Coronation Street and EastEnders actor Timothy West ... West was also married to actor Jacqueline Boyer from 1956 to 1961, and they had a daughter, Juliet West. In Brass he played ruthless ...

Coronation Street colleagues have paid tribute to Briggs ... He married Caroline Sinclair in 1961 and had two children before the couple divorced in 1975. The same year he married schoolteacher ...

A spokesman for the ITV series said: "Kenneth's portrayal of Jed Stone, also known as Sonny Jim, on Coronation Street between 1961 and 1966 made him a firm favourite with the soap's fans.