Bill Sharp was a detective who crossed paths with the residents of Coronation Street on three occasions in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In September 1966, he showed up at No.5 to question Jed Stone and search the house for stolen blankets Jed was suspected to have received. Sharp found the blankets and charged Jed, but kindly agreed not to upset Jed's landlady Minnie Caldwell on her birthday, who would be devastated if she knew what Jed was up to behind her back, by pretending to be a friend of Jed's.