Actor Bruce Jones was best known for playing Les Battersby on Coronation Street. But his life off-screen was plagued by troubles of his own including battling alcohol addiction
The actor who played Les Battersby in Coronation Street, Bruce Jones, has had quite a journey since his time on the soap. From being homeless and battling alcohol addiction to landing roles in Hollywood, he's seen it all.
And who could forget that fateful night in 2014 when Les and Cilla were trying to enjoy a romantic evening in their hot tub upstairs and Schmeichel decided to join them in the water? The result; the whole bathtub collapsed through to the floor. The soap star found the body of the Ripper's victim, Jean Jordan, in 1977. Peter Sutcliffe was later found to be the one who brutally murdered the 20 year old and dumped her body on an allotment in Manchester.
His exit from the show was confirmed in May that year, with his contract expiring in September. Fans of the show were left wondering what would become of Les Battersby, Bruce's character, who never received an on-screen exit storyline. It was later revealed that the beloved actor had spent all of his £1,000,000 fortune and hadn't received any work offers since his last appearance on Coronation Street two years earlier. Reports surfaced that he was living alone in a caravan in North Wales in May 2010 and had lost his £500,000 Cheshire house due to missed payments.
"It's a terrible disease. You don't know you've got it, but it's got you. Basically, I was schizophrenic. My only defence was that I was an actor."
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