List of former Emmerdale characters explained

This is a list of former characters from the ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale, ordered by the year in which they made their final appearance.

• 1970s: 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
• 1980s: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
• 1990s: 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
• 2000s: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
• 2010s: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
• 2020s: 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
• References

1970s

Last appeared in 1972

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
	Alan Tucker	1972
		1972
	Reginald Barratt	1972
		1972
		1972

Last appeared in 1973

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
		1972–1973
		1972–1973
		1973
		1972–1973
Ian 'Trash' McIntyre		1973
	Joan Scott	1973
	Louisa Martin	1973
		1972–1973
Amy Postlethwaite	Dorothy Frere	1973
Bob Molesworth		1973
Mick Cavan		1973
Carol Benfield	Ann Holloway	1973
Charlie Nelson		1973
Andrew Watson		1973
Clare Scott	Joanna Tope	1973
Ben Dowton		1973
Laura Verney		1973

Last appeared in 1974

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Frank Blakey	Eric Allan	1972–1974
Lewis Potter		1974
Ethel Ainsworth	Peggy Marshall	1974
Letty Brewer		1974
Franklin Prescott	Donald Morley	1974
Dryden Hogben		1974
Briddy Middleton		1974
Alison Gibbons	Carolyn Moody	1973–1974
George Verney		1973–1974

Last appeared in 1975

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Tom Raistrick	Leonard Trolley	1975
Wilf Padgett		1974–1975
Jean Kendall	Leslie Nunnerley	1975
	John Atkinson	1974–1975
Freda Gimbel	Mary Henry	1974–1975
Jackson		1975
Tom	Bert Palmer	1975
Beattie Dowton	Barbara Ogilvie	1973–1975
Sarah Foster		1975

Last appeared in 1976

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
	Jamie Bell	1973–1976
	Justine Bell	1973–1976
Mrs Dawkins	Lorraine Peters	1973–1976
Will Croft		1976
Julie Croft		1976
Heather Bannerman		1976
Martin Gimbel		1976
Rosemary Kendall		1975–1976
	Angela Cheyne	1973–1974, 1976
Nan Wheeler		1976
Dick Robertshaw		1974, 1976
Robert Sharp		1974, 1976

Last appeared in 1977

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Janet Thompson		1977
Asta Gunnarson	Madeleine Hinde	1977
Olaf Gunnarson	Jürgen Andersen	1977
Lucy Stubbs	Adrienne Frank	1977
Kathy Gimbel	Polly Hemingway	1974–1977
Syd Harker	Andy Bradford	1977
Sarah Oswell	Virginia Moore	1977
Ray Oswell	Stuart Bevan	1977
David Cowper	John Abbott	1977
Angela Read		1977

Last appeared in 1978

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Glenda Thompson	Elaine Donnelly	1978
Ruth Hepton		1978
Ian Hepton		1978
Steve Hawker	Paul Rosebury	1978
Paul Pargrave		1978
Barney	George Malpas	1972–1976, 1978
Antony Moeketsi		1978
Phyllis Purwick		1978
Pip Coulter		1978
Charlotte Verney		1978
Gerald Verney	James Kerry	1978
David Annersley		1978
Major Vivian Denyer		1978

Last appeared in 1979

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Arthur Braithwaite		1979
Irene Madden		1979
Phil Fletcher		1979
Terry Fletcher	Bernard Padden	1979
Jimmy Armstrong	Lennox Greaves	1979
Susan Armstrong	Catherine Terris	1979
Ed Hathersage		1979

1980s

Last appeared in 1980

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Enid Pottle	Anne Dyson	1980
Esmeralda Eckersley		1980
Harold Eckersley		1980
Mrs Eckersley		1980
Harry Moore		1980
Maurice Westrop	Edward Dentith	1979–1980
Judy Westrop	Jane Cussons	1979–1980
Ted Edwards	Barry Hart	1977–1980
Alice Wilks	Hazel Bainbridge	1980
Angie Norton	Karen Drury	1980

Last appeared in 1981

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Enoch Tolly		1980–1981
Bob Jerome		1979–1981
Frank Hencoller	Johnny Maxfield	1981
Naomi Tolly		1980–1981
Hannah Tolly	Alison Ambler	1980–1981
Nellie Ratcliffe	Gabrielle Hunt	1978–1981
Richard Anstey	Carl Rigg	1980–1981
Fred Armstrong	Julian Garlick	1978–1981

