Personal Info
Leslie Grantham
Acting
Biography
British actor Leslie Grantham shot to fame in 1985 as Den Watts, the original landlord of the Queen Vic, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. The character quickly became a national favourite and gained the nickname Dirty Den mostly because of the way he treated his wife Angie, played by Anita Dobson, and the several affairs and nefarious activities he conducted. At Grantham's request the character was killed off in 1988, gunned down by the gangsters he had betrayed. He returned to the soap in 2003 where it was revealed Den faked his own death to live in exile in Spain. It was widely speculated …
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Kingdom by the Sea
as Man In Film (archive footage)
Search and Destroy
as Anderson
Vengeance
as Ronnie
Touching The Blue
as Max Langton
The Krays: Dead Man Walking
as Nipper Read
Jack Southeast
as The Boss
Mob Handed
as The Detective
The Factory
as Gene
Leslie
as Leslie
DeadTime
TV Shows
The English Neighbour
4 ep.
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self · 1 ep.
Urban Gothic
as Lenny's Dad · 1 ep.
Loose Women
as Self · 1 ep.
It's Only TV But I Like It
as Self · 1 ep.
The Uninvited
4 ep.
The Ant & Dec Show
1 ep.
99-1
as Mick Raynor · 14 ep.
The Detectives
as Danny Kane · 1 ep.
Heartbeat
as George East · 1 ep.