Philip Lowrie
Acting Born Jun 20, 1936 Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK 13 credits
Biography
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.
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Full filmography
- Casualty (1986) as Simon Spencer
- Victoria Wood (1989) as Keith
- Victoria Wood (1989) as John Appleby
- Rules of Engagement (1989) as Nigel Quinn
- Andy Capp (1988) as Mr. Watson
- Tycoon (1978) as Gerry Speares
- Rita Rudner (1990)
- Sapphire (1959) as Student
- Pat and Margaret (1994) as Martin - Warm Up Man
- Death Has a Bad Reputation (1990) as Supt. Jamieson
- Serious Charge (1959) as Boy in Coffee Bar/Larry's Gang (uncredited)
- Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast (1992)
- Company and Co (1980) as Billy Hawkes