William Abney (actor)

William Edward Charles Wootton Abney (7 January 1921 – 9 August 1997) played Reverend Copley on Coronation Street in 1977, and Jim Lorimer in 1980. His other television credits include The Adventures of William Tell, Crossroads, Special Branch, Play for Today, All Creatures Great and Small, Robin's Nest and The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

The son of Henry Charles Wootton Abney, of the landed gentry family of Abney of Measham Hall, Derbyshire, by his wife, Janet Bentley Littlejohn, Abney was educated at Cranleigh School and the Central School of Speech and Drama.

As a film actor, Abney appeared in Horrors of the Black Museum (1959), Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960), Two-Way Stretch, (1960), Cone of Silence (1960), The City of the Dead (1960), Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973), The Legacy (1979), North Sea Hijack (1980) and Curse of the Pink Panther (1983).

As a writer, Abney wrote the story for "Poor Butterfly" (1969), an episode of Journey to the Unknown (TV series).

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1953	Martim Lutero
1957	The Steel Bayonet	Artillery Officer
1959	Horrors of the Black Museum	Patrol Constable #1
1959	The Night We Dropped a Clanger	2nd German Sentry
1960	Two-Way Stretch	Visiting Room Warder
1960	Never Take Sweets from a Stranger	1st Policeman
1960	Cone of Silence	First Officer
1960	The City of the Dead	Policeman
1961	Middle Course	Jaghorst
1962	Flight from Singapore	Flight Lt. Bob Elliott
1963	On the Run	Jock McKay
1964	We Shall See	Shaw
1973	Hitler: The Last Ten Days	Voss
1978	The Legacy	Butler
1979	North Sea Hijack	Gail
1983	Curse of the Pink Panther	Hugo the Houseman

References

• "William Abney." IMDb. Retrieved: 7 December 2011.