Bryan Mosley
Bryan Mosley (25 August 1931 – 9 February 1999) was a British actor, best known for his role as grocer Alf Roberts in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street.[4] Mosley joined the cast of Coronation Street in February 1961 (episode 18), and made recurrent appearances until 1963, as Post Office worker Alfred "Alf" Roberts, a colleague of Frank Barlow.He is famously killed by Jack Carter (Michael Caine), who beats him up and throws him from the roof of the Trinity Square multi-storey car park in Gateshead, after discovering Brumby's involvement in his brother's death.He played alien dignitary Malpha and a Prop Man on a film set in the Doctor Who serial The Daleks' Master Plan in 1965 and made two appearances in The Avengers.[10][11] The couple first met in the early 1940s whilst they both attended a local youth club, at the Belle Vue Methodist Church, and after an engagement of four years, the pair remained married until Mosley's death.In addition, Mosley had respiratory problems, and was told by producers of Coronation Street to leave the programme, ultimately leading him to give up his role as Alf Roberts.Following the private ceremony, Mosley was cremated at Nab Wood Crematorium, Shipley, with his Coronation Street character's trademark trilby laid on his coffin; a brass band played "For All the Saints"."[17] A public memorial service was later held at Salford Cathedral, attended by more than 300 people, with members of the Coronation Street cast and the show's creator Tony Warren paying tribute.[11] As part of the Coronation Street 40th anniversary celebrations in 2000, heritage plaques were unveiled outside the Granada Studios to four of the soap opera's stars, including Mosley.