who played the original willmot brown in eastenders
William Boyde
title: Kathy Beale text: Kathy Beale Kathy Beale (also Mitchell and Sullivan) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera "EastEnders", played by Gillian Taylforth. Portrayed as "an attractive, bright, caring and highly moral woman", Kathy is one of the serial's original characters, appearing in the first episode of "EastEnders" on 19 February 1985. Taylforth was originally dismissed for the role of Kathy due to her young age, but was reconsidered when she impressed show bosses. Kathy remained in a prominent role throughout her original stint on the serial, featuring in high-profiled storylines involving her rape at the hands of James Willmott-Brown (William title: William Boyde text: William Boyde William Boyde real name William Thompson (born March 1953) is a British actor, best known for his work on the British soap opera "EastEnders" (1986–1989, 1992, 2017). He was educated at Cheltenham College where he appeared as an extra in the film If...which was filmed at the school. His character James Willmott-Brown became one of the soap's most renowned villains after raping barmaid Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth) in 1988, and then terrorizing her in 1992. In September 2017, Boyde made an unannounced return to EastEnders and eventually departed on 28 December at the conclusion of his storyline - title: William Boyde text: radio and television advertisements. William Boyde William Boyde real name William Thompson (born March 1953) is a British actor, best known for his work on the British soap opera "EastEnders" (1986–1989, 1992, 2017). He was educated at Cheltenham College where he appeared as an extra in the film If...which was filmed at the school. His character James Willmott-Brown became one of the soap's most renowned villains after raping barmaid Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth) in 1988, and then terrorizing her in 1992. In September 2017, Boyde made an unannounced return to EastEnders and eventually departed on 28 December at the conclusion title: Tom Banks (EastEnders) text: Sean (Oliver Bradley). He rescues Mo and Sean and returns for Trevor, reaching him just as a petrol can explodes, killing them both instantly. The character was introduced in 2002 by executive producer John Yorke as part of Sharon Watts's (Letitia Dean) returning storyline to "EastEnders". Despite first appearing in April 2002, the character was given a backstory linking him with several original characters in the series, a childhood acquaintance of Sharon, Mark Fowler (Todd Carty) and Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt). Irish actor Colm Ó Maonlaí won the role after the casting director remembered him from a previous audition. Five title: James Willmott-Brown text: James Willmott-Brown James Willmott-Brown (also credited as Willmott-Brown, Mr Wilmott-Brown and James Wilmott-Brown) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera "EastEnders", played by William Boyde. He appeared from 1986 to 1989, running Albert Square's second pub The Dagmar, and during 1988 raped Kathy Beale. Following a jail sentence, Willmott-Brown made a brief comeback in 1992 after he moved back into Albert Square but was forced to leave by Pete Beale just weeks later. After an absence of 25 years, he returned on 21 September 2017 when he was revealed to be the boss of Max Branning (Jake Wood)