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William Edward Charles Wootton Abney -LRB- 7 January 1921 -- 9 August 1997 -RRB- played Reverend Copley on Coronation Street in 1977 , and Jim Lorimer in 1980 .. Coronation Street. Coronation Street. His other television credits include The Adventures of William Tell , Crossroads , Special Branch , Play for Today , All Creatures Great and Small , Robin 's Nest and The Return of Sherlock Holmes .. The Adventures of William Tell. The Adventures of William Tell. Crossroads. Crossroads ( soap opera ). Special Branch. Special Branch ( TV series ). Play for Today. Play for Today. All Creatures Great and Small. All Creatures Great and Small ( TV series ). The Return of Sherlock Holmes. The Return of Sherlock Holmes. The son of Henry Charles Wootton Abney , of the landed gentry family of Abney of Measham Hall , Derbyshire , by his wife , Janet Bentley Littlejohn , Abney was educated at Cranleigh School and the Central School of Speech and Drama .. landed gentry. landed gentry. Derbyshire. Derbyshire. Cranleigh School. Cranleigh School. Central School of Speech and Drama. Central School of Speech and Drama. As a film actor , Abney appeared in Horrors of the Black Museum -LRB- 1959 -RRB- , Never Take Sweets from a Stranger -LRB- 1960 -RRB- , Two-Way Stretch , -LRB- 1960 -RRB- , Cone of Silence -LRB- 1960 -RRB- , The City of the Dead -LRB- 1960 -RRB- , Hitler  : The Last Ten Days -LRB- 1973 -RRB- , The Legacy -LRB- 1979 -RRB- , North Sea Hijack -LRB- 1980 -RRB- and Curse of the Pink Panther -LRB- 1983 -RRB- .. Horrors of the Black Museum. Horrors of the Black Museum. Never Take Sweets from a Stranger. Never Take Sweets from a Stranger. Two-Way Stretch. Two-Way Stretch. Cone of Silence. Cone of Silence ( film ). The City of the Dead. The City of the Dead ( film ). The Legacy. The Legacy ( 1979 film ). North Sea Hijack. North Sea Hijack. Curse of the Pink Panther. Curse of the Pink Panther. As a writer , Abney wrote the story for `` Poor Butterfly '' -LRB- 1969 -RRB- , an episode of Journey to the Unknown -LRB- TV series -RRB- .. Journey to the Unknown. Journey to the Unknown