List of Coronation Street characters (1995)

The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street in 1995, by order of first appearance.

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Daniel Osbourne

Daniel Osbourne
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by Lewis Harney (1995–96)
Dominic Holmes (2007)
Introduced by Sue Pritchard (1995)
Steve November (2007)
Duration 1995–1996, 2007
First appearance 4 January 1995
Last appearance 8 June 2007
Classification Former; regular
Book appearances Coronation Street: The Complete Saga
Profile
Date of birth 4 January 1995

Daniel Albert Osbourne is the son of Ken Barlow and Denise Osbourne. Daniel was originally portrayed by Lewis Harney in 1996. Upon his return in 2007, the character was portrayed by Dominic Holmes. His parents, Denise and Ken, only dated for a short time, with Daniel being the product of this relationship. Daniel was born on 4 January 1995 and was one of twins, the other of which died. Daniel was seen again in May 2007 when he agreed to meet his father. Daniel's interests include heavy metal and football. He and Ken initially got on well, but Daniel began to resent Ken's presence after he began staying with him and Denise. Ken eventually went back to his wife Deirdre, leaving Daniel and Denise once alone more.

Josie Clarke

Josie Clarke
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by Ellie Haddington
Introduced by Sue Pritchard
Duration 1995–96
First appearance 16 January 1995
Last appearance 16 August 1996
Classification Former; regular

Josie Clarke was played by Ellie Haddington. Josie made her first appearance on 16 January 1995 as a taxi fare of Don Brennan's. Don and Josie began dating and eventually moved in together. However, money troubles and Don's bouts of depression and erratic behaviour forced the couple apart and Josie sold the garage to Kevin Webster before leaving Weatherfield.

Ashley Peacock

Maxine Peacock

Maxine Peacock
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by Tracy Shaw
Introduced by Sue Pritchard
Duration 1995–2003
First appearance 6 May 1995
Last appearance 13 January 2003
Classification Former; regular
Book appearances Coronation Street: The Complete Saga
Spin-off appearances Viva Las Vegas! (1997)
Profile
Date of birth 15 July 1975
Date of death 13 January 2003
Occupation Stylist

Maxine Marion Louise Peacock (née Heavey) first appears in May 1995 as a friend of Fiona Middleton's from college, working in Denise Osbourne's salon. She is very much a good-time girl, and has relationships, often one-night-stands, with several male characters, including Steve McDonald, to get back at Fiona as he is Fiona's ex-boyfriend, and Curly Watts when she is drunk. Maxine then embarks on a relationship with Ashley Peacock.

Seeking security, Maxine marries Ashley in September 1999. The following year, she suspects Ashley of an affair, but realises that she has been wrong and he has been faithful to her. Difficulties in the marriage emerge, however, when Maxine has trouble becoming pregnant by Ashley. On the night that he has surgery to correct this problem in the autumn of 2001, Maxine sleeps with local doctor Matt Ramsden and discovers soon afterwards that she is pregnant.

Maxine gives birth to her only child, Joshua, seven months into the pregnancy after a confrontation with Ashley, during which he finds out about her fling with Matt. Ashley is furious with his wife, but is determined not to let anyone else on the street know that the child might not be his. He is determined to get a DNA test done to be certain of Joshua's parentage, despite Maxine's protestations that the test is unnecessary and that they can mend their relationship. On the day the test is to be done, however, Ashley realises that Maxine is truly sorry for what has happened and that they can, in fact, be a happy family together. He forgives Maxine and takes both her and Joshua home without getting the test done.

Maxine's demise finally comes on 13 January 2003, when she is brutally murdered by neighbour Richard Hillman. Richard had planned to kill Emily Bishop in order to sell the house that she is renting from him, and breaks into Ashley and Maxine's house on a night when Emily is babysitting Joshua whilst Maxine and Ashley are out attending Maxine's mother Doreen's 50th birthday party, planning to make it seem as if the elderly woman had been killed during a bungled burglary. Maxine returns home alone early from the birthday celebrations at the Rovers Return Inn and walks in just seconds after Richard has hit Emily over the head with a crowbar. Maxine's final words are to Richard: "Richard! What the hell are you doing?" to which he replies, "you should have stayed at the party, Maxine." As Joshua starts crying upstairs, Maxine tries to run, but Richard hits her repeatedly with the crowbar. Later, Ashley returns home to find Maxine's battered and bloodied body. Emily has been badly injured but survives and makes a full recovery.

Billy Williams

Billy Williams
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by Frank Mills
Introduced by Sue Pritchard
Duration 1995–97
First appearance 8 May 1995
Last appearance 14 February 1997
Classification Former; regular
Profile
Date of birth 18 August 1921
Date of death 3 November 1997

William "Billy" Williams was Betty Turpin's wartime sweetheart, and during a party in the Rovers Return to celebrate 50 years since VE day in 1995, he met up with Betty again. Billy proposed to Betty and later that year they were married with Betty's son Gordon Clegg giving his mother away. Billy, along with Jack Duckworth, Fred Elliott, Don Brennan and Alf Roberts was one of the shareholders in the race horse Betty's hotshot. In November 1997 Billy died of a heart attack leaving Betty after just two years of married life.

