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| Popular As | Jack Smethurst |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Age | 91 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | April 09, 1932 ( Collyhurst, Manchester, England, United Kingdom) |
| Birthday | April 09 |
| Town/City | Collyhurst, Manchester, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
Jack Smethurst’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Jack Smethurst was born in the Year of the Monkey. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Monkey thrive on having fun. They’re energetic, upbeat, and good at listening but lack self-control. They like being active and stimulated and enjoy pleasing self before pleasing others. They’re heart-breakers, not good at long-term relationships, morals are weak. Compatible with Rat or Dragon.
Smethurst made his film debut in 1958's Carry On Sergeant. This was followed by parts in the films Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), A Kind of Loving (1962), Run with the Wind (1966), Night After Night After Night (1970), the big-screen version of Please Sir! (1971) and the ITV sitcom For the Love of Ada (1970–71) amongst others, before he landed the role for which he is best known – that of bigoted socialist and union leader, 'brother' Eddie Booth in Love Thy Neighbour. The programme ran for eight series between 1972–76. During this run he also appeared in the 1974 film version of the sitcom Man About the House.
He has played two different characters in Coronation Street. Between 1980–83, he occasionally appeared as Johnny Webb, one of the men on Eddie Yates' bin round. In 2001, he returned for several months as Stan Wagstaff, a friend of Jimmy Kelly, who left his allotment to Jack Duckworth. Together with his brother Ernie, Stan let Jack in on Jimmy's big secret – he used his allotment shed to brew poteen.
After Love Thy Neighbour ended, his film appearances have been few and far between, but include Chariots of Fire (1981), the John Goodman vehicle King Ralph (1991) (which re-united him with his Love Thy Neighbour co-star Rudolph Walker) and 1996's La Passione.
He appeared on stage in Australia when he appeared in the play Run for Your Wife, during (1987–1988), and the production toured the country. Other members of the cast in the production were David McCallum, Eric Sykes and Katy Manning. Smethurst regularly works in the theatre, recently touring with a production of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None.
He made several appearances as Davenport in Britain's longest-running television sitcom Last of the Summer Wine in 1997.
He also starred in Vince Powell’s 8-part BBC Radio 2 slice-of-life sitcom A Proper Charlie, as factory worker Charlie Garside in 1985. Madge Hindle played his wife, and Jane Hazlegrove and Jason Littler their daughter and son.
