Ex-Coronation Street actor Matthew Crompton is to make a guest appearance on Doctors. The 37-year-old, who played bookie Dan Mason for almost a year before being axed, will take on the role of an infertile husband called Leo Richards. Acting strangely around her husband, Brigit (Jane Slavin) slopes off to work, claiming that she has to be in early for retraining. After leaving work early, she heads to The Mill, where Zara (Elisabeth Dermot Walsh) confirms that she is eight weeks pregnant. When Leo later discovers Brigit's news, he races to The (more)...
- 7/15/2009
- by By Kris Green
- Digital Spy
Coronation Street star Matthew Crompton has been approached for the next series of I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!, according to a report. The actor will film his final scenes as Dan Mason on the ITV1 soap later this year after being axed as part of a cast clear-out. Today's Daily Star claims that Crompton is a top choice of Celebrity producers, who are currently making plans for the forthcoming eighth series. Speaking (more)...
- 8/11/2008
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Coronation Street star Matthew Crompton has decided to return to his old job as a builder after being axed from the show. The actor will film his final scenes as bookie Dan Mason on the ITV1 soap later this year. He was told that he was being dropped from the programme in April as part of a huge cast clear-out. "It won't worry me. I had a good laugh on the building site and the people I was working with were fantastic," Crompton told the Sunday Mirror. "Everyone's got to work and pay the rent. Between acting jobs I'd rather get out and (more)...
- 6/8/2008
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
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