Leslie Grantham was born on April 30, 1947 in England. Before becoming famous as Den Watts on the BBC's EastEnders, this soap opera actor served a ten-year prison sentence for murdering a cab driver during a botched robbery.
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About
Before becoming famous as Den Watts on the BBC's EastEnders, this soap opera actor served a ten-year prison sentence for murdering a cab driver during a botched robbery.
Before Fame
After being released from prison, he trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. He made his television debut in his mid-thirties in an episode of the comedy series Goodnight and God Bless.
Trivia
Upon leaving EastEnders (partly as the result of an internet scandal), he pursued a theater career and was cast in the United Kingdom tour of the play Beyond Reasonable Doubt.
Family Life
His marriage to Jane Laurie lasted from 1981 until 2013.
Associated With
He pursued an acting career on the suggestion of Actress Louise Jameson, who had visited Leyhill Prison while he was an inmate at the Gloucestershire facility. He and Jameson subsequently became close friends.
