Biography
English stage and screen actor and occasional singer 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 has also had a long and illustrious stage career.
Filmography
all 10
Movies 5
TV Shows 5
self 2
Martin - Warm Up Man
Pat and Margaret (1994)
Movie
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast (1992)
Movie
Rita Rudner (1990)
TV
Supt. Jamieson
Death Has A Bad Reputation (1990)
Movie
John Appleby / Keith
Victoria Wood (1989)
TV
Self - Announcer / Self - Voice-over
Fifteen to One (1988)
TV
Simon Spencer
Casualty (1986)
TV
Student
Sapphire (1959)
Movie
Boy in Coffee Bar/Larry's Gang (uncredited)
Serious Charge (1959)
Movie
Self - Announcer / Self - Voice-over
Fifteen to One
TV
Ratings
Average 6.29
Based on 7.17 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1959
1988
1990
1994
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1936-06-20 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceAshton-under-Lyne, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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