Eddie Yeats
| Eddie Yeats | |||||||||
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| Coronation Street character | |||||||||
| Portrayed by | Geoffrey Hughes | ||||||||
| Duration | 1974–1983, 1987 | ||||||||
| First appearance | 23 December 1974 | ||||||||
| Last appearance | 2 December 1987 | ||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||
| Introduced by | Susi Hush (1974) Bill Podmore (1976) | ||||||||
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Eddie Yeats is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by Geoffrey Hughes. He made his first screen appearance on 23 December 1974 and remained a regular until 1983, when Hughes opted to quit. However, he reprised his role in November 1987 to facilitate the departure of Jean Alexander as Hilda Ogden.