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Mike Walling (born 8th July 1950 in Salford, died 3rd July 2020) was a writer and comedy actor who appeared on Coronation Street between January and March 2006 as the nerdy Clifford Ford, a former school-friend of Roy Cropper.

A former English teacher, he won the TV talent contest New Faces in the mid-1970s as half of the double act, "Mr Carline & Mr Walling".

His other television credits included Just Liz, Badger by Owl-Light, Bootle Saddles, Fairly Secret Army, The Bill, Alfonso Bonzo, Brush Strokes, Harry's Mad, Last of the Summer Wine, Cutting It, The Smoking Room, Doctors, My Family and Citizen Khan, and he appeared in the films The Pirates of Penzance, Scandalous, Chaos and Cadavers and Made in Romania.

He also contributed scripts for Not with a Bang, Birds of a Feather, The Brittas Empire, A Prince Among Men, Welcome to Orty-Fou, ChuckleVision and Dragon Hunters.

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