Deceased

How Did John Comer Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 59

GenderMaleNationalityUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandBorn01/03/1924Born inStretford, Lancashire, England, UKDied11/02/1984 (aged 59)Died inBlackpoolCauseesophageal cancerWikidataQ6226799 ↗Buried atCarleton Crematorium and CemeteryTMDb#198556 ↗

John Comer was a British comic actor. He was best known for his roles in Coronation Street as Mr Birtles, then as a taxi driver, and later as Wilf Jones, in Emmerdale Farm as Ernie Shuttleworth, Les Brandon in I Didn't Know You Cared, and cafe owner Sid in Last of the Summer Wine.

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Filmography35 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2003	Charles II: The Power and The PassionSeries	Angry Man	79
1981	Memoirs of a SurvivorMovie	Man Delivering Emily	57
1980	Nice WorkSeries	—	56
1980	The Boy Who Never WasMovie	Newsagent	56
1978	All Creatures Great and SmallSeries	Mr. Dimmock	54
1977	PremiereSeries	Dad	53
1975	SurvivorsSeries	Les Norton	51
1975	I Didn't Know You CaredSeries	Les Brandon	51
1974	South RidingSeries	Bill Heyer	50
1973	Last of the Summer WineSeries	Sid	49
1973	Centre PlaySeries	Arnold	49
1973	Kisses at FiftyMovie	George	49
1973	All Our SaturdaysSeries	Wilf	49
1973	Song at TwilightMovie	Mr. Calthrop	49
1972	Crown CourtSeries	Police Sergeant Kershaw	48
1972	Dr. Phibes Rises AgainMovie	Ship's Officer	48
1972	The Fishing PartyMovie	Teaman	48
1971	VillainMovie	Waiter at House of Commons (uncredited)	47
1970	Play for TodaySeries	George	46
1970	DoomwatchSeries	Jack	46
1970	The Hunting of Lionel CraneMovie	Warrant Officer	46
1969	Battle of BritainMovie	Policeman (uncredited)	45
1969	ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries	—	45
1969	Castle HavenSeries	—	45
1968	The Best Pair of Legs in the BusinessMovie	Bert	44
1968	Happy DeathDayMovie	—	44
1967	ITV PlayhouseSeries	Jacko	43
1966	The Family WayMovie	Leslie Piper	42
1965	The Man in Room 17Series	Sgt. Thomas Lynch	41
1965	Rotten to the CoreMovie	Policeman	41
1964	It's Dark OutsideSeries	Constable	40
1961	The AvengersSeries	Groom	37
1960	Coronation StreetSeries	Mr. Birtles	36
1960	Hell Is a CityMovie	Plainclothes Police Driver (uncredited)	36
1955	Dixon of Dock GreenSeries	Greengrocer	31