Bruce Jones was born on January 24, 1953 in Collyhurst, Manchester, England as Ian Roy Jones. He is an actor, known for Coronation Street (1960), The Full Monty (1997) and Raining Stones (1993). He was previously married to Sue Margaret Bailey.
On 10th October 1977, he and a friend discovered the body of murdered prostitute Jean Jordan, a victim of the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, in allotments near Princess Road, Manchester.
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He trained at the Manchester Theatre School.
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He was the oldest of six children born to a steel erector father, Bruce and his factory worker wife Irene. He grew up in Collyhurst and left school at sixteen. During his school time he appeared in school plays beginning with a part as the wise man in the school nativity play at the age of 5.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Offer
2017
Short pre-production
Mike Bishop
Bare
2016
Short post-production
Gary
For the Love of Ella
2017
TV Movie
Marlin
Womble Movie
2016
Lawrence
Straight Jacket Legends: Never Be Mine
2016
Short
Rough and Ready
2015
Postman
Cream
2015
Major Ron Harris
The Pub
2015
TV Movie
Lenny Snr
Process
2014/II
Short
Ruben
The Empire
2014
Short
Emperor
Looters, Tooters and Sawn-Off Shooters
2014
Roy
SoulBoy
2010
Mike the Manager
Ant & Dec's Push the Button
2010
TV Series
Les Battersby-Brown
Coronation Street
1997-2007
TV Series
Les Battersby
Les Battersby-Brown
Coronation Street: Pantomime
2005
TV Movie
Demon King
Children in Need
2004
TV Series
Mr. Bumble
Wetty Hainthropp Investigates
1999
TV Short
Les Battersby (uncredited)
Coronation Street: Through the Keyhole
1999
Video
Les Battersby
Sooty & Co.
1998
TV Series
Les Battersby
10x10
1997
TV Series
Priest
24 7: Twenty Four Seven
1997
Tim's Dad
The Full Monty
1997
Reg
Eight Hours from Paris
1997
TV Movie
Male inspector
A Touch of Frost
1997
TV Series
Tommy Dunstan
Hillsborough
1996
TV Movie
Video Technician
Bob's Weekend
1996
Robert 'Bob' Askew
Roughnecks
1994-1995
TV Series
Terry
Band of Gold
1995
TV Series
Brian
Heartbeat
1994
TV Series
Fred Parkin
Raining Stones
1993
Bob
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
This Morning
1999-2015
TV Series
Himself
Big Brother's Bit on the Side
2013-2014
TV Series
Himself
Celebrity Big Brother
2013
TV Series
Himself
Daybreak
2013
TV Series
Himself
Big Brother's Bit on the Psych
2013
TV Series
Himself
The Wright Stuff
2013
TV Series
Himself
Celebrity Coach Trip
2012
TV Series
Himself - Contestant
The Wright Stuff Extra
2011
TV Series
Himself
Lorraine
2011
TV Series
Himself
The Kevin Bishop Show
2009
TV Series
Himself
Famous, Rich & Homeless
2009
TV Series
Himself
TV Burp
2009
TV Series
Himself
The Dark Side of Fame with Piers Morgan
2008
TV Series documentary
Himself
Celebrity Ding Dong
2008
TV Series
Himself
The Podge and Rodge Show
2008
TV Series
Himself
Soapstar Superchef
2007
TV Series
Himself
The Funny Side of the Street
2006
TV Movie documentary
Himself
All Star Family Fortunes
2006
TV Series
Himself
The British Soap Awards 2006
2006
TV Special
Himself - Audience Member
The 1st TVNow Awards
2006
TV Special
Himself
An Audience with Coronation Street
2006
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Loose Women
2000-2006
TV Series
Himself
Coronation Street Pantomime: Unwrapped
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Coronation Street: The Battersby Family Album
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The 100 Greatest Family Films
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself
DiscoMania 2: Don't Stop the Music
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The British Soap Awards 2005
2005
TV Special
Himself - Audience Member
Queen Mania
2005
TV Movie
Himself - Performer
Queen Mania: The Show Must Go On
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Kids from Coronation Street
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
TV Series
Himself
GMTV
2003-2004
TV Series
Himself
Stars in Their Eyes Kids
2004
TV Series
Himself
Stars in Their Eyes
1998-2004
TV Series
Himself
Dean Martin
Les Battersby
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2003-2004
TV Series
Himself
I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!
2004
TV Series
Himself
Coronation Street's Christmas Crackers
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Greasemania
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Coronation Street: Secrets
2003
TV Series documentary
Himself
Celebrities Under Pressure
2003
TV Series
Himself
Coronation Street's Greatest Love Triangles
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself
RI:SE
2003
TV Series
Himself
Russian Roulette
2002
TV Series documentary
Himself
That's Esther
2001
TV Series
Himself
Night Fever
1999
TV Series
Himself
An Audience with Diana Ross
1999
TV Special
Himself
Soap Fever
1999
TV Series documentary
Himself
The British Soap Awards
1999
TV Special
Himself - Audience Member
This Is Your Life
1997-1998
TV Series documentary
Himself
Confessions
1998
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Corrie Years
2011
TV Series documentary
Les Battersby
The Stars of the Street: 50 Years, 50 Classic Characters