Michael Irving appeared on Coronation Street as Eric Broadhurst, who was employed by Mike Baldwin to carry out a time and motion study on the workforce at Baldwin's Casuals in September 1982.
His other credits include roles in Charlie's Angels, Lou Grant, Bulman, EastEnders, The Bill, Ruth Rendell Mysteries and the films Billy Jack Goes to Washington, The Duellists, Hangar 18, Personal Services, Vroom and How to Be.
On stage he has appeared in productions of The Cherry Orchard, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Richard III, Epsom Downs, Psy-Warriors, Dial M For Murder, William Tell, Rough Music, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing and Apart from George.