Kevin Moreton
| Kevin Moreton | |
|---|---|
| Born |
19 January 1959 Hemsworth, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1973–1980 |
Kevin Moreton (born 19 January 1959) is an English actor, best known for his portrayal of Kevin Marsh in Coronation Street, the British prime-time soap opera set in the fictional town of Weatherfield, made by Granada Television (now ITV Studios). He was a popular British child actor during the 1970s and appeared in many roles.
Moreton was born 1959 in Hemsworth, a small town in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
He was brought up and lived in a small village named Carleton, in Pontefract and attended his local school, at the time known as "Pontefract Boys' school", now known as Carleton Community High School. He was put forward and selected for his first TV role by his school drama teacher, Trevor Lunn, who had past contacts in the industry. One of the adult actors and one of the child actors from The Flaxton Boys also came from the same school in Carleton.
His first TV appearance was in ITV Granada's drama series Sam (TV series) that ran from 1973 to 1975. In this social drama he played a young boy called Sam Wilson who lived in a fictional Yorkshire mining village, Skellerton, in England, set in 1934. Moreton played Sam in Series One and was replaced in Series Two and Three by Mark McManus who played the older Sam after the storyline jumped from the 1930s to the 1950s.
The opening scene to Sam, which shows a young Sam (Kevin Moreton) running up the pit fields was filmed in Featherstone near Pontefract, West Yorkshire. Moreton obtained permission from his school to work in the series, and during filming his education was continued by a private tutor. He was paid £900 for playing Sam.
He also started as William Dalby in the British film It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet in 1975, directed by Eric Till.
His most memorable acting role to many was as the character 'Kevin Marsh' in Coronation Street. His character will be remembered for wrecking Ken Barlow's house and subsequently burning down Mark Brittain's warehouse situated on Coronation Street in 1975.
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