Yes I remember him, but I'm sure he was in Grease
could be wrong though

EastEnders - Peggy Mitchell
Emmerdale - Zoe Tate
Coronation Street - Emily Bishop
Hollyoaks - Mel and Sophie Burton
The Bill - Jack Meadows

All My Children: Erica Kane
As The World Turns: Nancy Hughes, Lisa Grimaldi
Bold and the Beautiful: Stephanie Forrester, Brooke Logan
Brookside: Jackie and Jimmy Corkhill
Coronation Street: Ken and Deirdre Barlow, Ena Sharples
Crossroads: Meg Mortimer, Jill Harvey, Adam Chance
Days Of Our Lives: Alice Horton, Marlena Evans
EastEnders: Dot Cotton, Pauline Fowler
Emmerdale: Zoe Tate, Jack and Annie Sudgen
Guiding Light: Bert Bauer, Papa Bauer, Ross Marler, Reva Shayne
Home and Away: Pippa Fletcher
Neighbours: Harold and Madge Bishop
One Life To Live: Viki Lord
Young and the Restless: Katherine Chancellor, Jill Abbot, Victor Newman

EastEnders: Pauline Fowler
Corrie: Deirdre Barlow
Emmerdale: Zak & Lisa Dingle
Hollyoaks: Tony & Mandy Hutchinson
Neighbours: Harold Bishop
Home & Away: Sally Saunders

None of those are my favourite characters but they are the people I immediately think of.

Thanks Pooch, that's just what I meant

The Bill - Don Beech
Brookside - Jimmy
Coronation Street - Steve/Ken
Desperate Housewives - Susan
Eastenders - Pat/Peggy
Emmerdale - Zak/Marlon
Family Affairs - Pete Callan (the only character I know from the show)
Footballers Wives - Amber/Tanya
Hollyoaks - Mr C/Ruth
Home & Away - Don Fisher
Neighbours - Paul Robinson
The O.C. - Summer
Sunset Beach - Ben