| Arnold Tanner | |||||||||||
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| Coronation Street character | |||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Frank Crawshaw | ||||||||||
| Created by | Tony Warren | ||||||||||
| Introduced by | Tony Warren (1961) Peter Eckersley (1966) |
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| Duration | 1961, 1966 | ||||||||||
| First appearance | 4 January 1961 Episode 8 |
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| Last appearance | 20 June 1966 Episode 576 |
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| Classification | Former; guest | ||||||||||
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Arnold Tanner is the first husband of Elsie Tanner. In January 1961, he turned up on the doorstep of number 11 after an absence of fifteen years in order to meet his two children and ask for a divorce from Elsie so he could marry his new girlfriend Norah Dawson. At first Elsie refused, but was persuaded otherwise when Arnold threatened to cite her wartime romances in their divorce. He was last seen in June 1966.
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