Derek Thompson stepped down from BBC One drama Casualty on Saturday night after 38 years as Charlie Fairhead.
< p class=" ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">The Belfast-born actor, 75, is the longest-serving actor on the medical series and was part of the first episode in 1986.
In last Saturday's episode, Charlie was stabbed by a patient and fought for his life.
Fans waited with bated breath to find out if he had survived.
Thompson, who starred in nearly 900 episodes of Casualty, announced he was leaving the show last May, saying: "The time has come for me to hang up. Charlie's blouses."
Derek Thompson stepped down from BBC One drama Casualty on Saturday night after 38 years as Charlie Fairhead.
< p class=" ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">The Belfast-born actor, 75, is the longest-serving actor on the medical series and was part of the first episode in 1986.
In last Saturday's episode, Charlie was stabbed by a patient and fought for his life.
Fans waited with bated breath to find out if he had survived.
Thompson, who starred in nearly 900 episodes of Casualty, announced he was leaving the show last May, saying: "The time has come for me to hang up. Charlie's blouses."
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