Former Leeds councillor of 50 years, lawyer and Kes actor Bernard Atha has died, his family have announced
He was first elected to the city council in 1957 for the City ward, and after it was abolished represented Holbeck from 1969-73 and Kirkstall from 1973-2014 for Labour.
In Ken Loach’s 1969 film Kes, he played the role of the school careers officer who dismissed Billy’s prospects. He appeared in two other Loach films, Family Life in 1971 and Black Jack in 1979, and featured in TV programmes All Creatures Great and Small, Sherlock Holmes, Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Last of the Summer Wine.
"He was generous to a fault, would do anything for anybody, led a frugal life, had a wonderful sense of humour, never banged his own drum or sought recognition. Public service and kindness flowed through his entire body.”Bernard Atha and Coronation Street star Liz Dawn at the funfair in 2000
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