David Fleeshman

David Fleeshman (born 11 July 1952) is a British actor, broadcaster, drama lecturer and theatre director with experience in film, radio, television, theatre and commercials. Fleeshman was born on 11 July 1952 in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Rosina and William Fleeshman. His family was Jewish. He trained at The Birmingham Theatre School making his stage debut was in 1973 with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. In 1974 he took a position as actor/assistant stage manager at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton, and has also been an associate director of the Oldham Coliseum Theatre. In 1978 he married actress Sue Jenkins, who played Gloria Todd on Coronation Street, 1985–1988, and Jackie Corkhill in the Channel 4 soap Brookside, 1991–2001. They have three children all currently working in the acting profession: Emily Fleeshman, Richard Fleeshman and Rosie Fleeshman. Fleeshman has appeared in and directed numerous plays around the UK and abroad, including Arthur Miller's The Price, for which he won best actor in a supporting role at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards in 2005. As a theatre director, he directed the European premiere of Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues, and the regional premi…

David Fleeshman's films on Charmy Movies →