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William Patrick Roache (born 25 April 1932) is an English actor, best known for playing Ken Barlow in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. Roache is the longest-serving cast member in Coronation Street , having appeared in the show continuously since its first broadcast on 9 December 1960.
Kenneth "Ken" Barlow is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by William Roache.He was created by Tony Warren as one of Coronation Street ' s original characters and December 2020 marked Ken's 60th anniversary onscreen.
As of 2025, William Roache holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-serving actor in a television soap opera, having played Ken Barlow on Coronation Street since 1960. [2] [3] [a] Patricia Greene holds a similar record as the longest-serving actor in a radio soap opera, having joined the cast of The Archers as character Jill Archer in ...
The actor holds a Guinness World Record as the longest-running TV soap star.
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David was born on 4 July 1942 in Weatherfield, Lancashire. The Barlow family at 3 Coronation Street consisted of David, his academic older brother Ken (William Roache), his mother Ida and his absent father Frank (Frank Pemberton), who was away fighting in World War II until 1945.
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