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The following is a list of the longest-serving actors from soap operas all over the world. It details those actors with ten or more years spent on one year-round or stripped soap opera, despite itinerant breaks and in some cases with the actor portraying multiple roles.
The following list is of cast members who are currently on the show: both main and recurring members, as well as those who are debuting, departing or returning to the series.
ActorCharacterDuration1989–present20151980–present1994–presentCategory:British soap opera actors. Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large. It should directly contain very few, if any, pages and should mainly contain subcategories.
- Patricia Greene as Jill Archer
- William Roache as Ken Barlow
- Barbara Knox as Rita Tanner
- Brian Hewlett as Neil Carter
- Helen Worth as Gail Rodwell
- Patricia Gallimore as Pat Archer
- Charles Collingwood as Brian Aldridge
- Trevor Harrison as Eddie Grundy
- Sue Nicholls as Audrey Roberts
- Timothy Bentinck as David Archer
First appeared: July 1957 Greene made her debut in the role of Jill Archer in July 1957. Upon arriving to Ambridge, the character caught the eye of Phil, who was recently widowed after the death of his first wife Grace. He and Jill started dating shortly afterwards and married in November of the same year. Jill helped the family with a number of en...
First appeared: December 1960 Roache has been playing Ken Barlow on Corrie since 1960, with a short break between 2013 and 2014. Originally, the soap was meant to revolve around his character, an aspiring journalist dreaming of a new life well beyond the cobbles, and then expanded to incorporate more characters and storylines. While Ken managed to ...
First appeared: December 1964 Knox first joined the ITV soap as Rita Tanner (then known as Rita Littlewood) in 1964 before returning in a regular capacity in 1972. In her 51-year-long stint on the soap, Rita has proved to be a mother figure for many a Weatherfield residents, but her most precious baby was probably her newsagent shop, The Kabin. Des...
First appeared: February 1973 Hewlett has been voicing Neil Carter since 1973. First introduced to the radio show as a teenager, his character went on to become a key player in Ambridge with his work at the farm. Among Neil's most notable storylines there are his election to the parish council and his wife Susan's (Charlotte Martin) imprisonment.
First appeared: July 1974 Worth debuted in the role of Gail in 1974. The daughter of Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) and Ted Page (Michael Byrne), Gail is the half-sister of Corrie baddie Stephen Reid (Todd Boyce) and is the soap's most married female characters, with five ceremonies under her belt.
First appeared: 1974 Radio star Gallimore has been playing the role of Pat since 1974. Née Lewis, the character was introduced as a love interest to her future husband Tony Archer (Colin Skipp; David Troughton from 2014). The hard-working Pat has endured many a heartaches during her time at Ambridge, including the loss of her son John and the accid...
First appeared: March 1975 The Canadian-British star has been a part of the Ambridge community since the mid-1970s, when he joined the cast as villain Brian Aldridge. A farmer with an eye for business and several extramarital affairs, Brian's wrongdoings came back to haunt him when he was forced to retire after his involvement in the dumping of tox...
First appeared: 1979 Also featured on Crossroads, Harrison is best known for playing the role of Eddie Grundy on The Archers. Eddie's moral compass isn't always reliable as the character is often involved in daft schemes. The constant in his life appears to be his wife Clarrie (Heather Bell), who has stood by him through thick and thin.
First appeared: 1979 Another Corrie veteran, Nicholls has been playing hairdresser Audrey since the late 1970s. Single mother Audrey has been in many short-lived relationships before finding steady love with Alf Roberts (Bryan Mosley). The pair would remain together from 1985 until his tragic death in 1999. At the centre of a storyline about depres...
First appeared: 1982 Bentnick took over from Nigel Carrivick in 1982, voicing David, the second son of protagonists Phil and Jill Archer. Having shown an early interest in the farm, David is the one who would go on to assume responsibility for Brookfield. He is married to Ruth (Felicity Finch).
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