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Tony Scoggo
British actor (1936–2022) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tony Scoggo (6 May 1936 – October 2022) was a British actor best known for his role in the television soap opera Brookside. He played Matty Nolan in the series from 1982 to 1992.
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Other television roles include: Boys from the Blackstuff and Doctor Who (in the serial Terror of the Vervoids).
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Biography
After 12 years of seagoing service aboard cruise liners, Scoggo realised the accelerating decline in the industry. Coming ashore, he took a job in ship repairs. With the wages being so low, he supplemented them by becoming a guitar player in a band alongside Tommy Scully on vocals and Brian Edwards (a docker) on bass. Known as the 'Hi-Fi Three', they performed in shows for charity and fundraising for local community activities. It was while having a drink at the Stanley Park Hotel that Ricky Tomlinson was invited to come up and sing with the group. Subsequently, he was invited to join the band, who become 'Hobo Rick & the Hi-Fi Three'.[1]
Scoggo developed an interest in politics while working on the Vauxhall Community Development Project in the early 1970s.[2][3] He gave up acting in the 1990s to become councillor in Knowsley. As a Labour councillor, Tony took part in the Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council elections of 1995,[4] 1999,[5] 2003[6] and 2004.[7] In 2003, he was Knowsley Council's Cabinet Member for Leisure, Community and Culture.[8]
On 28 October 2022, it was announced on Twitter that Scoggo died earlier that week at the age of 86.[9][10]
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