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Cant Speak.
Actor Chris Ellison who played The Bill tough guy DCI Burnside can no longer speak less than two years after being diagnosed with same brain disorder as Bruce Willis, his devastated wife reveals
Chris Ellison, who played DCI Frank Burnside in The Bill, has lost the ability to speak since he suffered a stroke 18 months ago, his wife has revealed. The actor, 75, was diagnosed with aphasia - the same degenerative brain disorder which movie legend Bruce Willis was revealed to suffer from this week - after having a stroke in 2020. Aphasia is a potentially devastating condition which affects one's ability to understand language. The TV star's wife, Anita, 69, said: 'It's awful, we've been so lonely. Chris is trapped in his body. He can understand everything going on around him but can't speak, read or write. He has not uttered any sense in 18 months.' (Chris is pictured with Anita in 2018; and, right, as Burnside in The Bill.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10680289/The-Bill-star-Chris-Ellisons-wife-reveals-aphasia-disease-Bruce-Willis.html
Chris Ellison, who played DCI Frank Burnside in The Bill, has lost the ability to speak since he suffered a stroke 18 months ago, his wife has revealed. The actor, 75, was diagnosed with aphasia - the same degenerative brain disorder which movie legend Bruce Willis was revealed to suffer from this week - after having a stroke in 2020. Aphasia is a potentially devastating condition which affects one's ability to understand language. The TV star's wife, Anita, 69, said: 'It's awful, we've been so lonely. Chris is trapped in his body. He can understand everything going on around him but can't speak, read or write. He has not uttered any sense in 18 months.' (Chris is pictured with Anita in 2018; and, right, as Burnside in The Bill.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10680289/The-Bill-star-Chris-Ellisons-wife-reveals-aphasia-disease-Bruce-Willis.html