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In 1961, Ken's mother dies in a motor accident. Ken turns down a teaching post to support his father, but he and Frank continue to clash until Frank leaves in 1964. David and Frank's deaths (in 1970 and 1975, respectively) leave Ken as the sole surviving Barlow. Ken begins teaching, and marries Valerie Tatlock in July 1962.
William Patrick Roache OBE (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.
Barlow has a B.S. in meteorology from Plymouth State University. [2] From 1991 to 2006, Barlow worked at KARE-TV in Minneapolis. He then moved to Boston to become chief meteorologist at WBZ-TV. After four years with WBZ, Barlow joined KXTV in Sacramento, California in May 2010. [3] In 2011, Barlow returned to the Twin Cities and joined KSTP. [1 ...
Gail Platt is set to take over Coronation Street legend Ken Barlow in a new series record.. The character, who has been at the centre of some of the soap’s most high-profile storylines and ...
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 ...
Cast of Coronation Street, 1960 Coronation Street is a British television soap opera/serial, initially produced by Granada Television. Created by screenwriter Tony Warren, Coronation Street first broadcast on ITV on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters introduced by Warren upon the series' inception, by order of first appearance. These include flame-haired siren and series ...
A travel agent who pretended to family and customers that she had cancer as part of a £2.6 million scam has been jailed for nine years. Lyne Barlow, 39, sold holidays around the world for too ...
She is currently the second-longest-serving cast member in Coronation Street, behind William Roache (who has played Ken Barlow since the first episode in December 1960). Knox is also the second longest-serving current television soap opera star in the world after playing Rita for 53 years.