Gary Beadle (born 8 July 1965) is a British actor. Beadle was raised as one of five children in Bermondsey, South London, where he was baptised a Roman Catholic. As children, he and his elder brother Rikki produced a version of the 1976 youth musical-gangster film Bugsy Malone for Southwark London B ... orough Council. Directed by Rikki who starred as Talula, Gary played janitor Fizzy. Rikki tried to invite the original film's director Alan Parker to the performance, but his assistant did come, and used her connections to get Rikki, Gary and their younger sister into the community-based Anna Scher Theatre School. After developing a love of hip hop, and especially Run-D.M.C. and the Sugarhill Gang, Beadle moved to New York City in his early twenties. On his return to London, using the moniker 'Pretty Boy Gee', he formed a rap group called The City Limits Crew alongside 'Little Stevie Bee'. In 1985, the duo released two 12" singles, "Keep It On" (w/ "The Mutant Rockers") and "Fresher Than Ever" on the independent record label Survival Records. Also that year, the crew recorded a session on BBC Radio 1 for John Peel and performed at Electro Rock, an international hip hop event at the Hippodrome. He also worked as a comedian but started to work as an actor, and appeared in The Young Ones (BBC 1984); the 1986 film Absolute Beginners; Jerusalem, the 1987 short film starring the Style Council pop group; Making Out in 1989–91 as Simon; the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous, where he played the gay lover of Eddie's (Jennifer Saunders) ex-husband Justin; the TV series Born to Run in 1997; the ITV police drama The Bill and BBC medical drama Casualty (2001). In 2001, he started in the role of Paul Trueman in EastEnders. A loveable rogue, Beadle left the role when his contract was due to terminate - as he had not appreciated the director and script writers wanting his character to become a drug dealer. He therefore departed from the show and his exit featured the character being killed off by his gangland boss Andy Hunter (Michael Higgs). In 2007, he appeared in BBC Three comedy Thieves Like Us. In 2008, he appeared in The Sarah Jane Adventures series 2 as Clyde Langer's father, Paul. In 2009, he appeared in Malice in Wonderland as DJ Felix Chester, a Cheshire Cat allusion. In 2010, he appeared in the Royal Court Theatre's Sucker Punch by Roy Williams. In 2012, he appeared in Hustle as a police officer. In 2015, he played Docker in BBC One drama The Interceptor and also featured in the Ron Howard-directed film In the Heart of the Sea which was released in December 2015. In 2016, he performed as Abioseh, an ex-tribesman in the Royal National Theatre's production of Les Blancs. He also starred as a Detective Chief Inspector in an episode of Silent Witness.
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EastEnders
as Paul Trueman
Episodes: 3501
First Aired: Feb 19, 1985
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as Gary
Episodes: 7
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Episodes: 5
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as Frank
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Jun 12, 2023
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as Thick Rick
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Mar 07, 2024
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as Clem Andor
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 21, 2022
Absolutely Fabulous
as Oliver
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Nov 12, 1992
Patrick Melrose
as Chilly Willy
Episodes: 2
First Aired: May 12, 2018
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Gary
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Nov 02, 1982
The Young Ones
as Smythe the Bosun
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 09, 1982
Hustle
as Nick
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 24, 2004
Casualty
as Denny
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 06, 1986
The Detectives
as Uniformed Constable
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 27, 1993
Around the World in 80 Days
as Bass Reeves
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 05, 2021
Death in Paradise
as Samuel Palmer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 25, 2011
Casualty
as Steven Harris
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 06, 1986
Casualty
as Dom
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 06, 1986
Hatton Garden
as Shorty
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 20, 2019
Dark Money
as Malcolm Danvers
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 08, 2019
Midsomer Murders
as Damian Bennet
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 23, 1997
Jerk
as Murry Yearwood
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 24, 2019
Play for Today
as Victor
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 1970
The Comic Strip Presents...
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 02, 1982
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 02, 1982
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as Wazza
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 02, 1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Bill
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 02, 1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Ronnie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 02, 1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Handsome Man
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 02, 1982
Small Axe
as Dolston Isaacs
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 15, 2020
Making Out
Episodes: 24
First Aired: Jan 06, 1989
Operation Good Guys
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Dec 29, 1997
The Glam Metal Detectives
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Feb 23, 1995
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 24, 2007
The Bill
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 16, 1984
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 07, 2002
It's Only TV But I Like It
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 03, 1999
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 12, 1996
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