Duggie Brown was the younger brother of actress and singer Lynne Perrie.
16 Facts About Duggie Brown
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Duggie Brown was a cabaret artist who appeared on Granada Television's popular series The Comedians.
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Duggie Brown performed his comedy on various other entertainment shows, including The Good Old Days, where he made appearances between 1971 and 1980.
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Duggie Brown appeared in the film For the Love of Ada, the big screen spin-off of the television series of the same name.
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Duggie Brown worked alongside his sister again, in Colin Welland's factory drama Leeds United in the BBC's Play For Today series.
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Duggie Brown appeared in another Play For Today, The Price of Coal, again directed by Ken Loach and based on the book by Barry Hines.
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Duggie Brown then starred in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory film as a foreign reporter.
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Duggie Brown starred in the short-lived Granada Television comedy series Take My Wife and in the same period presented the short-lived Saturday morning children's programme The Mersey Pirate.
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Duggie Brown had a regular role as laboratory technician Phil Strong in the popular detective series The Enigma Files.
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Duggie Brown had a role in the highly acclaimed BBC drama series House of Cards.
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In 2002, Duggie Brown appeared in A is for Acid with Martin Clunes for ITV.
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In 2006, Duggie Brown appeared as Mr Cord in episode four of the first series of Hotel Babylon.
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Duggie Brown starred in an episode of the police drama The Bill.
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Duggie Brown played a football referee in the episode "Police Powers" from series 6 episode 47 broadcast on 12 June 1990.
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Duggie Brown was inducted into Grand Order of Water Rats, eventually succeeding to the position of King Rat in 2020.
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Duggie Brown died on 16 August 2022, nine days after his 82nd birthday.