Philip Middlemiss

Philip Middlemiss
Born
Philip Sean Lloyd

(1963-06-19) 19 June 1963 (age 61)
OccupationActor
Years active1986–2014, 2024

Philip Middlemiss (born Philip Sean Lloyd; 19 June 1963) is an English television, radio actor and businessman, best known for playing bookmaker Des Barnes in ITV's Coronation Street between 1990 and 1998. The character was killed off, ordered by Brian Park, who was the programme's producer at the time. He subsequently appeared in ITV's Where the Heart Is for a few series in the 2000s.