Former Coronation Street star Phil Middlemiss looked almost unrecognisable when he was pictured in Manchester.
The actor, 58, showed off a head of thick grey hair – and could give Philip Schofield a run for his money in the silver fox stakes.
He was seen walking near the Coronation Street studios in a pair of faded grey jeans, a black jacket and a snazzy monochrome shirt.
Rounding off his greyscale look were a pair of suede boots.
Phil is best known for playing bookie Des Barnes in Corrie in the 1990s.
He joined the ITV soap in 1990 and his character was quickly established as a ladies man.
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One of his most memorable storylines involved him moving in his ditzy girlfriend Raquel only for her to call things off as she realised that he would never commit.
He was so jealous of her moving on with local nice guy Curly Watts that he sabotaged their engagement party, and forced her to admit that she didn’t love her future husband.
But Des’ womanising days seemed to be over when he got married to Denise Welch’s character Natalie.
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Sadly wedded bliss only lasted a matter of months after he was attacked by a gang of drug dealers who were shaking down his stepson for money.
Despite it looking like he would survive and return to the Rovers, he died from a heart attack in hospital.
The scenes were shown in a moving 1998 episode.
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Last week Denise hosted a little pub garden get together for Corrie stars past and present but there was no sign of her on-screen hubby.
Phil has also starred in Where The Heart Is, and was the winner of a special Corrie-themed Celebrity Come Dine With Me with Julie Goodyear, Tupele Dorgu and Ken Morley.
In 2012 he was declared bankrupt after he poured his life-savings in to directing a film in Africa that was derailed by the 2008 financial crisis.
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He told the Manchester Evening News : “It was partly-funded by myself but I didn’t have the money to fund the rest of the film.
“Filming came to a grinding halt. It was nearly three-quarters of the way along the line.
“It has been a difficult time. Three-and-a-half years is a long time to fund myself without any income. I have had to get money from family and friends.”