Philip Lowrie

Known for: Acting
Born: June 20, 1936
Died: April 25, 2025
Birthplace: Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK

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

Filmography

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Pat and Margaret 1994
as Martin - Warm Up Man
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast 1992
Actor
Death Has a Bad Reputation 1990
as Supt. Jamieson
Sapphire 1959
as Student
Serious Charge 1959
as Boy in Coffee Bar/Larry's Gang (uncredited)

Credits from TMDB.