Last appeared in 1982

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Grace Tolly	Margaret Stallard	1980–1982
Barry Hill	David Fleeshman	1982
Bill Jeffries		1982
Jane Hardcastle	Alison Dowling	1981–1982

Last appeared in 1983

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Jessie Renfrew	Kathleen Helme	1978–1979, 1981, 1983
Angie Richards		1983
Barbara Peters	Rosie Kerslake	1983
Nicholas Martin		1983
Edward Ruskin	George Little	1973–1975, 1983
Emily Brearly		1980, 1983

Last appeared in 1984

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Jill Turner		1984
Andy Longthorn	David Clayforth	1980–1984
Andy Longthorn	Mark Botham	1980–1984
		1972–1984

Last appeared in 1985

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Sita Sharma		1985
Walter	Meadows White	1972, 1974–1985
	Geoffrey Hooper
	Al Dixon

Last appeared in 1986

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Derek Warner	Freddie Fletcher	1980, 1984–1986
Derek Warner	Dennis Blanch	1980, 1984–1986
	Ursula Camm	1979–1980, 1983, 1986
	Ruth Holden	1979–1980, 1983, 1986
Carol Longthorn	Jane Hollowood	1980, 1986
Carol Longthorn	Jane Cunliffe	1980, 1986
Clifford Longthorn	Jim Barcroft	1980, 1983, 1986
Clifford Longthorn	John Barrett	1980, 1983, 1986
Peggy Longthorn	Dorothy Vernon	1980, 1983, 1986
Karen Moore		1984–1986
	Diane Grayson	1972–1974, 1986
	Lesley Duff	1972–1974, 1986
		1972, 1974, 1980–1986
	Helen Weir	1972, 1974, 1980–1986
Lesley Pearce		1986

Last appeared in 1987

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Graham Lodsworth		1986–1987
Paolo Rosetti		1987
Francesca Rosetti	Natasha Dilleyston	1987
Hunter Bell	Frederick Bennett	1974, 1987
Mr Metcalfe		1987
Lionel Weiss		1987

Last appeared in 1988

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Christopher Meadows		1981–1988
		1972, 1980–1982, 1984–1986, 1988
	Edward Peel
	Jack Carr
Ruth Pennington		1987–1988
	Gail Harrison	1972–1975, 1978, 1987–1988
	Debbi Blythe	1972–1975, 1978, 1987–1988
Ezra Brearly	Martin Matthews	1983, 1988
Stephen Fuller	Gregory Floy	1988

Last appeared in 1989

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Phil Pearce		1986–1989
Clare Sutcliffe	Sara Griffiths	1988–1989
		1989
	Jenny Mayors-Clark	1972, 1980–1989
	Jane Hutcheson	1972, 1980–1989
		1988–1989
	Andy Rashleigh	1989
	Ian Sharrock	1972, 1980–1989
	Olivia Jardith	1989
		1972–1989

1990s

Last appeared in 1990

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
		1977, 1984–1986, 1988, 1990
		1990
		1989–1990
		1989–1990
Jock MacDonald	Drew Dawson	1981, 1983–1990
	Sheila Grier	1990
		1990
	Martyn Whitby	1989–1990

Last appeared in 1991

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Doreen Shuttleworth		1984–1985, 1989, 1991
	Jayne Ashbourne	1991
		1991
		1991
	John Pickles	1990–1991
	Benjamin Whitehead	1982–1991
	Stephen Rashbrook	1990–1991
		1977–1991
	Jean Rogers	1977–1991
		1988–1991
		1972–1991
Malcolm Bates	Anthony Schaeffer	1984, 1987–1989, 1991
Malcolm Bates	Tom Adams	1984, 1987–1989, 1991
		1991
	Miles Reithermann	1973, 1991
	Dennis Blanch	1973, 1991

Last appeared in 1992

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
	Gary Halliday	1990–1992
		1990–1992
Alex	Guy Scantlebury	1991–1992
Rick	Julian Griffin	1991–1992
Poppy Bruce		1992
Melanie Clifford	Joanne Woodcock	1992
	Julian Walsh	1990–1992
Lisa	Bryonie Pritchard	1992

