Chris Quinten

Christopher, whose real name is Christopher Bell, was born in 1957 in Station Street, Middlesborough. He has an older sister, Sue,and a younger sister, Terry. He did judo at ten and gymnastics at thirteen. He was educated at Brookside Scool in Middlesborough and did drama at night classes at Kirby College. He became a fitter at Smiths Docks, saw an advert for dancers at Bailey's night club in Stockton on Tees and got a job at eighteen. Two years later, now called Chris Quinten, he landed the part of Brian Tilsley in Coronation Street. During the mid 80's, he was usually always seen in the company of glamorous women, faced bankruptcy proceedings and tried his hand at pop singing. In October 1988, he announced that he was going to marry American TV interviewer Leeza Gibbons and move to America, which meant the end of ten years on Coronation Street.