Roy Cropper

Anne Malone

Anne Malone
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by Eva Steele
Introduced by Sue Pritchard
Duration 1995–97, 1998
First appearance 8 September 1995
Last appearance 11 October 1998
Classification Former; regular
Profile
Date of death 11 October 1998
Occupation Assistant manager of Firman's Freezer Centre

Anne Malone was the former supervisor of Firman's Freezer Centre and was later promoted to the position of assistant manager. She developed a crush on her manager, Curly Watts, but went out with and lived with Andy McDonald for a short time. Anne complained of sexual harassment by Leo Firman to her superior Reg Holdsworth, who was reluctant to report his boss's nephew.

Curly rejected her advances so she set out a vendetta to destroy his life. One of her attempts at revenge was to pour WD-40 on fish fingers stored inside Frescho's supermarket's freezer. However her plans backfired fatally when a security guard locked her inside the freezer by accident after seeing the door was open. Anne froze to death and her body was discovered the following morning.

Gary Mallett

Gary Mallett
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by Ian Mercer
Introduced by Sue Pritchard
Duration 1995-2000
First appearance 2 October 1995
Last appearance 1 October 2000
Classification Former; regular
Residence Unknown

Gary Mallett was played by Ian Mercer. He moved to the Street with his wife Judy on 2 October 1995 and on Christmas Day 1998, Gary became a father of twins Rebecca and William. Nine months later Judy collapsed and died after she suffered a blood clot caused by injuries sustained in a road accident caused by Terry Duckworth. When Terry arrived at his parents' house on Christmas Day, Gary punched him, blaming him for Judy's death. The following year, Gary decided to leave Weatherfield with his two children on 1 October 2000. His current whereabouts are unknown.

Judy Mallett

Judy Mallett
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by Gaynor Faye
Introduced by Sue Pritchard
Duration 1995-99
First appearance 2 October 1995
Last appearance 24 September 1999
Classification Former; regular
Profile
Date of birth 26 August 1971
Date of death 24 September 1999
Residence 9 Coronation Street

Judith "Judy" Mallett (née Smedley), was played by Gaynor Faye from October 1995 until September 1999 when Faye quit the show.

She moved to the Street with her husband Gary in October 1995. On 25 December 1998, she gave birth to twins, named Rebecca and William Mallett. Judy died in her back garden whilst hanging out the washing on 24 September 1999, the victim of a pulmonary embolism that developed as a result of an injury she sustained to her leg in a car accident caused by Terry Duckworth.

On 1 October 2000, Judy's husband Gary decided to leave Coronation Street. In his last appearance, he was shown looking at a photo of Judy in his wallet before he walked off with their two children..

Tony Horrocks

Tony Horrocks
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by Lee Warburton
Introduced by Sue Pritchard (1995)
Brian Park (1998)
Duration 1995–97, 1998
First appearance 22 November 1995
Last appearance 11 December 1998
Classification Former; regular
Profile
Date of birth 16 June 1975
Date of death 4 February 1999
Occupation Mechanic

Anthony James "Tony" Horrocks was a young mechanic who started working as Kevin Webster's apprentice at MVB motors. In July 1996, Tony nearly went into partnership with Don Brennan who had bought the garage from Mike Baldwin. Tony's father Nick offered to lend Tony the money to buy into the business but withdrew his offer when he saw the books and Don's financial problems.

Tony began dating Fiona Middleton and was angry when she visited her ex-boyfriend Steve McDonald in prison. He then dated her colleague Maxine Heavey but it didn't last long. Tony also handed in his notice at the garage after arguing with Don.

Tony went to work at the local exhaust centre and was joined by his friend and former colleague Kevin when the garage went bust. In August 1996, Don's former business partner and girlfriend Josie Clarke sold the garage to Kevin and Tony for £25,000 and they became business partners. In December 1996, Tony began dating a girl called Jill, who was one of Maxine's friends who he met at Fiona's 21st birthday.

In February 1997, Tony ran over and killed Joyce Smedley in his car after she ran in front of him whilst walking her dog. Tony was racked with guilt, and stated he was never going to drive again and insisted to his father that he take his car to the wreckers for him.

Tony then sold his share of the garage to his mother Natalie and said farewell to Kevin before moving to Leeds. Offscreen Tony got involved in drug dealing after suffering financial problems. He returned in October 1998 for his mother's wedding to Des Barnes before leaving again. The following month, he arrived on his mother's doorstep asking her for help. A gang of drug dealers to whom Tony owed money to arrived at Natalie's house and attacked Tony in the living room. Des arrived home and came across the fight. He went to help Tony and was badly beaten by the gang. Des later died of a heart attack and Natalie blamed Tony for his death and disowned him. After leaving in December 1998, he was never seen onscreen again.

In March 2000, Tony's badly decomposed body (originally believed to be that of a victim of a local serial killer some 100 years earlier) was found in a cellar by his mother's then boyfriend Vinny Sorrell on a building site where he was working. He had been beaten to death by drug dealer Jez Quigley some time during the previous 15 months.