Last appeared in 1993

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Bill Middleton	Johnny Caesar	1984–1993
Neil Kincaid		1992–1993
Steve Marshal	Gavin Kitchen	1992–1993
Sangeeta Parmar	Razia McGann	1992–1993
Donald Hinton	Hugh Manning	1977–1989, 1993
Jayesh Parmar	John Leary	1992–1993
	Philomena McDonagh	1991–1993
Lorraine Nelson	Nicola Strong	1992–1993
Julie Bramhope	Ruth Whitehead	1992–1993
Debbie Buttershaw	Rebekah Joy Gilgan	1993
Sgt Ian MacArthur	Martin Dale	1980–1993
		1983–1993
	Kate Dove	1990–1993

Last appeared in 1994

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
		1988–1994
		1992–1994
	Peter Warnock	1993–1994
Danny	Lauren Beales	1994
Lucy	Tracie Hart	1994
		1993–1994
	Niven Boyd	1994
Eileen Pollock	Arbel Jones	1994
	Sam Walker	1990–1994
		1989–1994
Sven Olsen	Daniel O'Grady	1994
	Steve Fury	1994
		1972–1984, 1986–1994
		1994
Sgt Hanway		1994
Arthur Prendegast	George Malpas	1994
Harry Barker	Harry Beety	1994

Last appeared in 1995

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
		1993–1995
		1993–1995
Andrew Mackinnon	Michael J. Jackson	1994–1995
Derek Simpson	Garry Cooper	1995
Ronnie Slater	Ian Thompson	1995
		1972–1995
		1993–1995
		1993–1995
WPC Barbara Metcalfe	Lynn Whitehead	1995
DS Harry Metcalfe		1995
Margaret Adlington		1995
Daniel Weir		1995
Lady Vanessa Weir	Fleur Chandler	1995
Dolores Sharp	Samantha Hurst	1994–1995
Paula	Alison Swann	1995
Britt Woods		1995

Last appeared in 1996

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
	Beatrice Kelly	1996
	Helena Calvert	1996
Susie Wilde	Louise Heaney	1996
		1994–1996
		1994–1996

Last appeared in 1997

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
	Mark Cameron	1996–1997
Tom Bainbridge	Jeremy Turner-Welch	1996–1997
John Kenyon		1997
Sandra Fowler	Kate Layden	1996–1997
		1989–1997
Anne Cullen		1997
Ken Adlington		1995–1997
Ken Adlington	David Barrass	1995–1997
Greg Cox		1997
	Sarah Graham	1997
Des Burtenshaw	Tony Barton	1995–1997
Karen Johnson	Annemarie Lawless	1997
PC Wilson		1994–1995, 1997
Fiona Mallender	Polly York	1997
Colin Batty	Andrew Livingston	1997
		1994–1997
Gerald Taylor	Blair Plant	1995–1997
DI Cooke	Susie Baxter	1997
Jo Steadman		1997
Geri Cairns	Georgina Annett	1997
Geri Cairns	Anna Cunningham	1997
Sophie Wright (Emmerdale)	Sophie Wright	Jane Cameron	1996–1997
Doug Hamilton		1997

Last appeared in 1998

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Barry Clegg		1997–1998
	Rupam Maxwell	1997–1998
	Claudia Malkovich	1997–1998
Helen Ackroyd		1995, 1997–1998
		1997–1998
	Sarah Neville	1997–1998
		1994–1998
Margaret Cunningham	June Broughton	1998
Jed Outhwaite		1998
Dean Adlington	Patrick Connolly	1997–1998
Kirsty Hutchinson	Anne-Marie Jowett	1997–1998
Heather Hutchinson		1998
	Rebecca Loudonsack	1997–1998
Paulette Lewis	Danielle Brown	1998
		1998
Chelsea Campbell	Elizabeth Ingram	1998
		1993–1998

Last appeared in 1999

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
		1996–1999
		1997–1999
Dawn Wilkins	Rosy Clayton	1999
Jane Barnet	Deborah Chad	1998–1999
		1988–1999
Caroline Bates		1984–1997, 1999
	Stephanie Schonfield	1998–1999
Ernie Shuttleworth		1975, 1984–1986, 1991, 1998–1999
Ernie Shuttleworth	Peter Schofield	1975, 1984–1986, 1991, 1998–1999
Maggie Cassidy	Juliet Ellis	1999
Nick Bates		1985–1996, 1999
		1999
		1999
Gavin Ferris		1999

