List of longest-serving soap opera actors
Longest serving radio soap opera actors worldwide

List of longest-serving soap opera actors

Section Title: Longest serving radio soap opera actors worldwide
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Country	Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration	Reference

UK	Lesley Saweard	Christine Archer	The Archers	1953–	66 years

UK	Patricia Greene	Jill Archer	The Archers	1957–	62 years

UK	June Spencer	Peggy Woolley	The Archers	1950–1953, 1962–	60 years

UK	Norman Painting	Phil Archer	The Archers	1950–2009	59 years

UK	Angela Piper	Jennifer Aldridge	The Archers	1963–	56 years

UK	Arnold Peters	Len Thomas Harold Gadsby David Latimer Jack Woolley	The Archers	1953–1966, 1967, 1968–1973, 1980–2011	51 years

UK	Judy Bennett	Shula Hebden-Lloyd	The Archers	1971–	48 years

UK	Alan Devereux	Sid Perks	The Archers	1963–2010	47 years

UK	Bob Arnold	Tom Forrest	The Archers	1951–1998	47 years

UK	Colin Skipp	Tony Archer	The Archers	1967–2013	46 years

UK	Jack May	Nelson Gabriel	The Archers	1951–1997	46 years

UK	Brian Hewlett	Neil Carter	The Archers	1973–	46 years

UK	Patricia Gallimore	Pat Archer	The Archers	1974–	45 years

UK	Charles Collingwood	Brian Aldridge	The Archers	1975–	44 years

UK	Trevor Harrison	Eddie Grundy	The Archers	1979–	40 years

UK	Pauline Seville	Mrs Perkins	The Archers	1951–1990	39 years

UK	Hedli Niklaus	Betty Jones Eva Lenz Kathy Perks	The Archers	1977, 1978–1981, 1983–	38 years

