William Patrick Roache OBE is an English actor. He is best known for playing Ken Barlow in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street since it was first broadcast on 9 December 1960. He is listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest-serving television star in a continuous role.
On 13 April 2012, Piers Morgan interviewed Roache for his ITV series Piers Morgan’s Life Stories. On 26 September 2012, Roache was featured in the BBC series Who Do You Think You Are? researching his family history. He is currently Coronation Street‘s longest-serving actor, having been in the cast from the first episode.
In 2018, the book Life and Soul: How to Live a Long and Healthy Life was released, in which Roache shares his personal philosophy and life experiences.
Roache is currently the world’s longest-serving television actor in a continuous role (as of March 2018) after the 2010 cancellation of the American soap opera As the World Turns, in which Don Hastings had played Bob Hughes since October 1960 without a break.
William Roache’s Net Worth
William Roache net worth: William Roache is an English actor who has a net worth of $5 million dollars
William Roache Wife
His first wife Anna Cropper (1938–2007), is actor Linus Roache. Roache married his second wife, Sara McEwan Mottram, in 1978.
William Roache 2022
Roache was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to drama and charity.
William Roache Children
Children: Linus Roache, James Roache, Vanya Roache, Edwina Roache, Verity Roache.
William Roache Salary
William Roache earns an annual salary of about $808,333.33.
William Roache House
Roache lives in Wilmslow, Cheshire.