List of longest-serving soap opera actors
Current longest serving soap opera actors worldwide

List of longest-serving soap opera actors

Section Title: Current longest serving soap opera actors worldwide
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Country	Rank	Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration

UK	1	Lesley Saweard	Christine Barford	The Archers	1953–	66 years

UK	2	Patricia Greene	Jill Archer	The Archers	1957–	62 years

UK	3	June Spencer	Peggy Woolley	The Archers	1950–1953, 1962–	60 years

UK	4	William Roache	Ken Barlow	Coronation Street	1960–2013, 2014–	58 years

UK	5	Angela Piper	Jennifer Aldridge	The Archers	1963–	56 years

UK	6	Judy Bennett	Shula Hebden-Lloyd	The Archers	1971—	48 years

UK	7	Barbara Knox	Rita Tanner	Coronation Street	1964, 1972–2009, 2010—	46 years

UK	8	Brian Hewlett	Neil Carter	The Archers	1973—	46 years

UK	9	Patricia Gallimore	Pat Archer	The Archers	1974—	45 years

USA	10	Suzanne Rogers	Maggie Horton	Days of Our Lives	1973–1984, 1985–2003, 2004–	44 years

UK	11	Helen Worth	Gail Rodwell	Coronation Street	1974, 1975—	44 years

UK	12	Charles Collingwood	Brian Aldridge	The Archers	1975—	44 years

USA	13	Susan Seaforth Hayes	Julie Olson Williams	Days of Our Lives	1968–1984, 1990–1996, 1999–	42 years

USA	14	Leslie Charleson	Monica Quartermaine	General Hospital	1977–	42 years

USA	15	Doug Davidson	Paul Williams	The Young and the Restless	1978–2018, 2019—	40 years

USA	16	Melody Thomas Scott	Nikki Newman	The Young and the Restless	1979–	40 years

UK	17	Trevor Harrison	Eddie Grundy	The Archers	1979–	40 years

UK	18	Hedli Niklaus	Betty Jones Eva Lenz Kathy Perks	The Archers	1977, 1978–1981, 1983–	39 years

USA	19	Jacklyn Zeman	Bobbie Spencer	General Hospital	1977–2010, 2013–	39 years

USA	20	Eric Braeden	Victor Newman	The Young and the Restless	1980–	39 years

USA	21	Bill Hayes	Doug Williams	Days of Our Lives	1970–1984, 1986–1987, 1993–1996, 1999–	38 years

USA	22	Deidre Hall	Marlena Evans Black	Days of Our Lives	1976–1987, 1991–2009, 2011–	37 years

USA	23	Kate Linder	Esther Valentine	The Young and the Restless	1982–	37 years

UK	24	Timothy Bentinck	David Archer	The Archers	1982–	37 years

UK	25	Terry Molloy	Mike Tucker	The Archers	1974–1977, 1983–	39 years

USA	26	James Reynolds	Abe Carver	Days of Our Lives	1981–1990, 1991–2003, 2004–	36 years

UK	27	Charlotte Martin	Susan Carter	The Archers	1983–	36 years

UK	28	Sue Nicholls	Audrey Roberts	Coronation Street	1979, 1980–1981, 1982, 1984, 1985–	35 years

UK	29	Michael Le Vell	Kevin Webster	Coronation Street	1983–2013, 2014–	35 years

UK	30	Alison Dowling	Elizabeth Pargetter	The Archers	1984–	35 years

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Roache is one of the world's longest-serving actors.
Roache is the world's longest-serving television actor in a continuous role since 1960.
Roache is the world's longest-serving television actor in a soap opera.

final_sentence: Roache is one of the world's longest-serving actors.
final_sentence: Roache is the world's longest-serving television actor in a continuous role since 1960.
final_sentence: Roache is the world's longest-serving television actor in a soap opera.