TV's most loved doctors' real lives from tragic death to working with own son

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EastEnders back in 1985 and became a surprise soap icon, but Leonard Fenton – who played Dr Harold Legg in Albert Square – has sadly passed away at the age of 95.A statement released by his family said: "The family of the actor Leonard Fenton are heartbroken to announce his death at the age of 95 on Saturday January 29."Best known for his role as Dr Legg on EastEnders, Leonard’s acting career spanned more than 60 years."He worked in TV and film and his long stage career included time at the National Theatre and most recently the Royal Shakespeare Company."Ben Whishaw is set to join a host of fictional doctors and nurses we have taken to our hearts when he plays a junior medic in BBC One’s This Is Going To Hurt from next week.Here Daily Star pays tribute to some of our best-loved clinical characters and reveals all about the stars who played them on screen.Playing the hunk on the US show for five years until 1999 turned George into an international heart-throb.

He went on to land roles in movies including Ocean’s Eleven and, of course, those Nespresso coffee ads! Having dated some of the world’s most beautiful women, the 60-year-old dad-of-two is now married to lawyer Amal, 43.

Clooney was included on Time's annual Time 100 list, which identifies the most influential people in the world, every year from 2006 to 2009.The grumpy, wise-cracking genius was strangely loveable as he solved medicine’s most difficult cases, and the US show made Hugh an unlikely sex symbol.

He is actually the son of a doctor in real life. The former Blackadder funnyman, now 62, is married with two children and has also had serious roles in the likes of the BBC’s The Night Manager.