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Alister Williamson (born 17th June 1918 in Sydney, Australia; died 19th May 1999 in Slough) appeared on Coronation Street between March and June 1964 as Viaduct Sporting Club manager Gus Lowman.

While working in his youth on a vegetable delivery cart in his native Australia, he picked up a Lancastrian accent from the driver.

His other credits include Emergency-Ward 10, Bootsie and Snudge, The Avengers, No Hiding Place, Z Cars, Public Eye, Honey Lane, Please Sir!, The Fenn Street Gang, The Other One, That's My Boy and The December Rose.

Film roles, predominantly in the horror genre, included The Curse of the Werewolf, The Evil of Frankenstein, The Gorgon, The Deadly Bees, The Oblong Box and The Abominable Dr. Phibes.

On stage, he appeared in productions of Bells are Ringing and Mister Venus.

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