Philip Lowrie
English stage and screen actor and occasional singer was well known for playing Dennis Tanner in the world's longest running soap opera, Coronation Street. His two periods spent on the "street", from its inception in 1960 until 1968, and then again between 2011-14 earned him and entry in the Guinness World Records as "the person with the longest gap between television appearances as the same character in the same show" - 43 years. This record was subsequently broken by fellow English actor William Russell in October 2022.
Lowrie also had a long and illustrious stage career.
Acting
TV
Casualty
as Simon Spencer
1986
Movie
Sapphire
as Student
1959
Movie
Pat and Margaret
as Martin - Warm Up Man
1994
Movie
Serious Charge
as Boy in Coffee Bar/Larry's Gang (uncredited)
1959
TV
Victoria Wood
as Keith
1989
TV
Victoria Wood
as John Appleby
1989
TV
Andy Capp
as Mr. Watson
1988
Movie
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992
Movie
Death Has a Bad Reputation
as Supt. Jamieson
1990
TV
Rules of Engagement
as Nigel Quinn
1989
TV
Tycoon
as Gerry Speares
1978
TV
Rita Rudner
1990