Malcolm Terris

Malcolm Hope Terris was an English actor.
He acted in many television programmes, including possibly his best-known role as Matt Headley in When the Boat Comes In, a popular 1970s series.
His film career includes appearances in Special Branch, The First Great Train Robbery, McVicar, The Plague Dogs, Slayground, The Bounty, Mata Hari, Revolution, Scandal, Chaplin and Mike Bassett: England Manager.
His TV appearances include:
"The Horns of Nimon" episodes of Doctor Who . One episode of Rooms and four episodes of the mini-series Reilly, Ace of Spies and Rockliffes Babies.
Regular episodes of Coronation Street, mostly as Eric Firman in the mid-1990s.
In April 2011 he appeared as Len Merryman in an episode of Midsomer Murders.
In 1958, and prior to going to drama school, Terris was a trainee reporter on the Sunderland Echo, the town's evening paper.