Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/30/1947
Place of Birth
Camberwell, London, England, UK
Leslie Grantham
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
Mob Handed
as The Detective
Shadow Run
as Liney
Knockback: 2
as Peter
The Factory
as Gene
Knockback: 1
as Peter
Charlie
as Richard Waldeck
The Stretch
as Terry Greene
The Nightwatch
as David Smallman
Faith
as Manager
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
as Kiston
Jake's End
as Bookie
Morons from Outer Space
as Motorway Policeman
The Wedding Tackle
as George
My Brother David
as Den Watts (EastEnders - Archive footage) (Uncredited)
Jack Southeast
as The Boss
The Krays: Dead Man Walking
as Nipper Read
The Kingdom by the Sea
as Man In Film (archive footage)
Search and Destroy
as Anderson
It's Not Unusual
as Cabbie
Vengeance
as Ronnie