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
Last appeared in 1972
Last appeared in 1973
Last appeared in 1974
Last appeared in 1975
| Character
|
Actor(s)
|
Duration
|
| Tom Raistrick |
Leonard Trolley |
1975
|
| Wilf Padgett |
George Waring |
1974–1975
|
| Jean Kendall |
Leslie Nunnerley |
1975
|
| Jim Gimbel |
John Atkinson |
1974–1975
|
| Freda Gimbel |
Mary Henry |
1974–1975
|
| Jackson |
William Moore |
1975
|
| Tom |
Bert Palmer |
1975
|
| Beattie Dowton |
Barbara Ogilvie |
1973–1975
|
| Sarah Foster |
Patricia Brake |
1975
|
Last appeared in 1976
Last appeared in 1977
| Character
|
Actor(s)
|
Duration
|
| Janet Thompson |
Muriel Pavlow |
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 |
Joanne Whalley |
1977
|
Last appeared in 1978
Last appeared in 1979
| Character
|
Actor(s)
|
Duration
|
| Arthur Braithwaite |
Max Wall |
1979
|
| Irene Madden |
Kathleen Byron |
1979
|
| Phil Fletcher |
Kenneth Watson |
1979
|
| Terry Fletcher |
Bernard Padden |
1979
|
| Jimmy Armstrong |
Lennox Greaves |
1979
|
| Susan Armstrong |
Catherine Terris |
1979
|
| Ed Hathersage |
Paul Maxwell |
1979
|
1980s
Last appeared in 1980
| Character
|
Actor(s)
|
Duration
|
| Enid Pottle |
Anne Dyson |
1980
|
| Esmeralda Eckersley |
Debbie Farrington |
1980
|
| Harold Eckersley |
Roger Hammond |
1980
|
| Mrs Eckersley |
Pam St Clement |
1980
|
| Harry Moore |
Walter Sparrow |
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 |
Neil McCarthy |
1980–1981
|
| Bob Jerome |
Richard Howard |
1979–1981
|
| Frank Hencoller |
Johnny Maxfield |
1981
|
| Naomi Tolly |
Jenny Tomasin |
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
Last appeared in 1983
| Character
|
Actor(s)
|
Duration
|
| Jessie Renfrew |
Kathleen Helme |
1978–1979, 1981, 1983
|
| Angie Richards |
Beverley Callard |
1983
|
| Barbara Peters |
Rosie Kerslake |
1983
|
| Nicholas Martin |
Tony Melody |
1983
|
| Edward Ruskin |
George Little |
1973–1975, 1983
|
| Emily Brearly |
Ann Way |
1980, 1983
|
Last appeared in 1984
Last appeared in 1985
| Character
|
Actor(s)
|
Duration
|
| Sita Sharma |
Mamta Kaash |
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
|
| Dennis Blanch
|
| Meg Armstrong |
Ursula Camm |
1979–1980, 1983, 1986
|
| Ruth Holden
|
| Carol Longthorn |
Jane Hollowood |
1980, 1986
|
| Jane Cunliffe
|
| Clifford Longthorn |
Jim Barcroft |
1980, 1983, 1986
|
| John Barrett
|
| Peggy Longthorn |
Dorothy Vernon |
1980, 1983, 1986
|
| Karen Moore |
Annie Hulley |
1984–1986
|
| Janie Harker |
Diane Grayson |
1972–1974, 1986
|
| Lesley Duff
|
| Pat Sugden |
Lynn Dalby |
1972, 1974, 1980–1986
|
| Helen Weir
|
| Lesley Pearce |
Clare Clifford |
1986
|
Last appeared in 1987
| Character
|
Actor(s)
|
Duration
|
| Graham Lodsworth |
Ross Kemp |
1986–1987
|
| Paolo Rosetti |
Carl Forgione |
1987
|
| Francesca Rosetti |
Natasha Dilleyston |
1987
|
| Hunter Bell |
Frederick Bennett |
1974, 1987
|
| Mr Metcalfe |
Bernard Kay |
1987
|
| Lionel Weiss |
Wolfe Morris |
1987
|
Last appeared in 1988
Last appeared in 1989
