Leslie Grantham

Leslie Grantham

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 that Grantham was lured back with a £500,000-a-year contract and some 17 million viewers watched his return - an impressive figure, but not as impressive as the 30 million who tuned in to watch Den divorce Angie on Christmas Day, 1986. Two years later, in 2005, Den Watts was killed off once and for all in an episode that drew in 16.2 million viewers. The reason for Grantham's exit this time was an online sex scandal, revealed by a Sunday newspaper a year earlier. This was not the first time Grantham had courted controversy of course. Not long after finding fame in the soap Grantham's past became front page news; on 3 December 1966, when was serving as a young British soldier in West Germany, he attempted to rob a taxi driver, Felix Reese, in Osnabrück A struggle between Grantham and the driver followed, and Reese died from a gunshot wound to the head.In his statement to the police following his arrest, Grantham said that he did not know the gun was loaded and it had gone off during the struggle, which would have resulted in a conviction for manslaughter if a jury believed this version of events. However, at his trial in 1967 he was subsequently convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Although he had committed the murder in West Germany, he served the entirety of his imprisonment in various British prisons. This was because soldiers and officers convicted of any criminal offence that warrants a sentence of over two years are automatically transferred to Her Majesty's Prison Service, since they are also automatically dishonourably discharged. Grantham was released in 1977, having served 10 years. Whilst in prison, Grantham discovered acting and was encouraged by Labour politician T. Dan Smith and Doctor Who actress Louise Jameson to take up acting upon his release. Away from EastEnders, Grantham enjoyed a high profile career throughout much of the 1990s with the starring role of gangster Danny Kane in the BBC drama The Paradise Club, and maverick undercover cop Mick Raynor in 99-1. Other credits include the sci fi series The Uninvited (which he also produced), Fort Boyard, The Bill and The Stretch, which reunited him with Anita Dobson. He has also appeared in the films The Wedding Tackle, Charlie and Mob Handed, and starred in the titular role of The English Neighbour on Bulgarian TV in 2011. He died on the 15th June, 2018 in hospital following a short illness.

  • Title: Leslie Grantham
  • Popularity: 1.593
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1947-08-30
  • Place of Birth: Camberwell, London, England, UK
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Leslie Grantham Movies

  • 1985
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    Knockback: 2

    Knockback: 2

    1 1985 HD

    Alan and Sylvia fall in love and Alan gains a renewed sense of purpose. He begins to hope for an eventual release on licence. However both he and...

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  • 1985
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    Knockback: 1

    Knockback: 1

    7.5 1985 HD

    In 1965, at the age of 25, Alan Ackland is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a business associate. In 1971, Sylvia Barker, lonely and...

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  • 1996
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    Hooligan '96

    Hooligan '96

    1 1996 HD

    A controversial study of the phenomenon of football hooliganism, looking at the social context and tribal instincts that lie behind it.

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  • 1995
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    It's Not Unusual

    It's Not Unusual

    6 1995 HD

    A taxi driver is driven to distraction by her love of Tom Jones.

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  • 2018
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    Jack Southeast

    Jack Southeast

    1 2018 HD

    Jack comes out of prison and gets released early by his boss , but for that he has too do one more job and settle the score but with all this on his...

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  • 1989
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    My Brother David

    My Brother David

    1 1989 HD

    David Scarboro, who played Mark Fowler in EastEnders (1985), fell to his death at Beachy Head in 1988. Simon, his younger brother, presents this...

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  • 2016
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    Mob Handed

    Mob Handed

    4.1 2016 HD

    A beautiful journalist will stop at nothing to get revenge for her daughter's murder. With no help from corrupt cops she decides to take the law into...

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  • 2012
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    DeadTime

    DeadTime

    2.8 2012 HD

    A Birmingham-based band are ordered by their unhappy record company to an old warehouse; the goal being to re-start their ailing careers with a...

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  • 2000
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    The Wedding Tackle

    The Wedding Tackle

    1 2000 HD

    The sexual rivalries between a group of friends cause comic chaos during a stag night celebration.

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  • 2004
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    Charlie

    Charlie

    4 2004 HD

    Set in Post World War II Britain, chronicles the rise and fall of real life British crime lord Charlie Richardson.

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  • 1998
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    Faith

    Faith

    1 1998 HD

    A short film on the subject of an Arsenal fan's protest and based on an original short story by Fever Pitch author Nick Hornby, starring John...

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  • 2000
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    The Stretch

    The Stretch

    1 2000 HD

    When Terry (Grantham) is sentenced to a twenty-year stretch for a murder he did not commit, his wife Sam (Dobson) discovers that his apparently...

