Stan Ogden
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| Coronation Street character | |||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Bernard Youens | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1964–1984 | ||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 29 June 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 7 March 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | H. V. Kershaw | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Window cleaner, artist, milkman, professional wrestler, coalman, ice-cream salesman, chauffeur, photographer |
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| Father | Isaiah Ogden |
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| Mother | Mary Ogden |
| Wife | Hilda Crabtree (1943–84) |
| Sons |
Trevor Ogden Tony Ogden |
| Daughters |
Irma Barlow Sylvia Ogden |
| Grandsons | Darren Barlow Damien Ogden |
| Granddaughters | Jayne Ogden |
| Uncles | Edwin |
| Aunts | Clara Etheridge |
Stanley Josiah "Stan" Ogden was a long-standing fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, a long-running serial drama about working class life in the fictional town of Weatherfield. He was played by actor Bernard Youens. He debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 29 June 1964 and remained for twenty years until his death on 21 November 1984. Stan was introduced by executive producer H. V. Kershaw. He has been portrayed as a well loved layabout and many of his storylines centred on his marriage to Hilda Ogden.
Hilda and Stan met in 1943, when Hilda fell over an inebriated Stan in the blackout. Six days later, they married. The morning after they were married, Stan was arrested by the Military Police for overstaying his leave. Their bad luck carried on throughout their marriage.
Stan Ogden first appeared in the Street in 1964, looking for his eighteen-year-old daughter Freda, who had run away from the family. Freda had changed her name to Irma and was working as Florrie Lindley's assistant in the corner shop. Stan worked as a long-distance lorry-driver, and was away from home much of the time, leaving his wife Hilda to look after their four children. When he was home, he was given to drinking bouts and terrible rages, which had caused their two younger children to be taken into council care.
Stan managed to convince Irma that he had changed his ways, giving up lorry driving and trying to control his temper. He promised Irma anything if she would return to the family. At the time, No.13 Coronation Street was for sale, Jerry and Myra Booth having been forced out by financial troubles, and Irma made it a condition of her return that Stan buy the house to provide the family with a permanent home. Stan surprised her by finding a deposit and buying the house for £565. In June 1964 Stan moved his family; wife Hilda, son Dudley (who followed his sister's lead and changed his name to Trevor) and Irma, into No13 Coronation Street.
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