Curly Watts
| Curly Watts | |||||||||||||||
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| Coronation Street character | |||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Kevin Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1983–2003 | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 2324 11 July 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | Episode 5573 1 September 2003 | ||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Mervyn Watson | ||||||||||||||
| Book appearances | Coronation Street: The Complete Saga | ||||||||||||||
| Spin-off appearances | Coronation Street: The Cruise (1995) University Challenge Challenges Coronation Street (1997) Coronation Street: A Knights Tale (2010) | ||||||||||||||
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Norman "Curly" Watts is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, from 1983 to 2003, and in a few spin-off DVDs in 2010. He was portrayed throughout by Kevin Kennedy. Most of Curly's storylines dealt with his repeated failure to form a successful romantic relationship. His nickname resulted from him having straight, lank hair and getting into rows over money, mainly in 1996. His hobby was astronomy and he installed a telescope in the loft of his house. In 2003 Kennedy left the soap after 20 years.