What is Johnny Briggs (actor)?
{{Infobox person | name = Johnny Briggs<br><small>{{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|commas=on|MBE}}</small> | birth_name = John Ernest Briggs | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1935|9|5}} | birth_place = [[Battersea]], [[London]], [[England]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2021|2|28|1935|9|5}} | death_place = [[Portishead, Somerset|Portishead]], [[Somerset]], England | known_for = Role of '''Mike Baldwin''' in ''[[Coronation Street]]'' (1976–2006) | years_active = 1946–2012 | occupation = [[Actor]] | spouse = {{marriage|Caroline Sinclair<br>|1961|1975|end=div}}<br>{{marriage|Christine Allsop<br>|1977|2006|end=div}} | children = 6 }} '''John Ernest Briggs''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|commas=on|MBE}} (5 September 1935 &ndash; 28 February 2021) was an [[England|English]] actor.<ref name=bbcnews>{{cite news |title=MBE for former Street star Briggs |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6217687.stm |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=30 December 2006}}</ref> He was 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. Briggs was awarded the [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] in the 2006 [[New Year Honours]].<ref name=bbcnews/> Briggs died on 28 February 2021 at his home in [[Portishead, Somerset|Portishead]], [[Somerset]] from a long-illness, aged 85.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Marshall|first1=Lucy|last2=Smith|first2=Lizzie|date=2021-02-28|title=Coronation Street legend Johnny Briggs who played Mike Baldwin dies|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/coronation-street-legend-dead-johnny-5055045|access-date=2021-02-28|website=HullLive|language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|id=0109050|name=Johnny Briggs}} *[http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/video.php?id=1309 Johnny Briggs Interview] *[http://www.corrie.net/profiles/actors/briggs_johnny.html Corrie.net entry] *[http://www.northsomersetmercury.co.uk/Corrie-legend-Johnny-Briggs-ope