Albert Tatlock

Albert Tatlock
Coronation Street character
Portrayed byJack Howarth
Duration1960–1984
First appearanceEpisode 1
9 December 1960
Last appearanceEpisode 2381
25 January 1984
ClassificationFormer; regular
Created byTony Warren
Introduced byStuart Latham
Book appearancesCoronation Street:
The Complete Saga
Coronation Street:
Keeping The Home Fires Burning
Coronation Street:
The War Years
In-universe information
OccupationTown Hall clerk (retired)
FatherWilliam Tatlock
MotherEmmeline Tatlock
BrothersAlfred Tatlock
WifeBessie Vickery (1919-1959)
DaughtersBeattie Pearson
GrandsonsBill Pearson
GrandfathersAlfred Tatlock
GrandmothersLouisa Tatlock
UnclesHorace Duckworth
AuntsMary Osbourne
Ada Broadbent
NiecesJoyce Tatlock
Valerie Barlow
Other relativesPeter Barlow
Susan Barlow
Ken Barlow

Albert Tatlock is a fictional character on the British ITV television soap opera Coronation Street. Actor Jack Howarth played Albert from 1960 to 1984..

A veteran of World War I, Albert settled back into civilian life by marrying and starting a family. However, his wife Bessie died in 1959 and he retired from his job at the Town Hall the following year, before taking up a new occupation as the street's resident grumpy old man, forever complaining about the struggles of old age and living on the low income from his pension.

Although Albert was never close to his daughter Beattie, he maintained close ties with his brother Alfred's family, particularly his niece Valerie, who married Albert's neighbour Ken Barlow in 1962. With Val's death in 1971 and Beattie's continued absence, Ken eventually moved into No. 1 and took care of Albert in his twilight years until his death in May 1984.