He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006 at the British Soap Awards.
He was awarded the M.B.E. (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2007 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to entertainment.
Is one of six "Coronation Street" (1960) actors to win the Lifetime Achievement Award at the British Soap Awards. The others are William Roache, Barbara Knox, Elizabeth Dawn, Betty Driver and William Tarmey.
Reached number 35 in the UK singles chart with a version of Frank and Nancy Sinatra's "Somethin' Stupid", a duet with his "Coronation Street" (1960) co-star Amanda Barrie. [December 1995]
When he played 'Mike Baldwin' on _Coronation Street (TV) (1960)_ he did his very first scene with Barbara Knox. In his very last scene when his character 'Mike Baldwin' dies on the cobbles on Coronation Street, Barbara Knox also appears.