EastEnders ' star Leslie Grantham first starred in the BBC soap in 1985, as 'Dirty' Den Watts, one of the most notorious villains in Albert Square.
Leslie himself died in 2018 after a battle with lung cancer, aged 71. His personal life was blighted by a number of scandals which he later admitted he felt huge remorse over.
In 1966, when he was 19, Leslie tried to rob a taxi driver named Felix Reese in West Germany. A scuffle ensued, and Felix died after being shot in the head.
Leslie claimed the gun had gone off during their struggle and that he did not know the gun was loaded - which would have landed him a manslaughter conviction.
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