Bill Ward is best known as Charlie Stubbs the control freak in “Coronation Street” who met his waterloo by Tracy Barlow thumbing him with a vile lamp shade.   Bill Ward was born in 1967 in Newcastle-on-Tyne.   He is a graduate of Bristol University with a Degree in History.   His film debut was in 1984 in “Secret Places”.   Other TV appearances  include “Doctors”, “Midsomer Murders” and “Jonathan Creek”.   He acts frequently on the stage and has starred in “Look Back in Anger”.   Video clip here.