Philip Middlemiss

Philip Middlemiss is a British television and radio actor, who played bookmaker Des Barnes in ITVs Coronation Street . He has since moved on to appear in ITVs Where the Heart Is.

Middlemiss was born onJune 1963 in Hartlepool, County Durham, to pub landlady Yvonne Lloyd who gave him up for adoption when he was ten days old. He was adopted by builder Alex Middlemiss and his wife June who later had a younger daughter of their own, Nicola. He attended the English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College.

Source: Wikipedia