Ian McElhinney (born 1948 in Belfast) played Angela Harris's confessional priest Father Thomas in Coronation Street in March and April 2005. His long list of television credits since the start of the early 1980s includes Wipe Out , The Bill, Spender, Lovejoy, Between the Lines, Maisie Raine, Cold Feet, Titanic - Blood & Steel, The Fall and Game of Thrones.