2000s

Last appeared in 2000

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Reggie Wilkie	Leslie Randall	1999–2000
	Sally Walsh	1997–2000
	Kevin Pallister	1998–2000
	Kirk Smith	1999–2000
		1994–2000
John Wylie	Seamus O'Neill	1999–2000
Harry Thompson	Tony Broughton	2000
Claudia Nash		1999–2000
		1995, 2000
	Maggie Tagney	1995, 2000
		1994–2000
	Louise Beattie	1998–2000
		1994–2000
	Mike Kelly	2000
Mike Blake	Barry James Anderson	2000
		1988–2000
	Alyson Spiro	1988–2000
Denise Carter	Maxine Burth	2000

Last appeared in 2001

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
		2000–2001
Frankie Smith	Gina Aris	1999–2001
Frankie Smith	Madeleine Bowyer	1999–2001
Jonny Bradley	Ben Bryant	2000 - 2001
Bev Mansfield	Sarah Malin	2000–2001
Ben McCarthy		2001
Carol Wareing		2000–2001
Virginia West	Bridget Fry	2000–2001
		1998–2001
Ed Wills	James Midgley	2001
		2001
Joe Fisher		2000 - 2001
	Kimberley Hewitt	1991–1999, 2001
	Rachel Tolboys	1991–1999, 2001
	Naomi Lewis	1990–1991, 1993–1994, 1999, 2001
	Natasha Gray	1990–1991, 1993–1994, 1999, 2001

Last appeared in 2002

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Andrew Fraser	Mark Elstob	2001–2002
		1999–2002
	Judi Jones	1998–2000, 2002
	Ruth Abram	2001–2002
Tony Bell	Phil Atkinson	2001–2002
	Jeanne Hepple	2002
	Mark Jardine	2001–2002
	Dee Whitehead	2001–2002
	Jason Hain	2001–2002
	Elspeth Brodie	2001–2002
Harry Partridge	Norman Mills	2002
Edith Weatherall		2002
Melanie Say		2002
Councillor Ecclestone	David Telfer	2000, 2002
	Freya Copeland	1999–2002
DC Adrien Collins	Trevor Fox	2002
		2002
	Alexander Fothergill	2001–2002
		2001–2002
		1999–2002
	Seamus Gubbins	2001–2002

Last appeared in 2003

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
Jerry MacKinley	Rob Dixon	2002–2003
Wilf Butler		2003
Stephen Butler	William Snape	2003
DS Karen Barnborough	Joanne Mitchell	2003
Yolanda Howie	Charlotte Faber-Scott	2003
Geoffrey Brook	Trevor Lee Brown	2003
Mavis Cathcart	Jacqueline Pilton	2003
		1989–2003
		1999–2003
		2003
	Danny Tennant	2003
		2003
	Sandy Walsh	2003
PC Haddon	Christopher Wright	2002–2003

Last appeared in 2004

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
		1998–2004
Gloria Pollard		2000–2004
		2001–2004
Nancy Ryan	Michelle Butt	2004
Charlie Willis	Andrew Readman	2003–2004
Carrie Granger	Laura Crossley	2004
	Gary Turner	2000–2001, 2004
	Rachel Ambler	1995–1996, 2004
		2003–2004
	Abigail Fisher	2003–2004
	Martin Walsh	2002, 2004
		2002, 2004
		1995–1997, 2004
	Rob Parry	2004
		2004
		2004
	Nathan Gladwell	2002–2004
		1978–2004
David Anders	Richard Avery	2004

Last appeared in 2005

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
	Bethany Webb	2005
DI Tom Keysell	John Branwell	2003–2005
	Oliver Hingston	2005
	Kate Hampson	2005
	Ann Aris	2005
	Andrew Whitehead	2005
		2003–2005
		2000–2005
	Maeve Larkin	2005
	Mags Gannon	2005
	Zoe Lambert	2003–2005
PC Linda Johnson	Julie Riley	2003–2005
	Jo Ellis	2005
	Trevor Williams	2005
Glynis Hardy	Christine Cox	2002–2005
	Deborah Cooley Chad	2005
	Jenny Gleave	2005
	Charlotte West-Oram	2005
	Ty Glaser	2005
	Michael Gunn	2005
		2005
		2005
	Danny Lawrence	2003–2005
		1989–2005
		2003–2005
		2004–2005
	Martin Troakes	2005
	Julie Saunders	2005
	Guy Rhys	2005
		2005
		1985–2001, 2005
	Stuart Wade	1994–1999, 2005
Councillor Henry Ledbetter	Robin Bowerman	2002–2005
		2002–2005
		2003, 2005

