 David Barlow was played by Alan Rothwell for a period of eight years between 1960 and 1968.David was born on 4 July 1942 in Weatherfield, Lancashire.The Barlow family at 3 Coronation Street consisted of David, his academic older brother Ken (William Roache), his mother Ida (Noel Dyson) and his absent father Frank (Frank Pemberton), who was away fighting in World War II until 1945.