British actor William Roache is best known for his portrayal of Ken Barlow in the popular soap opera Coronation Street. This role brought him a listing in the Guinness World Records for the the longest-serving TV actor in a continuous role. As of 2017, William Roache’s current net worth is estimatedly 5 million dollars.

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William Roache was born on April 25th, 1932, in Basford, United Kingdom. He was a soldier of the British Army until 1956. Then he chose his acting career, started with appearing in a number of stage productions. His first on-screen roles came in 1958, including episode role on TV series BBC Sunday-Night Theatre.

In 1960, has begun Roache’s life role on Coronation Street. He has been the part of the show since it’s premiere in December 1960. As of January 2017, the soap opera has aired more than 9 thousand episodes, which gained it the title of the longest-running TV soap opera in the world.

Roache was married twice. First with Anna Cropper from 1961 to 1974. They had two children together, son Linus who is an actor and daughter Vanya. In 1978, he married his second spouse, Sarah Mottram. The couple had daughter Verity and son James. They had also a second daughter, Edwina, but she died at the age of 18 months. From 2010 to 2012, Roache was in a relationship with Emma Jesson.