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Jerome Willis (born 23rd October 1928 in Balham, London; died 11th January 2014 in Wimbledon, London) appeared on Coronation Street in January 1964 as a television interviewer questioning Ken Barlow about his campaign following the death of schoolgirl Susan Schofield in a traffic accident.

Posted to Ceylon for national service in the RAF in 1946, his career began as a newsreader and disc jockey, serving in communications at Radio SEAC - the wartime radio station operated by the Allied South East Asia Command. He gained a place at the Old Vic school upon his return to London in 1948.

He made his television debut in the 1950s and also appeared in The Adventures of Sir Lancelot, An Age of Kings (alongside Violet Carson), The Plane Makers, Armchair Theatre, The Man in Room 17, Armchair Theatre, The Caesars, The Avengers, Freewheelers, War and Peace, Z Cars, Doctor Who, Crown Court, Bergerac, Yes, Prime Minister, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Space Precinct, Midsomer Murders, Heartbeat, Casualty and Doctors. He was best known to television viewers for his regular roles in the television series, Within These Walls and The Sandbaggers.

On stage, he appeared in several roles for the Old Vic and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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