Coronation Street actor William Roache has told a court he has no memory of ever meeting any of the women accusing him of sexual offences.
The 81-year-old, of Wilmslow, Cheshire, has denied two rapes and four indecent assaults against five women aged 16 or under between 1965 and 1971.
He was cleared of one indecent assault on the judge's direction on Monday.
Asked if he had ever been "in the company of" the women, he told Preston Crown Court "no, not one of them".
Louise Blackwell QC, defending, asked Mr Roache about his life and how he came to be in Coronation Street.
Judith Moritz North of England correspondent, BBC News
Mr Roache, who was born in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, said he had left his post as a captain in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in 1956 with a "burning" desire to be an actor, as his mother had been a keen actress.
Autograph huntersHe said he had been spotted by Coronation Street's creator Tony Warren and told the jury that as it became obvious the show was taking off, he had bought a cottage in Rawtenstall, Lancashire.
He added that before he bought the home, his social life with his first wife, Anna, was in London where they lived when he was not filming the "kitchen sink drama".
Recalling his early days filming the soap opera at the Granada Studios in Manchester, he said he had no close friends among the cast.
He said producers were strict about who was allowed on set and that "occasionally, very close family" would be permitted.
"No-one was allowed to wander round without permission. [My guests would] have to be with me the whole time," he said.
He added that he would always stop for autograph hunters outside the studios and that "the fans would know what time we'd arrive and be waiting there".
The trial continues.
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