Derek Pollitt (born 16th December 1926 in Merthyr Tydfil, died 11th July 2010 in Surrey) appeared on Coronation Street in February 1966 as an ambulanceman who took an injured Jerry Booth to hospital, albeit credited as "Derek Pollit".
The son of a professional actress, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before he was called up to the Army in 1944.
He appeared in several other television roles including parts in Such is Life, Crossroads, Z Cars, Doctor Who and The Onedin Line but his main interest was in the theatre. He formed the Galleon Theatre company in his native Wales in 1955 as well as later work in another company in Clacton-on-Sea, and work for many other provincial companies before he suffered from total blindness some thirteen years before he died, after which he lived in two nursing homes before his death.