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Leslie Michael Grantham (30 April 1947 – 15 June 2018) was an English actor who played "Dirty" Den Watts in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. He was a convicted murderer, having served 10 years for the killing of a West German taxi driver, and had significant press coverage resulting from an online sex scandal in 2004.
Den Watts is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by actor Leslie Grantham.He became well known for his tabloid nickname, "Dirty Den". Den was the original landlord of The Queen Victoria public house from Albert Square – in the local community of Walford, a fictional borough in East London – who first appeared when the show debuted on 19 February 1985.
Grantham's off-screen antics also affected the soap's profile, with tabloids like The Daily Mirror predicting the end of the show and blaming Den's return for its demise. [43] Many in the media were also critical of Mal Young, who was a strong supporter of the Watts family, arguing his overly-melodramatic and popularising tastes alienated ...
Brown was born on 16 February 1927 in Needham Market, Suffolk, [2] one of five children of Louisa Ann (née Butler) and Henry William Melton Brown. [3] Her ancestry included English, Irish and Scottish, and from her maternal grandmother, Sephardic Jewish (from Algeria, the Netherlands and Italy).
Leslie Grantham, served the final part of a sentence for murder at Leyhill before being released in 1977 and going on to land himself numerous roles as a TV actor, most notably as Den Watts in EastEnders; Chris Huhne, former cabinet minister and Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh, jailed for perverting the course of justice [10]
Leslie Charleson’s cause of death has been revealed. On Wednesday, Feb. 12, the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner determined the longest-tenured General Hospital cast member ...
The Uninvited is a British television science fiction mystery thriller mini-series, created by Leslie Grantham and written by Peter Bowker, first broadcast on ITV between 25 September and 16 October 1997. [1] The series was co-produced by Zenith Entertainment and Anglia Television.
France will face unbeaten Six Nations leader Ireland in a buoyant mood after thrashing Italy by a record-high 73-24 at Stadio Olimpico on Sunday. France blew away its previous highest score ...