Bill Treacher
Born: 1930-06-04 in London, England, UK
Died: 2022-11-05
Known For: Acting
Biography
Bill Treacher (born 4 June 1930, died 5 November 2022) was an English actor. He was known for portraying the role of Arthur Fowler in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1985 to 1996, and was the first person to be cast for the show. Treacher grew up in the East End of London. After his national service in the Royal Air Force, he worked as a steward with P&O, where he saved enough money to attend drama school. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Treacher, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2009
- Coming Home as Father Alistair
2004
- George and the Dragon as Elmendorf
2002
- Diggity: A Home at Last as Malcolm Slee
2001
- The Musketeer as Bonacieux
- Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box as Arthur Fowler (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
- Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy as Stuart
1989
- My Brother David as Arthur Fowler (EastEnders - Archive footage)(Uncredited)
1986
- Casualty as Howard Boylan
1985
- EastEnders as Arthur Fowler
1984
- Pop Pirates as Mr Carpenter
1982
- The Agatha Christie Hour as Station Porter
1981
- Bergerac as Security Guard
- The Chinese Detective
- Till Death... as Man
1980
- The Enigma Files as Cyril
1979
- Minder as Punter
- Spooner's Patch as Car Owner
1978
- Grange Hill as Mr. McMahon
- An Audience with... as Self
- Dinner at the Sporting Club as Benham's Coach (uncredited)
1977
- The Professionals as Dave
1975
- The Sweeney as Tom
- Gambitt's Move as Removal Man
1974
- The Aweful Mr Goodall as Dispatch Rider
1973
- Centre Play as Removal Man
1972
- Crown Court as Sergeant Barnet
- New Scotland Yard as Jack Rooney
1970
- Codename as Taxi Driver
1968
- Dad's Army as Sailor
1965
- Out of the Unknown as Harris
- No Place Like Earth as Harris
1964
- Redcap as Corporal