Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-09-05

Deathday

2021-02-28 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Battersea, London, England, UK

Also Known As

John Briggs
John Ernest Briggs

Johnny Briggs

Biography

John Ernest Briggs, MBE was an English actor. He is best known for his role as Mike Baldwin in the soap opera Coronation Street, in which he appeared from 1976 to 2006 and again in 2012 in the Text Santa special as a ghost.

Known For

7.5%

Oliver Twist

Jun 28, 1948

6.9%

The Girl with a Pistol

Sep 20, 1968

7.6%

Agatha Christie's Marple

Dec 12, 2004

7.6%

The Persuaders!

Sep 17, 1971

7.3%

The Saint

Oct 4, 1962

5.3%

Coronation Street

Dec 9, 1960

6.8%

Sink the Bismarck!

Feb 11, 1960

6.1%

633 Squadron

Apr 6, 1964

6.4%

H.M.S. Defiant

Apr 15, 1962

4.6%

Carry On England

Oct 1, 1976

7.4%

A Stitch in Time

Dec 1, 1963

4.6%

Au Pair Girls

Jul 1, 1972

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Acting

2008

Echo Beach as Fin Morgan

2006

An Audience with Coronation Street as Self

2004

Agatha Christie's Marple as Sydney Lumley

2000

Bob Martin as Johnny Briggs

1979

Death Becomes Me as Charlie

1976		The Man with the Power as Brian
1976		Carry On England as Melly's Driver
1976		The Office Party as Peter

1975		Bedtime with Rosie as Man in Café
1975		Carry On Laughing

1974		Man About the House as Milkman
1974		Thick As Thieves
1974		Playhouse as Brian

1973		Secrets of a Door-to-Door Salesman
1973		The Best Pair of Legs in the Business as Millet

1972		A Man without Friends as Sergeant
1972		Bless This House as Open Truck Driver
1972		Au Pair Girls as Malcolm

1971		Bachelor of Arts as Police Officer
1971		The Persuaders! as Charlie
1971		Quest for Love as Club Barman (uncredited)

1970		Perfect Friday as Taxi Driver
1970		The Last Escape as Cpl. O'Connell

1969		Softly Softly: Task Force as Jackie Turner
1969		Department S as 2nd Reporter
1969		On the Buses
1969		Some Girls Do as Air Traffic Controller (uncredited)

1968

The Girl with a Pistol as Man John Fights at Dance (uncredited)

1965		The Troubleshooters as Tim Devlin
1965		The Intelligence Men as Boy in Cinema

1964		Crossroads
1964		633 Squadron as Lieutenant Jones
1964		The Leather Boys as Brian

1963		A Stitch in Time as Armed Robber.
1963		Doctor in Distress as Medical Student (uncredited)

1962		The Wild and the Willing as Dai
1962		The Saint as Johnny Desmond
1962		H.M.S. Defiant as Wheatley

1961

The Wind of Change as Frank

1960		The Bulldog Breed as Johnny Nolan
1960		Coronation Street as Mike Baldwin
1960		Light Up the Sky! as Leslie 'Smithy' Smith
1960		Sink the Bismarck! as Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

1959

No Hiding Place

1958

The Diplomatic Corpse as Johnny, Copy Boy

1957

Second Fiddle as Jimmy

1953

Cosh Boy as Skinny Johnson

1949

Helter Skelter as BBC Page Boy

1948		Quartet as Boy on Common (segment "The Kite")
1948		Oliver Twist as Undetermined Minor Role (Uncredited)