UK	Timothy Bentinck	David Archer	The Archers	1982–	37 years

UK	Sara Coward	Caroline Sterling	The Archers	1979–2016	37 years

UK	Terry Molloy	Mike Tucker	The Archers	1974–1977, 1986–	36 years

UK	Charlotte Martin	Susan Carter	The Archers	1983–	36 years

UK	George Hart	Jethro Larkin	The Archers	1951–1987	36 years

UK	Alison Dowling	Elizabeth Pargetter	The Archers	1984–	35 years

UK	Chris Gittins	Walter Gabriel	The Archers	1953–1988	35 years

UK	Edward Kelsey	Joe Grundy	The Archers	1985–2019	34 years

UK	Carole Boyd	Lynda Snell	The Archers	1986–	33 years

UK	Graham Blockey	Robert Snell	The Archers	1986–	33 years

UK	Felicity Finch	Ruth Archer	The Archers	1987–	32 years

UK	Graham Roberts	George Barford	The Archers	1973–2004	31 years

UK	Philip Molloy	Will Grundy	The Archers	1989–	30 years

UK	Elizabeth Marlowe	Lilian Archer	The Archers	1961–1991	30 years

UK	Gwen Berryman	Doris Archer	The Archers	1951–1980	29 years

UK	Tamsin Grieg	Debbie Aldridge	The Archers	1991–	28 years

UK	Pamela Craig	Betty Tucker	The Archers	1975–2003	28 years

UK	William Gaminara	Richard Locke	The Archers	1992–	27 years

USA	J. Anthony Smythe	Henry Barbour	One Man's Family	1932–1959	27 years

USA	Virginia Payne	Ma Perkins	Ma Perkins	1933–1960	27 years

UK	Anne Cullen	Carol Tregorran	The Archers	1954–1980	26 years

UK	Gwenda Wilson	Aunt Laura Wilson	The Archers	1951–1977	26 years

USA	Bernice Berwin	Hazel Barbour	One Man's Family	1932–1958	26 years

UK	Souad Faress	Usha Franks	The Archers	1994–	25 years

UK	Mollie Harris	Martha Woodford	The Archers	1970–1995	25 years

USA	Charles Egelston	Shuffle Shober	Ma Perkins	1933–1958	25 years

UK	Ian Pepperell	Roy Tucker	The Archers	1995–	24 years

UK	Rosalind Adams	Clarrie Grundy	The Archers	1988–2012	24 years

UK	Leslie Dunn	Paul Johnson	The Archers	1954–1978	24 years

UK	Buffy Davis	Jolene Archer	The Archers	1996–	23 years

UK	Jamilla Massey	Aunty Satya Khanna	The Archers	1996–	23 years

USA	Minetta Ellen	Fanny Barbour	One Man's Family	1932–1955	23 years

UK	Eric Allan	Bert Fry	The Archers	1997–	22 years

UK	Kim Durham	Matt Crawford	The Archers	1997–	22 years

UK	Graham Seed	Nigel Pargetter	The Archers	1983–1986, 1992–2011	22 years

UK	Michael Lumsden	Alistair Lloyd	The Archers	1998–	21 years

UK	Denis Folwell	Jack Archer	The Archers	1951–1972	21 years

UK	Annabelle Dowler	Kirsty Miller	The Archers	1999–	20 years

UK	Margot Boyd	Marjorie Antrobus	The Archers	1984–2004	20 years

UK	Richard Attlee	Kenton Archer	The Archers	2000–	19 years

UK	Barry Farrimond	Ed Grundy	The Archers	2000–	19 years

UK	Joanna Van Kampen	Fallon Rogers	The Archers	2000–	19 years

UK	Louiza Patikas	Helen Archer	The Archers	2000–	19 years

UK	Michael Cochrane	Oliver Sterling	The Archers	2000–	19 years

UK	Sunny Ormonde	Lilian Bellamy	The Archers	2001–	18 years

UK	Ryan Kelly	Jack McCreary	The Archers	2001–	18 years

UK	Hollie Chapman	Alice Carter	The Archers	2001–	18 years

UK	Philip Garston-Jones	Jack Woolley	The Archers	1962–1979	17 years

UK	Tom Graham	Tom Archer	The Archers	1997–2014	17 years

UK	Andrew Wincott	Adam Macy	The Archers	2003–	16 years

UK	John Telfer	Rev Alan Franks	The Archers	2003–	16 years

UK	Stephen Kennedy	Ian Craig	The Archers	2003–	16 years

UK	Mona Hammond	Mabel Thompson	The Archers	2003–	16 years

UK	Ysanne Churchman	Grace Archer Barbara Drury Mary Pound	The Archers	1951–1955, 1971–1983	16 years

UK	Will Sanderson Thwaite	Christopher Carter	The Archers	2004–	15 years

UK	Robert Lister	Lewis Carmichael	The Archers	2004–	19 years

UK	Amy Shindler	Brenda Tucker	The Archers	1999–2014	15 years

UK	Richard Derrington	Mark Hebden	The Archers	1980–1994	14 years

UK	Heather Bell	Clarrie Grundy	The Archers	1979–1986, 2013–	13 years

UK	Lorraine Coady	Hayley Tucker	The Archers	2006–	13 years

UK	Edgar Harrison	Dan Archer	The Archers	1969–1982	13 years

UK	Mary Wimbush	Julia Pargetter	The Archers	1992–2005	13 years

UK	John Rowe	Prof Jim Lloyd	The Archers	2007–	12 years

UK	Julia Hills	Annabelle Schrivener	The Archers	2007–	12 years

UK	Harry Oakes	Dan Archer	The Archers	1950–1961	11 years

UK	Ralph Lawton	Joe Allard	The Archers	1951–1962	11 years

UK	Basil Jones	John Tregorran	The Archers	1953–1964	11 years

UK	Kay Hudson	Mabel Larkin	The Archers	1957–1968	11 years

UK	Becky Wright	Nic Grundy	The Archers	2007–2018	11 years

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Painting held the world record for an actor playing a continuous role, a total of 59 years.

final_sentence: Painting held the world record for an actor playing a continuous role, a total of 59 years.