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The Liverpudlian actor and director, who was best known for playing Jimmy Corkhill in the Mersey TV soap, died at the age of 68 on Wednesday. Brookside star Dean Sullivan remembered as ‘soap ...
The purpose-built Brookside Close, which was created for Brookside, was sold in December 2008. Sullivan had wanted to buy the houses to revive the show, [6] but they were sold to a different buyer. [7] In August 2011, he expressed interest in reprising his role as Jimmy Corkhill in other soap operas. [citation needed]
Jimmy Corkhill is a fictional character from Brookside, played by Dean Sullivan, who joined the series in 1986.Jimmy originally appeared on a recurring basis appearing alongside his brother, Billy (John McArdle), before becoming a regular character, featured in major storylines, and remained in the show until its end 17 years later.
Friends and famous faces paid tribute to Sullivan following his death.
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They drive a JCB digger onto Brookside Close, dig up Billy's front lawn and deposit it onto his garage roof. [25] The second and more significant feud revisits a long-standing rivalry between the Corkhill and Godden families. Billy and Jimmy's older brother Frankie Corkhill had been murdered by Joey Godden (Carl Chase) some years earlier.
Ultimately, Damon's death led to the splintering of the Grant family within Brookside. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] The character's funeral was watched by 7 million viewers, against Channel 4 's record rating of 8.4 million set in 2005, [ 33 ] and in The Daily Mirror , critic Clare Raymond claimed it to be one of the "most touching soap scenes". [ 34 ]
Don Corkhill: Bernard Merrick: 1990 Doreen Corkhill [1] Kate Fitzgerald: 1985–1987, 1989–1990 Jackie Corkhill [1] Sue Jenkins: 1991–2001 Jimmy Corkhill [1] Dean Sullivan: 1986–2003 Kylie Corkhill: Jessica Allen: 1995–1997 Hannah Dowd: 1996–2001, 2003 Lindsey Corkhill: Claire Sweeney: 1991–1992, 1995–2001, 2002, 2003 Little Jimmy ...