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Philip Lowrie

English stage and screen actor and occasional singer 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 has also had a long and illustrious stage career.


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Born:
Jun 20, 1936 In Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
8
First Appeared:
In the movie Serious Charge 1959-04-30
Latest Project:
Movie Pat and Margaret 1994-09-11
Known For
Poster of Pat and Margaret
Poster of Rita Rudner
Poster of Sapphire
Poster of Serious Charge
Filmography
Movie Pat and Margaret Martin - Warm Up Man 1994-09-11
Movie Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast 1992-12-25
Movie Death Has A Bad Reputation Supt. Jamieson 1990-01-01
Series Rita Rudner 1990-09-18
Series Victoria Wood John Appleby 1989-11-16
Series Casualty Simon Spencer 1986-09-06
Movie Serious Charge Boy in Coffee Bar/Larry's Gang (uncredited) 1959-04-30
Movie Sapphire Student 1959-11-02