William Patrick Roache OBE (born 25 April 1932) is an English actor. He is best known for playing Ken Barlow in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. Roache is the longest-serving cast member in Coronation Street having appeared in the show since its very first broadcast on 9 December 1960. He is listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest-serving television star in a continuous role. More about William Roache
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Roache was born in the Basford suburb of Nottingham the son of Joseph William Vincent Roache, a doctor, and Hester Vera, daughter of Albert and Mary Zillah Waddicor. Albert Waddicor was a violent drunk, but his wife was a successful businesswoman, who ran a restaurant and tea rooms at Alton Towers, which had been opened as a tourist attraction - but not at that time a theme park – after the death of the 20th Earl of Shrewsbury. Roache grew up in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, where he attended a Steiner school set up by his grandfather, a physician and surgeon, in the family's garden. His grandfather was a Freemason who was interested in such things as theosophy, esotericism, hypnotism, spiritualism, and homoeopathy, as well as the teachings of philosopher and educationalist Rudolf Steiner. Roache was later educated at Rydal School. He joined the British Army and was commissioned into the Royal Welch Fusiliers in 1953. A year later, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. He left in 1956 with the rank of captain. Due to an exploding mortar round during his military service, he suffers from tinnitus.The most expensive item with a signature of William Roache (CORONATION STREET SIGNED SYCAMORE 12BOWL INCLUDING ELSIE TANNER WILLIAM ROACHE) was sold in February 2018 for £88.00 while the cheapest item (Pre Signed Coronation Street William Roache) found a new owner for £0.49 in November 2023. The month with the most items sold (3) was December 2020 with an average selling price of £5.99 for an autographed item of William Roache. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2022 with £20.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was November 2020. In average, an autographed item from William Roache is worth £5.99.
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*Signed 1993 1st Ed* WILLIAM ROACHE 'Ken and Me' HB (Coronation Street / Barlow) | £11.99 | ||
*Signed 1st Edition* WILLIAM ROACHE 'Ken and Me' HB (Coronation Street / Deirdre | £6.50 | ||
LIFE & SOUL by WILLIAM ROACHE- signed by the author (SB343) | £12.99 | ||
Signed Book Soul Of The Street By William Roache | £3.00 | ||
Soul on the Street - William Roache - First Edition - SIGNED - Good - Hardcover | £20.00 | ||
SOUL ON THE STREET BK - SIGNED WILLIAM ROACHE. | £4.99 | ||
William Roache *Signed* 1st Edition: HB/DJ 2007 Autobiography Soul On The Street | £15.00 | ||
William Roache Coronation Street Signed Autobiography Book | £4.20 | ||
William Roache signed An Autobiography Soul on the Street | £12.99 | ||
William Roache Soul on the Street SIGNED Book - Good - | £5.00 |