Back to peopleJohnny BriggsKnown forActingBornSeptember 5, 1935DiedFebruary 28, 2021Place of birthBattersea, London, England, UKBiographyLife and careerJohn Ernest Briggs, MBE was an English actor. He is best known for his role as Mike Baldwin in the soap opera Coronation Street, in which he appeared from 1976 to 2006 and again in 2012 in the Text Santa special as a ghost.Filmography3 filmsAll3Acting3The Girl with a Pistol1968as Man John Fights at Dance (uncredited)H.M.S. Defiant1962as WheatleyOliver Twist1948as Undetermined Minor Role (Uncredited)