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Ron Donachie was born Ronald Eaglesham Porter on April 26, 1956 in Dundee, Tayside, Scotland. He was educated at Madras College, St. Andrews and Glasgow University, from where he graduated with an M.A (Hons.) in English Literature and Drama in 1979. After a year working as a navvy, he joined the 7.84 theatre company for John Burrough's "One Big Blow", in which the cast mimicked a traditional, colliery band by singing in six part harmony. The success of the play led to the formation of the acapella band "The Flying Pickets", who had a Christmas number one in 1983. Donachie's decision not to stay with the band and thereby missing out on their success has been described by him as "one of my more brilliant career decisions."

Throughout the 1980s, he was a prolific theatre performer all across the United Kingdom, working in Britain's now largely vanished repertory system. This afforded him the opportunity to act in many classical plays which are now rarely performed due to budget constraints and closed theatres. During this period, he appear

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Ron Donachie

YearTitleRoleNotes 1983Goodnight and God BlessBouncerEpisode: "Ronnie's Wonderful Day" 1983Grey GraniteProvost James SpeightEpisodes: "Duncalm" & "Stone Circle" 1983Those Glory Glory Days1961 Spurs Team MemberTelevision film 1984SakharovPlay for TodayBig LickEpisode: "It Could Happen to Anybody" Coronation StreetJoe SchofieldEpisode: 2461 1985BulmanBill AllisonEpisode: "A Man of Conviction" 1986The Monocled MutineerStrachanEpisodes: "Before the Shambles" & "When the Hurly-Burly's Done" Blood Red RosesCharles Riggins1987Tutti FruttiDennis SproulAll 6 episodes TaggartPat ConnollyEpisode: "Funeral Rites" BustWillie McGrawEpisode: "Family Business" 1988Down Where the Buffalo GoDrunk on ferryTelevision film The Great Escape II: The Untold StoryAl Hake City LightsShughie McGlincheyEpisode: "Catch 23" God's FrontiersmenAllenTelevision dramatised documentary 1989The Justice GameAlex

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Ron Donachie (born "Ronald Eaglesham Porter" on 26th April1956 in Dundee) appeared on Coronation Street between August and October 1984 as lorry driver and Jim's Cafe customer, Joe Schofield.

He studied English Literature and Drama at Glasgow University and, after a year in the navy, worked for the 7.84 theatre company in which he narrowly missed out on joining the group "The Flying Pickets" in which Brian Hibbard was the lead singer.

His other television credits include roles in Grey Granite, The Monocled Mutineer, Tutti Frutti, Taggart, The Justice Game, Snakes and Ladders, The Gravy Train, Rab C. Nesbitt, The Bill, Specials, Me, You and Him, Take the High Road, Casualty, Mike & Angelo, Hamish Macbeth, The Governor, Ivanhoe, Ain't Misbehavin' Looking After Jo Jo, Extremely Dangerous, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Starhunter, 'Orrible, Rebus, Shackleton, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Silent Witness, The Key, Heartbeat, The Deep, Game of Thrones, Doctors, Waterloo Road, The Field of Blood, Blandings, River City, The Loch, Deadwater Fell, Karen Pirie and Screw.

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