Death of a Salesman (1985 film) a canceled business trip. Worried over Willy's state of mind and recent car crash, his wife Linda suggests that he asks his boss Howard Wagner to allow him to work in his home city so he will not have to travel. Willy complains to Linda that their son Biff, who is visiting, has yet to make good on his life. Despite Biff's promise as an athlete in high school, he flunked senior year math and never went to college. Willy is prone to frequent flashbacks in which he sees events and figures from his past, such as his long-deceased older
George Costigan Finn and a second is imminent. In the theatre, he created the role of Mickey Johnstone in Willy Russell's musical "Blood Brothers", originally at the Liverpool Playhouse, and later at the Lyric Theatre, London. He most recently played the role of Estragon in Samuel Beckett's play "Waiting for Godot" at the Manchester Library Theatre for three weeks from 16 February to 8 March 2008, and played Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" at York Theatre Royal in November 2008. In December 2009, it was announced that he is to join "Emmerdale" as a friend of Rodney Blackstock.