Last appeared in 2006

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
		2001, 2006
	Nick Stanley	2005–2006
		2005–2006
	Daryl Fishwick	2002, 2004, 2006
		2004–2006
		2003, 2006
		1985, 2006
	Nick Brimble	1985, 2006
		2006
	Huw David Thomas	2006
		2006
		2005–2006
		2003–2006
	Sally Evans	2004–2006
		2004–2006
		2003–2006
		2005–2006
		2006
		2004–2006
	Andrina Carroll	2003, 2006
	Lisa Parry	2003, 2006
		2001–2002, 2006
		2004–2006
	Liam O'Brien	2003–2006
		2005–2006
	Sara Griffiths	2005–2006
	Polly Highton	2006
Jean Hope	Julie Higginson	2003–2004, 2006
Jean Hope	Susan Penhaligon	2003–2004, 2006
		2004–2006

Last appeared in 2007

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
		2005–2007
		2007
	Toby Cockerell	1993–1996, 1998–2007
	Ben Freeman	1993–1996, 1998–2007
	Shirley Dixon	2004, 2006–2007
		2006–2007
	Chloe Procter	2006–2007
		2005–2007
		2001–2007
		2007
		2003, 2007
		2006–2007
		1999–2002, 2007^[1]
		1997–1998, 2000–2002, 2007
		2001–2007
	Patrick Molyneux	2007
	Lucy Webb	2004, 2006–2007
	Dean McGonagle	2004, 2006–2007
	Amanda Hennessy	2004, 2006–2007
	Cormac Golden	2004, 2006–2007
	Joe Manuel	2004, 2006–2007
	Cillian Golden	2004, 2006–2007
	Joshua Chamberlin	2004, 2006–2007
	John Nayagam	2005–2007
		2006–2007
		2005–2007
		2007
		2007
		2006–2007
		2006–2007
	Sheila Burrell	2005, 2007
	Glenn Lamont	1999–2001, 2007
		1997–1998, 2003, 2006–2007
	Amelia Sefton	2007
	Ruth Westley	2007

Last appeared in 2008

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
		2006, 2008
		2007–2008
		2007–2008
		2007–2008
		2008
		1972–1973, 1976, 1980–2008
	Clive Hornby	1972–1973, 1976, 1980–2008
	Rachel Moonie	2007–2008
		1999–2008
	Tiffany Chapman	2008
		2007–2008
	Michael Keogh	2008
		2007–2008
Joe Jacobs		2008
		2007–2008
		2007–2008
	Caroline Strong	2007–2008
		2006–2008
		2007–2008
		2008
		2006–2008
		2001–2008
		2007–2008
	Colin Connor	2008
		2006, 2008
		2008
	Matt Healy	2004–2008
		2005–2008

Last appeared in 2009

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
		2008–2009
	Richard Cole	2006–2009
		2008–2009
		2007–2009
		2007–2009
		2008–2009
		2007–2009
	Steven Hillman	2008–2009
		1972–1996, 2009
		2008–2009
	Annie Fitzmaurice	2006–2009
		2009
		2005–2009
		2004–2007, 2009
		2003–2009
	Steven Farebrother	2004–2009
		2008–2009
	Lewis Linford	2008–2009
		2009
		2006–2009
		2007–2009
		2007–2009
		2009
	Antony Byrne	2009

2010s

Last appeared in 2010

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
		2009–2010
		2000–2005, 2007–2010
	Lily Jane Stead	2005–2010
		2010
		2009–2010
		2009–2010
	Melanie Ash	2004–2005, 2010
		2006–2010
		2006–2010
	Victoria Pritchard	2010
	Gary Hanks	2010
		2010
	Kyle Rees	2010
	Tanya Vital	2008–2010
		2010
		2010
	James Boyland	2010
		2009–2010
		2009–2010

