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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.
The character, who will now be played by Andor star Alice Haig, is the love child of teen mum Michelle Fowler (Susan Tully) and Dirty Den Watts (Leslie Grantham).
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 ...
He takes on the task of looking after and visiting her and is devastated when she eventually dies in 1987. He grows close to Michelle Fowler (Susan Tully) after she becomes pregnant in 1985 and refuses to name the father: Lofty's employer, Den Watts (Leslie Grantham), is the actual father although Lofty never discovers this. Michelle finds the ...
A solicitor from The Firm, posted to monitor Den Watts' (Leslie Grantham) court case. Potter: 13 September: Harry Jones: A prisoner in the police station that tells Den Watts (Leslie Grantham) that Elliot Brownlow was not arrested for receiving stolen goods but for a nonce case. Elliot Brownlow: 13–15 September (2 episodes) David Janes
News of beloved General Hospital star Leslie Charleson’s death broke on Sunday.. Fans shared an outpouring of love in reaction to the announcement. Charleson was 79 and the longest-tenured actor ...
Whilst playing Angie Watts, alcoholic landlady of the Queen Vic, Dobson worked closely with actor Leslie Grantham, landlord of the Queen Victoria who played her adulterous husband 'Dirty Den Watts'. On Boxing Day in 1986, 30.15 million viewers tuned in to witness Den handing Angie her divorce papers, giving the soap its highest ever episode ...