List of longest-serving soap opera actors
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Columns: Actor | Character | Soap Opera | Years | Duration
Lesley Saweard | Christine Barford | The Archers | 1953— | 61 years | Norman Painting | Phil Archer | The Archers | 1950–2009 | 59 years | Patricia Greene | Jill Archer | The Archers | 1957— | 57 years | June Spencer | Peggy Woolley | The Archers | 1951–1953, 1962— | 54 years | Angela Piper | Jennifer Aldridge | The Archers | 1963— | 51 years | Arnold Peters | Len Thomas David Latimer Jack Woolley | The Archers | 1953–1966, 1968–1973, 1980–2011 | 49 years | Alan Devereux | Sid Perks | The Archers | 1963–2010 | 47 years | Bob Arnold | Tom Forrest | The Archers | 1951–1998 | 47 years | Colin Skipp | Tony Archer | The Archers | 1967— | 47 years | Jack May | Nelson Gabriel | The Archers | 1951–1997 | 46 years | Judy Bennett | Shula Hebden-Lloyd | The Archers | 1971— | 43 years | Terry Molloy | Mike Tucker | The Archers | 1973— | 41 years | Brian Hewlett | Neil Carter | The Archers | 1973— | 41 years | Patricia Gallimore | Pat Archer | The Archers | 1974— | 40 years | Pauline Seville | Mrs Perkins | The Archers | 1951–1990 | 39 years | Charles Collingwood | Brian Aldridge | The Archers | 1975— | 39 years | George Hart | Jethro Larkin | The Archers | 1951–1987 | 36 years | Chris Gittins | Walter Gabriel | The Archers | 1953–1988 | 35 years | Trevor Harrison | Eddie Grundy | The Archers | 1979— | 35 years | Sara Coward | Caroline Sterling | The Archers | 1979— | 35 years | Timothy Bentinck | David Archer | The Archers | 1982— | 32 years | Graham Roberts | George Barford | The Archers | 1973–2004 | 31 years | Alison Dowling | Elizabeth Pargetter | The Archers | 1983— | 31 years | Hedli Niklaus | Kathy Perks | The Archers | 1983— | 31 years | Charlotte Martin | Susan Carter | The Archers | 1983— | 31 years | Elizabeth Marlowe | Lilian Archer | The Archers | 1961–1991 | 30 years | Gwen Berryman | Doris Archer | The Archers | 1951–1980 | 29 years | Edward Kelsey | Joe Grundy | The Archers | 1985— | 29 years | Carole Boyd | Lynda Snell | The Archers | 1986— | 28 years | Graham Blockey | Robert Snell | The Archers | 1986— | 28 years | J. Anthony Smythe | Henry Barbour | One Man's Family | 1932–1959 | 27 years | Virginia Payne | Ma Perkins | Ma Perkins | 1933–1960 | 27 years | Felicity Finch | Ruth Archer | The Archers | 1987— | 27 years | Gwenda Wilson | Aunt Laura Wilson | The Archers | 1951–1977 | 26 years | Bernice Berwin | Hazel Barbour | One Man's Family | 1932–1958 | 26 years | Mollie Harris | Martha Woodford | The Archers | 1970–1995 | 25 years | Charles Egelston | Shuffle Shober | Ma Perkins | 1933–1958 | 25 years | Rosalind Adams | Clarrie Grundy | The Archers | 1988–2012 | 24 years | Leslie Dunn | Paul Johnson | The Archers | 1954–1978 | 24 years | Minetta Ellen | Fanny Barbour | One Man's Family | 1932–1955 | 23 years | Graham Seed | Nigel Pargetter | The Archers | 1983–1986, 1992–2011 | 22 years | Denis Folwell | Jack Archer | The Archers | 1951–1972 | 21 years | Margot Boyd | Marjorie Antrobus | The Archers | 1984–2004 | 20 years