Coronation Street legend William Roache, the world's longest running soap actor, turns 89 years old today.The telly icon has played Ken Barlow in the ITV soap opera since it was first broadcast on December 9, 1960.Shortly before joining the cast of Corrie, Bill played the leading role in a Granada Television play called Marking Time.In 1999, he won British Soap Awards Lifetime Achievement Award for his role and he was awarded an MBE in the 2001 New Years Honours.On several occasions, Bill has told how he wanted to stay on Corrie until he was 100 - making him the first centenarian to work on a soap.Daily Star has taken a look into his six decade-long career to celebration the birthday boy.Before he graced television screens across the nation.
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