Gary Hailes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Gary Hailes

British actor

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1965

Place of Birth: London

Profession: actor, television actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Gary Hailes

  • Gary Hailes (born 4 November 1965 in London) is an English actor. Hales attended Holloway School.
  • During the 1980s he starred in several successful television series, including Woodentop, Grange Hill and the BBC soap opera EastEnders, where he played Barry Clark from 1986-89.
  • He originally auditioned for the role of Mark Fowler when the series began in 1985, but the role went to David Scarboro instead.
  • Hailes' character was notable for being one half of the soap's first gay couple, introduced as the partner of the yuppie graphic designer, Colin Russell (played by Michael Cashman).
  • In 1987, Hailes' character Barry Clark caused a great deal of controversy after EastEnders screened the first male-to-male kiss on a UK, prime time soap.
  • The kiss prompted a multitude of complaints from angry viewers and a hostile backlash from the right wing press.
  • Despite the fact that Hailes is heterosexual, he suffered from severe homophobia because of the homosexual role he played in EastEnders.
  • He was attacked several times by members of the public who could not separate fact from fiction, which included being assaulted in a supermarket by a disapproving woman and strangled by a man at a petrol station.
  • Even after he left the show he lost a job as a children's television presenter because of the so-called "gay tag".Since leaving EastEnders in 1989, he has gone on to appear in films such as The Killing Zone (1999); Murder with Mirrors and Waiting for a Killer.
  • On television he has appeared in ITV police drama The Bill (2001–02); Horizon; Nobody’s Hero; Sorry and the BBC’s production of Pinocchio.Theatre appearances include Strip Poker; Doctor on the Boil; Gollocks and numerous pantomimes.
  • He has also performed several plays for BBC radio and voice-overs and had a regular slot "Hailes Horrors" on the Steve Allen show on LBC radio.As well as acting, Hailes also drove a London taxi.

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