Clifford Kershaw

Actor Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK 1971–1982 (11 year career)

6.2 avg rating

Biography

An actor and Oldham market trader of linens, Clifford Kershaw starred in a series of films and TV serials set mainly in the North of England throughout the 1970s including Coronation Street and several Mike Leigh productions.

Known For

Film

The Ash Tree

The Witchfinder

Film

Three Men in a Boat

Irate Man

Film

The Kiss of Death

Mr Gartside

Film

Sweeney 2

Gloria's Father

Film

Hard Labour

Mr. Thornley

Film

The Sweeney

Fred Booth

Film

Last of the Summer Wine

Salesman

Film

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

Self (archive footage)

Filmography

Acting (24)

Movies (16)

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

1982

as Self (archive footage)

All Day on the Sands

Sweeney 2

as Gloria's Father

The Kiss of Death

as Mr Gartside

Pit Strike

as Len

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

1977

as Mayor

7.0

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet

as Kendall

The Ash Tree

as The Witchfinder

Wednesday Love

as Billy

Mrs. Acland's Ghosts

1975

as Mr. Rachels

Three Men in a Boat

as Irate Man

Early to Bed

as Mr. Hughes

Sunset Across the Bay

1975

as Man in tearoom

6.0

Love Affair

1974

as Ransome

Shut Down

1973

as Durban

Hard Labour

1973

as Mr. Thornley

6.5

Television (8)

Scorpion Tales

as Jack

Bill Brand

as Frank Hilton

The Sweeney

as Fred Booth

Days of Hope

as Tom Matthews

Playhouse

as Mr. Rachels

David Copperfield

as Creakle

Last of the Summer Wine

1973

as Salesman

7.1

A Ghost Story for Christmas

1971

as The Witchfinder

7.4