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  • 1989
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    The Nightwatch

    The Nightwatch

    5 1989 HD

    Dark and brooding thriller. A group of mercenaries are assembled in Amsterdam by a British intelligence officer. Believing they are awaiting the...

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  • 2013
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    Leslie

    Leslie

    1 2013 HD

    Leslie Grantham and Lucy-Jane Quinlan portray fictionalised versions of themselves in this road trip comedy that examines family, celebrity,...

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  • 2020
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    Vengeance

    Vengeance

    3.2 2020 HD

    Eric Williams has been on the run for 27 years for a murder he didn't commit. When his estranged daughter is brutally attacked in London, the police...

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  • 2013
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    The Factory

    The Factory

    1 2013 HD

    Gene has the world - he's a successful entrepreneur, beautiful home, beautiful car, everything he could ask for except for one thing. Then he meets...

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  • 2018
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    The Krays: Dead Man Walking

    The Krays: Dead Man Walking

    2.8 2018 HD

    Inspired by true events, the shocking story of London's most feared and notorious brothers Reggie and Ronnie Kray as they break Frank 'The Mad...

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  • 1985
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    Morons from Outer Space

    Morons from Outer Space

    4.667 1985 HD

    The story begins on a small spaceship docking with a refueling station. On board are a group of four aliens, Bernard, Sandra, Desmond, and Julian....

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  • 2020
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    Search and Destroy

    Search and Destroy

    4.3 2020 HD

    When American Ranger John Cutter fails to save a family being held hostage and loses his entire team in a confrontation with infamous Ukrainian arms...

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  • 1984
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    Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

    Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

    7.8 1984 HD

    Captured in a time corridor, the Doctor and his companions are forced to land on 20th century Earth, diverted by the Doctor's oldest enemy - the...

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  • 1998
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    Shadow Run

    Shadow Run

    4.1 1998 HD

    Haskell is assigned a job by his boss, the aristocratic Landon-Higgins, to highjack a high security van in broad daylight while it's in the shadow...

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  • 1982
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    Jake's End

    Jake's End

    1 1982 HD

    ' Motors can stall, shooters can jam. But Jake's end of it'll be all right.' Jake's a professional, a married man with a reputation to maintain-and a...

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  • 2013
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    Leslie

    Leslie

    1 2013 HD

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  • 1997
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    The Uninvited

    The Uninvited

    6 1997 HD

    The Uninvited is an ITV science fiction television mini-series first shown in 1997 as four fifty minute episodes. The series was made by Anglia...

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  • 2001
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    Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

    Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

    5.9 2001 HD

    Jonathan Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and the house band.

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  • 1985
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    EastEnders

    EastEnders

    4.1 1985 HD

    The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End...

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  • 1984
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    The Bill

    The Bill

    6.6 1984 HD

    The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and...

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  • 1963
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    Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

    7.9 1963 HD

    The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling...

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  • 1992
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    Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

    7 1992 HD

    Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

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  • 1995
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    The Ant & Dec Show

    The Ant & Dec Show

    1 1995 HD

    Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly present an entertainment variety show with music, comedy and audience participation.

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  • 1999
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    It's Only TV But I Like It

    It's Only TV But I Like It

    6 1999 HD

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  • 1989
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    The Paradise Club

    The Paradise Club

    5.8 1989 HD

    The Paradise Club is a BBC television drama starring Don Henderson and Leslie Grantham as Frank & Danny Kane. Two series were produced and were...

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  • 1993
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    The Detectives

    The Detectives

    6.7 1993 HD

    The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence - somehow manage to solve their cases (or be nearby when...

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  • 2011
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    The English Neighbour

    The English Neighbour

    10 2011 HD

    A middle-aged Englishman settled in a Bulgarian village, where he encounters the mentality and the tragicomic daily life of the local people.

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  • 1990
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    Cluedo

    Cluedo

    6.4 1990 HD

    Cluedo was a UK television game show based on the board game of the same name. Each week, a reenactment of the murder at the stately home Arlington...

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  • 1990
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    Cluedo

    Cluedo

    6.4 1990 HD

    Cluedo was a UK television game show based on the board game of the same name. Each week, a reenactment of the murder at the stately home Arlington...

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  • 1999
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    Loose Women

    Loose Women

    3.4 1999 HD

    A panel of four women discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs to celebrity gossip.

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  • 1994
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    99-1

    99-1

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1970
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    99-1

    99-1

    6 1970 HD

    The Uninvited is an ITV science fiction television mini-series first shown in 1997 as four fifty minute episodes. The series was made by Anglia...

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  • 1970
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    99-1

    99-1

    6 1970 HD

    The Uninvited is an ITV science fiction television mini-series first shown in 1997 as four fifty minute episodes. The series was made by Anglia...

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