Ken Kitson made his television debut in 1972 as a fight arranger in The Adventures of Barry Mackenzie, and later in the 1970s had minor parts in more notable programmes such as All Creatures Great and Small, The Sweeney, Minder and Danger UXB. He made recurring appearances as a policeman (PC Cooper) in Last of the Summer Wine, appearing in 88 episodes of the programme between December 1983 and April 2010.