Last appeared in 2011

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
	Matthew Vaughan	1990–1994, 2010–2011
		2009–2011
		2009–2011
		1995–2011
		1993–2011
	Connor Lee	2003–2011
	Elianne Byrne	2011
		2010 - 2011
		2008–2011
	Benjamin Murphy	2011
		2009–2011
	Susan McArdle	2009, 2011
		2009–2011
		2010–2011
		1993–2000, 2005–2007, 2011
		2011
		2010–2011
	Andy Walker	2011
	Joanna Bond	2011
		2010–2011
	Raine Davison	2001–2002, 2006, 2010–2011
	Suzanne Shaw	2001–2002, 2006, 2010–2011
	Philip Hill-Pearson	2011
		2010–2011
		2010–2011
		2010–2011
	Ryan Prescott	2011
	Matt Milburn	2011

Last appeared in 2012

Actor(s)	Duration
	2010–2012
	2009–2012
	2010–2012
	2012
	2010–2012
	2012
	2012
Andonis Anthony	2012
James Lauren	2012
	2004–2012
Ceryen Dean	2004−2007, 2009−2010, 2012<	--Breaks between stints are to be over 1 calendar year-->
Millie Archer
Lauren Sheriston
	2007–2012
Gideon Turner	2012
Kurtis Stacey	2011–2012

Last appeared in 2013

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
	Daniel Pearson	2012–2013
		2009–2013
	Alfie Middlemiss	2011, 2013
	Mikey Thomasson	2011, 2013
	Matt Kennard^[2]	2013
		1982–2013
	Gemma Danielle Salusbury	2013
Gennie Walker	Sian Reese-Williams(actress)		2008–2013
		2006–2013
	Cameron Stewart	2013
		2013
	Stephen Donald	2013
		2012–2013
		2011–2013
		2002–2006, 2013
		2013
		2013

Last appeared in 2014

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
	Andy Wear	2011–2014
		2014
		2014
		2014
		2014
		2012–2014
	Fergus O'Donnell	2014
	Sophie Jeffery	1993–2009, 2014
	Verity Rushworth	1993–2009, 2014
		2014
		2012–2014
		2010–2014
	Luke Roskell	2011–2014

Last appeared in 2015

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
	Tendai Rinomhota	2012–2015
		2001–2015
	Danny Horn	2015
	Sarah Moyle	2007, 2009, 2015
		2011–2015
		2011–2015
		2011–2015
		2004–2010, 2015
		2010–2015
		2000–2015
	Emma Hartley-Miller	2007–2009, 2015
	Hilary Connell	2015
		2015
		1994–2015

Last appeared in 2016

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
		2015–2016
	Maia Rose Smith	2012–2013, 2015–2016
	Uncredited	2012–2013, 2015–2016
		2009–2013, 2015–2016
	Gerard Fletcher	2003–2004, 2006, 2008, 2015−2016
	Gary Mavers	2003–2004, 2006, 2008, 2015−2016
		2016
		1996–2016
		2016
		2016
		2009–2012, 2016
		2015–2016

Last appeared in 2017

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
		2013, 2015–2017
	Philippa Howell	2017
	Ben Gerrard	2016–2017
		2001, 2006, 2015–2017
	Gemma Atkinson	2001, 2006, 2015–2017
	Jack Hickey	2017
	Pasha Bocarie	2014–2017
		2016–2017
	Jake Hayward	2017
	Michael Warrender	2017
	Conner Chapman	2017
Martha Harris	Elaine Claxton	2017
	Samuel Edward-Cook	2017
	Scarlett Archer	2017
		2013–2017
	Bill Ward	2013–2017
		2000, 2002–2010, 2017
	Matt Sutton	2000, 2002–2010, 2017
		2015–2017
		2004–2015, 2017

Last appeared in 2018

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
		2009–2018
		2014–2018
		2014–2018
DC Wilson	Jennifer Lord	2017–2018
		1996–2018
		2005–2018
Alex Mason	Steven Flynn	2017–2018
	Ryan Hayes	2018
Garry Stone	Paul David-Gough	2014–2015, 2017–2018
	James Foster	2018
	Shaun Thomas	2017–2018
		2018
	Annabelle Kaye	2018
	Hedydd Dylan	2018
		2014–2015, 2018
		2018
	Cameron Jack	2018
	Oliver Young	1995–2005, 2017–2018
	Ned Porteous	1995–2005, 2017–2018
		2016–2018
		2013–2018
		2018

