Beavis married teacher Kathleen Atkin, on 27 October 1956, in Manchester; however the couple subsequently separated. They had two children, Hilary in 1957 and Michael in 1959, and the family lived in Manchester. It was during his time on Coronation Street that he fell for his on-screen wife, Doreen Keogh, and the couple began dating in the 1960s. By 1968, Beavis was living in Teddington, south west London. He died on 24 December 1997, in Northampton, at the age of 71.
