)
Partner(s)Alison Slater
Robyn Delabarre (2019–present)
Children2

Christopher Quinten (born Christopher Bell; 12 July 1957) is a British actor, best known for his role as Brian Tilsley on Coronation Street, which he played from 1978 to 1989.

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Career

Quinten started his career as a dancer in West End productions, including the Victoria Palace with Cilla Black and Jimmy Tarbuck.[1] He turned to acting and had his first role in the 1978 film International Velvet, starring Tatum O'Neal. This appearance led to small parts in television series including Quatermass and Hazell, and was also noticed by the Coronation Street casting offices, who gave Ivy Tilsley, the oft-seen Baldwin's worker, a son. Quinten was then signed to the programme, for which he worked for over a decade. His pairing with Gail Potter (played by Helen Worth) proved very popular for the serial in the 1980s.

In 1989, Quinten told the casting office that he was going to move to the United States to marry his then-fiancée, American talk show host Leeza Gibbons. The couple had met in 1988 in New Zealand while appearing on a Telethon,[2] and Quinten had been hoping to stay in Coronation Street as a part-time character, but the producers rejected his offer to stay on part-time, and at the end of 1988 the decision was made to kill the character off. His final episode was aired on 15 February 1989, when Brian Tilsley was stabbed to death by a gang of teenagers outside a nightclub.

Once settled in the United States, Quinten and Gibbons worked together on the film RoboCop 2 (in which he played a reporter), and had one daughter, Lexi Quinten. The couple divorced in 1991. Quinten married Paula Holmes in 1992, but they later separated.

Quinten returned to Britain and appeared on various chat shows. In 1994, he played Mr. Barraclough in an episode of the ITV comedy series Surgical Spirit.[3] In 1998, it was reported that he was now touring the country with a one-man comedy rock act, and was also working as an after-dinner speaker.[4] In 2000, he briefly returned to television acting with a guest role in the BBC soap opera Doctors.

Quinten has had a long career in pantomimes. In 2010 he played Abanazar in the Consett Empire's production of Aladdin,[5] and Ramsbottom in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre in 2011.[6]

He appeared in Peter Kay's "Sit Down for Comic Relief" sketch alongside Rustie Lee & Bob Carolgees. In 2016 it was reported that Quinten now works at Stringfellows erotic nightclub in London.[7]

In April 2020, he appeared in an episode of Hollyoaks as Mark Kelly, father of regular character Kyle Kelly, played by Adam Rickitt who previously also played Quinten's onscreen son Nick Tilsley in Coronation Street.

Personal life

Quinten was married to American talk show host Leeza Gibbons from 1989 to 1991. They had a daughter together in 1989.[8]

With partner Alison Slater (ex-Stringfellow's dancer), he has a daughter Sydney (b. 2005).[8]

In August 2005, Quinten was charged with rape.[9] Following a trial in June 2006, he was found not guilty.[10]

On 10 June 2019, Quinten became engaged to his lap dancer girlfriend, Robyn Delabarre, on her twenty-first birthday.[8]

References

  1. ^ "The Blackburn Empire | Lancashire's Liveliest Live Venue".
  2. ^ New Zealand A-Z Telethon
  3. ^ "Surgical Spirit" Cost-Cutting Exercises (TV Episode 1994) – IMDb
  4. ^ Blast from the past – Chris Quentin. - Free Online Library
  5. ^ Pantoni Pantomimes
  6. ^ "Review: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre …". Archived from the original on 16 June 2013.
  7. ^ "What Brian Tilsley did next! Chris Quinten, Coronation Street at Stringfellows – Stringfellows London". Stringfellows London. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  8. ^ a b c Fitzpatrick, Katie (13 June 2019). "'I could be her grandad'... former Coronation Street star, 61, tells This Morning about finding love with a 21-year-old dancer". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  9. ^ BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Ex-Street star charged with rape
  10. ^ "Ex-Street actor cleared of rape". BBC News. 9 June 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2022.

External links

Christopher Quinten at IMDb

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