Norris Cole (Coronation Street)
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| Coronation Street character | |||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Malcolm Hebden | ||||||||||
| Duration | 1994–1997, 1999– | ||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 3670 11 March 1994 |
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| Introduced by | Sue Pritchard (1994) Jane MacNaught (1999) |
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| Spin-off appearances |
A Knights Tale (2010) A Christmas Corrie (2012) |
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| Classification | Present; regular | ||||||||||
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| Occupation | Newsagent |
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| Home | 3 Coronation Street | ||||||||||
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| Mother | Eunice Cole |
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| Half-brothers | Ramsay Clegg |
| Wife | Myrtle Hargreaves (until 1994) Angela Catchpole (1995–1999) Mary Taylor (2017–) |
| Stepsons |
Neville Hawthorne (1995-1999) Jude Appleton (2017–) |
| Grandsons | George Appleton (step) |
Norris Cole is a fictional character from the British soap opera Coronation Street, played by Malcolm Hebden. He made his first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 11 March 1994. Hebden had previously played the role of Carlos, Mavis Riley's (Thelma Barlow) Spanish lover, in 1974. Norris appeared on a recurring basis, until he was written out in April 1997 by Brian Park. However two years later, the character was reintroduced on a regular basis. He has lived for several years with fellow character, Emily Bishop (Eileen Derbyshire) at 3 Coronation Street, first as a lodger, and more recently as the house owner.
When he was twenty, his half-brother, Ramsay, turned up after tracking down his mother. This shocked Eunice and Norris as Eunice had not told anyone that she had another child. After their mother died, Norris and Ramsay had a fight at the funeral and his brother left. Norris became a salesman and married a woman called Myrtle.
Derek Wilton (Peter Baldwin) is surprised when Norris Cole turns up; the man who gave him a lift home from the motorway service station when he missed the coach from London. He explains he's taken Derek's advice, left his wife and has come to stay. Mavis (Thelma Barlow) is put out as he keeps calling Derek "Dirk". Mavis doesn't want to throw Norris out as he might do Derek's morale some good. Derek tells Mavis that he's sure Norris will help him in his career.
Norris develops a reputation as a fusspot and a busybody, but his inquisitive nature sometimes works to advantage, as when he guessed that serial killer Richard Hillman (Brian Capron) was after Emily Bishop (Eileen Derbyshire)'s money and wanted her dead. Only he and Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) realised Richard's true nature, but no one believed them, and it was not until later that the full story emerged.
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