William Roache

British actor, the longest-running player in the UK series "Coronation Street," He has played Ken Barlow in the soap opera Coronation Street since its first episode on 9 December 1960. He is listed in Guinness World Records as the longest serving living television actor in a continuous role.

He and his wife lost their 18-month-old baby to illness on 16 January 1984. In November 1990, a libelous tabloid article was printed and Roache sued the paper and writer. He won the case in court on 29 October 1991. After the case, he created a board game called "Libel."

On 1 May 2013, Roache was arrested on suspicion of having raped a 15-year-old girl in 1967, an allegation he strenuously denied. The Crown Prosecution Service subsequently announced that he was to be charged with two counts of rape. On 6 June 2013, Roache was charged with a further five counts of indecent assault against girls aged between 12 and 16. During the trial, one charge was dismissed outright by the judge citing a lack of evidence and significant flaws emerged in two witnesses' accounts in relation to the other charges. On 6 February 2014, Roache was found not guilty on all charges.