Coronation Street star Philip Middlemiss has been declared bankrupt, a report has claimed. It would make the second time the 62-year-old actor has faced bankruptcy. The TV star is best known for playing Des Barnes in ITV's Coronation Street between 1990 and 1998 - during which time his character was married to Denise Welch's Natalie Horrocks and heroically died after defending his step-son, Tony Horrocks, from a drugs gang. Middlemiss has suffered financial woes since leaving Weatherfield -