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Obituary: Clive Hornby | Obituary: Clive Hornby |
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Clive Hornby's other TV credits include Minder and Space: 1999Actor Clive Hornby, who played Jack Sugden in ITV1 soap Emmerdale, has died at the age of 63. | Clive Hornby's other TV credits include Minder and Space: 1999Actor Clive Hornby, who played Jack Sugden in ITV1 soap Emmerdale, has died at the age of 63. |
The star had been on the programme for 28 years - its longest-serving cast member - after signing up on a three-month contract. | The star had been on the programme for 28 years - its longest-serving cast member - after signing up on a three-month contract. |
Born on 20 October 1944, Hornby was raised in Liverpool with his younger sister Margaret in a middle-class home. | Born on 20 October 1944, Hornby was raised in Liverpool with his younger sister Margaret in a middle-class home. |
His father was a chief engineer in a shipping firm and his mother stayed at home. | His father was a chief engineer in a shipping firm and his mother stayed at home. |
After leaving school, he trained to be an accountant but dropped out to play the drums in '60s chart band The Dennisons. | After leaving school, he trained to be an accountant but dropped out to play the drums in '60s chart band The Dennisons. |
His father gave up work to manage the group, who were compared to The Beatles and played on the same bill as the Fab Four at Liverpool's famous Cavern Club. | His father gave up work to manage the group, who were compared to The Beatles and played on the same bill as the Fab Four at Liverpool's famous Cavern Club. |
The Dennisons had two hit singles - (Come On) Be My Girl and Walkin' The Dog - and Hornby became something of a heart throb, often requiring a police escort to and from gigs. | |
But the group disbanded in 1966 after their final track, Nobody Like My Babe, failed to make an impression and Hornby turned his attention to acting. | |
"I decided I wanted to be an actor and took lessons at the Crane Studios for an hour a week," he said later. | |
"The other boys in the band took the mick out of me something rotten" | |
Hornby found work as an assistant stage manager at the Liverpool Playhouse and then began training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before going into repertory theatre. | |
He collected numerous stage credits, including Oh What a Lovely War, Macbeth, The Homecoming, An Inspector Calls and The Philanthropist. | He collected numerous stage credits, including Oh What a Lovely War, Macbeth, The Homecoming, An Inspector Calls and The Philanthropist. |
Reluctant to audition | Reluctant to audition |
Hornby's early TV roles came in sci-fi series Space: 1999, the Robert Lindsay sitcom Get Some In and Minder in 1979. | Hornby's early TV roles came in sci-fi series Space: 1999, the Robert Lindsay sitcom Get Some In and Minder in 1979. |
He was called up for an audition on Emmerdale during a theatre strike - an audition which he told the Daily Mirror in 2000 that he did not initially want to go to, but went so as not to upset his agent. | He was called up for an audition on Emmerdale during a theatre strike - an audition which he told the Daily Mirror in 2000 that he did not initially want to go to, but went so as not to upset his agent. |
Clive Hornby had been away from Emmerdale since January as he was illHe landed the part of Jack Sugden, who had previously been played by Andrew Burt. | Clive Hornby had been away from Emmerdale since January as he was illHe landed the part of Jack Sugden, who had previously been played by Andrew Burt. |
Hornby first appeared in Emmerdale on 19 February 1980, at the age of 35. | |
Speaking to the Daily Mirror in 2007 about his early days in the show, he said: "It really was about farming then - I'd milk the cows, drive the combine harvester, plough fields. | Speaking to the Daily Mirror in 2007 about his early days in the show, he said: "It really was about farming then - I'd milk the cows, drive the combine harvester, plough fields. |
"On my first day on location, we had to deliver a calf." | "On my first day on location, we had to deliver a calf." |
Fact followed fiction when Hornby married Helen Weir, who played his first on-screen wife, Pat, in 1986. | Fact followed fiction when Hornby married Helen Weir, who played his first on-screen wife, Pat, in 1986. |
Together they had a son, Thomas, and after his birth Weir left the drama and was killed off in a car crash the same year. Hornby later split with the actress. | Together they had a son, Thomas, and after his birth Weir left the drama and was killed off in a car crash the same year. Hornby later split with the actress. |
Famous flat cap | Famous flat cap |
In 1997 Hornby was rushed to hospital with a collapsed lung after filming a scene where he pushed a tractor. | In 1997 Hornby was rushed to hospital with a collapsed lung after filming a scene where he pushed a tractor. |
He spent eight days in hospital, but it did not affect the soap's filming. | He spent eight days in hospital, but it did not affect the soap's filming. |
The actor had his fair share of big storylines: his character's second wife died in a barn fire and he was also shot by his son. Jack later married pub landlady Diane Blackstock. | The actor had his fair share of big storylines: his character's second wife died in a barn fire and he was also shot by his son. Jack later married pub landlady Diane Blackstock. |
However through all the plot developments, one thing remained steadfastly the same - Jack's flat cap and wax jacket. | However through all the plot developments, one thing remained steadfastly the same - Jack's flat cap and wax jacket. |
"Believe it or not, I still wear the same cap, the one I was given on my first day," he told The Mirror. | "Believe it or not, I still wear the same cap, the one I was given on my first day," he told The Mirror. |
Hornby had been taking a break from the soap since January because of ill health. He is survived by his 22-year-old son, Thomas. | Hornby had been taking a break from the soap since January because of ill health. He is survived by his 22-year-old son, Thomas. |
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