List of original characters

The list below is of all Coronation Street characters who were seen in the show on a regular basis when it began in 1960. Sorted by final appearance, with the most recent first. William Roache, who plays Ken Barlow, is the only cast member to remain in the programme to this day.

Although Arthur Lowe left the main programme in 1965, he continued in the role of Leonard Swindley in the spin-offs Pardon the Expression and Turn out the Lights until 1967.

Of the original cast William Roache, Alan Rothwell, Philip Lowrie and Anne Cunningham are still alive as of 2023.

See also: List of current characters

Photo	Character	Actor
	Ken Barlow	William Roache
	1960 - 2013, 2014 -
	Dennis Tanner	Philip Lowrie
	1960 - 1962, 1963 - 1968, 2011 - 2014
	Linda Cheveski	Anne Cunningham
	1960 - 1961, 1962 - 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1984
	Albert Tatlock	Jack Howarth
	1960 - 1984
	Elsie Tanner	Patricia Phoenix
	1960 - 1973, 1976 - 1984
	Annie Walker	Doris Speed
	1960 - 1983
	Ena Sharples	Violet Carson
	1960 - 1980
	Minnie Caldwell	Margot Bryant
	1960 - 1976
	Concepta Riley	Doreen Keogh
	1960 - 1964, 1967, 1972, 1975
	Lucille Hewitt	Jennifer Moss
	1960 - 1961, 1962 - 1974
	Esther Hayes	Daphne Oxenford
	1960 - 1961, 1962, 1963, 1971, 1972
	Frank Barlow	Frank Pemberton
	1960 - 1964, 1967, 1971
	Jack Walker	Arthur Leslie
	1960 - 1970
	David Barlow	Alan Rothwell
	1960 - 1961, 1963, 1964 - 1968
	Ivan Cheveski	Ernst Walder
	1960 - 1961, 1962 - 1963, 1966, 1967
	Harry Hewitt	Ivan Beavis
	1960 - 1964, 1965, 1967
	Florrie Lindley	Betty Alberge
	1960 - 1965
	Leonard Swindley	Arthur Lowe
	1960 - 1961, 1962 - 1965
	Martha Longhurst	Lynne Carol
	1960 - 1964
	Christine Hardman	Christine Hargreaves
	1960 - 1961, 1962 - 1963
	Ida Barlow	Noel Dyson
	1960 - 1961