Born in Camberwell, London, England, UK — Aug 30 1947• Died Jun 15 2018

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 e…
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Den Watts

Kiston

George East


Bookie

Danny Kane

Danny Kane

Colonel Mustard
Self



Mick Raynor

David Smallman

Kiston

Liney

Terry Greene

Richard Waldeck

Manager

George
Eddie Burt

Peter

The Detective

Ronnie


Motorway Policeman

Peter

Bookie

Nipper Read

Den Watts (EastEnders - Archive footage) (Uncredited)

Max Langton

Man In Film (archive footage)

Cabbie

The Boss
Leslie


Anderson

Gene

Narrator (voice)