What is Leslie Grantham?
[[File:Leslie Grantham in 2005 at a performance of Beyond Reasonable Doubt.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Grantham in 2005]] '''Leslie Grantham''' (30 April 1947 &ndash; 15 June 2018) was a [[British people|British]] [[actor]] and convicted murderer. He was born in [[Camberwell]], [[London]]. In 1962, he joined the [[British Army]]. In 1966, whilst stationed in [[Osnabrueck]], [[Germany]], he [[ballistic trauma|shot]] a [[taxi driver]] dead whilst trying to [[robbery|rob]] him.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/soap-opera-actress-in-courtroom-scenes-to-rival-tv-drama-1409399.html |title=Soap opera actress in courtroom scenes to rival TV drama |access-date=2017-08-31 |archive-date=2018-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917042846/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/soap-opera-actress-in-courtroom-scenes-to-rival-tv-drama-1409399.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was [[conviction|convicted]] of [[murder]] and sentenced to [[life imprisonment]]. He was released from [[prison]] in 1977. He began his acting [[career]] in 1983. He is best known for playing [[Den Watts]] in ''[[EastEnders]]'' from 1985-1989 and from 2003–2005. Grantham died from a [[pulmonary embolism]] complicated by [[lung cancer]] in [[London]] on 15 June 2018 at the age of 71.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44494734 EastEnders actor Leslie Grantham dies]</ref> == References == <references/> == Other websites == *{{imdb|0335714}} {{actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Grantham, Leslie}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from London]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in London]] [[Category:Criminals from London]] [[Category:Deaths from lung cancer]] [[Category:Deaths from pulmonary embolism]] [[Category:English movie actors]] [[Category:English people convicted of murder]] [[Category:English stage actors]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:People from Camberwell]]