Last appeared in 2019

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
		2010, 2018–2019
	Benedict Shaw	2010, 2018–2019
	Thomas Atkinson	2014–2019
	Alan Convy	2015, 2019
		2014, 2017–2019
	Shila Iqbal	2018–2019
	Jordan Reece	2019
	Reanne Farley	2019
	Thea Beyleveld	2019
		2016–2019
	Seth Ball	2012–2019
		2012–2019
	Kyrena Robinson	2016–2019
	Sandra Marvin	2017–2019
		2019
		2019
	Lily Westmoreland	2017–2019
	Opie Atkinson	2017–2019
	Richard Smith	1986–2005, 2009, 2014–2019
	Christopher Smith
	Karl Davies
	Ryan Hawley
		2018–2019
	Mia Gibson-Reed	2017, 2019

2020s

Last appeared in 2020

scope=2col" width="230"	Character	Actor(s)	Duration
		2017–2020
		2013–2020
		2016–2017, 2020
		2007–2011, 2014–2020
		2003–2020
		2020
		2016–2020
		2014–2016, 2020
	Rish Shah	2014–2016, 2020
		2020

Last appeared in 2021

scope=2col" width="230"	Character	Actor(s)	Duration
	Louis Healy	2019–2021
		2002–2021
	Danny Cunningham	2020–2021
		2020–2021
		2019–2021
		2018–2021
		2014, 2016, 2021
		2021
		2019–2021
	Jake Meays	1996–1999, 2019–2021
	Elliott Suckley
	Sam Silson
	Oliver Carroll
	Bradley White
	Alexander Lincoln
	Simon Lennon	2020–2021

Last appeared in 2022

scope=2col" width="230"	Character	Actor(s)	Duration
	Asan N'Jie	2018–2022
	Aaron Anthony	2018–2022
		2021–2022
	Matthew Flynn	2021–2022
		2021–2022
		2020–2022
		2022
	Thoren Ferguson	2022
	Willow Bell	2019–2022
	Kate Anthony	2021–2022
	Katherine Dow Blyton	2013–2022
		2016–2022
		1999–2022
	Gillian Jephcott	2000, 2004, 2017–2019, 2021–2022
	Sally Dexter	2000, 2004, 2017–2019, 2021–2022
		2019–2022

Last appeared in 2023

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
	Effie Woods	2009–2023
	Fiona Wade	2009–2023
	Darcy Grey	2022–2023
		1994–2023
	Talitha Taylor and Eve Rowlinski	2019–2023
	Beau-Ronnie Newton	2019–2023
	Karene Peter	2022–2023
	Max Fletcher	2023
	Bhasker Patel	2011–2023
		2011–2015, 2023
	Lin Blakley	2011–2015, 2023
	Matt Sutton	2023
		2011–2023
	Eddie Osei	2023
	Kyle Rowe	2023
		2023
		1998–2002, 2004, 2012–2019, 2021–2023
		2006–2023
	Jessie Elland	2021–2023
	Sebastian Downes	2023

Last appeared in 2024

Character	Actor(s)	Duration
	Lilith Kitching	2007 - 2024
	Sebastian Dowling	2007 - 2024
		2023 - 2024
	Harley Hamilton	2023 - 2024
		1996–2020, 2024
		2023 - 2024
	Anil Goutam	2023 - 2024
		2023–2024
	Emile John	2021–2024
	Lewis Cope	2022–2024
	Brahmdeo Shannon Ramana	2023–2024
	Bradley Milnes	2006−2024
	Ben Shooter
	Charlie Pell
	Sam Hall

Notes and References

News: Len's a goner. Trinity Mirror. Mirror Online. Brian. Roberts. 12 May 2007. 27 May 2010.
Web site: Grimsby actor in TV soap Emmerdale | This is Grimsby . 18 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130619223314/http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/VIDEO-Grimsby-actor-TV-soap-Emmerdale/story-18970762-detail/story.html#axzz2WWO7ZZc1 . 19 June 2013 . dead .