Paul Loughran

Paul Anthony Martin Loughran (born 7 July 1969 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish actor. He was educated at Methodist College Belfast. He is best known for portraying Butch Dingle in ITV soap opera Emmerdale in which his character died in a bus crash with friend Pete Collins. After that he appeared in many other TV series such as Heartbeat. On 24 August 2016, it was announced that Loughran had been cast as Darryl Perkins, the father of Craig Tinker (Colson Smith), in Coronation Street.

Filmography

+ Selected television and film roles Year Title Role Notes 1987 Scout O'Toole Credited as Paul Ryder 1992 The Darling Buds of May Policeman 1 episode 1992 Coronation Street PC Goldman 1 episode 1994–2000 Emmerdale Butch Dingle Main role; 170+ episodes 2000 The Bill Dean Burgess 1 episode 2002 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Drug dealer 1 episode 2002 Puckoon Policeman Feature film 2003 I Fought the Law Billy Wilson TV film 2003 The Royal Malcolm Wilson 1 episode 2003–2009 Blue Murder DI Scott Lawson Recurring role 2005 Heartbeat Charlie 1 episode 2005 The Baby War Sgt. Taylor TV film 2005 Ideal Policeman 1 episode 2016 Jericho Mr. Jarvis 1 episode 2016 Coronation Street Darryl Tinker Recurring role 2017 Casualty Geoff 1 episode