Gary Beadle

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Gary Beadle (born 1965) is an English actor, best known for playing Paul Trueman in EastEnders and Gary Barwick in Operation Good Guys.

Beadle quit EastEnders in 2004 following insider reports that he'd been suspended from the show due to his failure to learn his lines and, as a result, was threatened with dismissal by Louise Berridge (who at the time was executive producer). After quitting the show he accused EastEnders bosses of racist stereotyping for turning his character into a drug dealer.

Beadle has also appeared in The Young Ones (BBC 1984); the 1986 film Absolute Beginners; Jerusalem, the 1987 short film starring The Style Council pop group; the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous, where he played the gay lover of Eddie's (Jennifer Saunders) ex-husband; the tv series Born To Run in 1997; the ITV police drama The Bill; BBC medical dramas Casualty (2001), Holby City (2005) and Doctors (2006). His next project is a role in the upcoming Jean-Claude Van Damme film Til Death, due for release in 2007.

In 2004 he presented the UMA Awards with singer and ex-EastEnder Michelle Gayle.

He married Tanya Findel-Hawkins on 6 September 2003 and they have 2 children.

He is currently appearing in BBC Three comedy Thieves Like Us.

His brother is actor, writer and performer Rikki Beadle-Blair.

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His wife has worked in the school (St Mary's R.C Primary school) for 2006-2007 year 6's End of the year production, she was lead designer for the Yr 6's Lion King.