# David Crellin > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_Crellin > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_Crellin.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Crellin > Source revision: 1354085898 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) English actor This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "David Crellin" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) David Crellin Born David Crellin 1961 (age 64–65) Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK Occupation Actor **David Crellin** (born 1961) is an [English](/source/England) [actor](/source/Actor). Crellin, who was born in [Sheffield](/source/Sheffield), [South Yorkshire](/source/South_Yorkshire), is known for roles in *[Emmerdale](/source/Emmerdale)* as [Billy Hopwood](/source/Billy_Hopwood),[1] [BBC 2](/source/BBC_2)'s [BAFTA Award](/source/BAFTA_Award)-winning series *[The Cops](/source/The_Cops_(British_TV_series))* as Alan Wakefield, and *[Coronation Street](/source/Coronation_Street)* as [gangster](/source/Gangster) Jimmy Clayton, charge nurse Thornton who looked after Don Brennan after his car crash, and receiver Graham Baxter who wound up MVB Motors. He also starred as Jimmy Grainger in the first series of *[Waterloo Road](/source/Waterloo_Road_(TV_series))* on [BBC One](/source/BBC_One). Signed to [British](/source/United_Kingdom) [independent record label](/source/Independent_record_label) Everyday Records 2008, Crellin recorded a debut EP *Innocent Bystander*. In 2010 he returned to *[Coronation Street](/source/Coronation_Street)* in another role; that of [Colin Fishwick](/source/Colin_Fishwick), a teacher friend of [John Stape](/source/John_Stape). David trained to become an actor at the [Rose Bruford College of Speech & Drama](/source/Rose_Bruford_College). Crellin lives with his wife and children in Horwich, Bolton. ## Filmography ### Film Year Title Role Notes 1996 Hillsborough Tony Edwards TV film 1999 Heart Patient 1999 The Darkest Light Mike 2001 Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise Mr. Ron TV film 2002 Blood Strangers Nick Beresford TV film 2002 It's Your Movie Tommy 2004 Yasmin Detective 2006 The Girls Who Came to Stay Paul TV film 2006 What We Did on Our Holiday Len Fegurson TV film 2006 Mysterious Creatures David Kirwan TV film 2009 Sacrifice Simon Short Film 2011 Bare Stage Ben Short Film 2013 Rock and Roll Fuck 'n' Lovely House Guy 2014 Robert and Rob Doctor Short Film 2014 On in Five Postman Short Film 2018 Underwater Steve Short Film ### Television Year Title Role Notes 1993 Stay Lucky Workman One Episode – "Blowing Bubbles" 1993 Cracker Quinian Episode – "The Mad Women in the Attic" 1995 Band of Gold Ashley 2 episodes 1997 Where the Heart Is Police Officer Episode – "Summoned by Bells" 1997 The Grand Stanley Episode – 1.6 1997–1998, 2003, 2007 Emmerdale Billy Hopwood 65 episodes 1998–2001 The Cops Wakefield 17 episodes 2000 Clocking Off Trevor Piper Episode – "Trudy's Story" 2000 Always and Everyone Mr Phipps Episode – 2.8 2001 Merseybeat Ronnie Johnson Episode – "Deep End" 2001 Bob and Rose Taxi Driver Episode – 1.1 2002 Dalziel and Pascoe Bob Barnes Episode – "For Love Nor Money" 2002–2004 Fat Friends Steve McGary 2 episodes 2002–2008 Heartbeat DI Harry Rankin 4 episodes 2003 Holby City Andrew Murray Episode – "On the Inside" 2004 North & South Slickson 2 episodes 2004 The Bill Guy Marsh Episode – "211" 2005 Taggart Iain Redman Episode – "Puppet on a String" 2005 Coronation Street Jimmy Clayton 11 episodes 2006 Waterloo Road Jimmy Grainger 4 episodes 2007 The Bill Eddie Coulson Episode – "486" 2009 Doctors PC Andy Woods 1 Episode 2009 Paradox Don Barclay 1 Episode 2010 Coronation Street Colin Fishwick 7 episodes 2011 Doctors Kevin Latham 1 Episode 2012 Doctors Joe Arnold 1 Episode 2012 Shameless Shawy Episode – "The world of Burger" 2012 Accused Doctor Doran Episode – "Stephen's Story" 2015 Home Fires WAEC Official 2 episodes 2016 Moving On Simon Episode "Our House" 2017 Doctors DCI Mike Seddon 1 Episode 2018 Doctors Greg Griffiths 1 Episode 2019 Years and Years Stan Thomas Episode 2 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Emmerdale to get unwelcome visitor"](https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2006/1102/408277-emmerdale/). 2 November 2006. {{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#missing_periodical)) ## External links - [David Crellin](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0187327/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [Record Company website](http://www.everydayrecords.com) Authority control databases: Artists MusicBrainz This article about a British television actor born in the 1960s is a stub. 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