jake maskall played the character who killed dennis rickman in eastenders in 2005.
jake maskall played the character who killed dennis rickman in eastenders in 2005.
which actor played the character who killed dennis rickman in eastenders in 2005?
jake maskall
in late 2004, he joined the cast of popular bbc soap opera "eastenders", playing gangster johnny allen. his first scenes were broadcast in january 2005. murray's character terrorised numerous characters on the programme, including peggy mitchell, phil mitchell, grant mitchell, sharon watts and pauline fowler. he also murdered andy hunter by pushing him from a motorway flyover, and ordered the killing of dennis rickman (carried out by danny moon, played by jake maskall). he departed from the show in march 2006 when his character was jailed after confessing to ordering the murder of dennis rickman and carrying out the murder of andy hunter. he won the 'best villain' award at the british soap awards in may 2006 for his role as johnny allen. he made a brief return to "eastenders" in october that year when his character was killed off after he succumbed to a heart attack in prison. before playing johnny allen in "eastenders" he also appeared as mr x in two episodes in 1991.
billy murray (actor)
in december 2005, johnny continues to clash with phil and later makes an enemy with local hardman dennis rickman (nigel harman) - who is married to den's adopted daughter sharon (letitia dean). this is further impacted when phil pays johnny's waiter juley smith (joseph kpobie) to have a relationship with ruby and then dump her, much to johnny's annoyance. on christmas day, johnny insults the residents during a party - causing dennis to throw him out and taunt johnny on the street. in response, johnny attempts to have sharon leave walford with dennis by midnight of new year's eve. when sharon refuses to oblige to his demands, johnny throttles her and threatens to have dennis killed if she doesn't relent. this leads sharon to tell dennis that she wishes to leave the country and start anew. while dennis agrees with her plan, phil learns about johnny threatening sharon and informs dennis about this. this provokes dennis into confronting johnny, particularly when phil reveals to dennis that johnny killed andy - who was dennis' only friend at the time prior to johnny's arrival. johnny, confronted by dennis, offers to get him a drunk. as he does so, however, dennis attacks johnny and leaves him unconscious moments before the new year fireworks descend onto the square. just as it appears that dennis and sharon will reunite amid the celebrations, he is fatally stabbed by a hooded passer-by and dies in sharon's arms - much to her anguish. at dennis' funeral, sharon attacks johnny when he appears to offer his condolences. she later informs phil that johnny killed dennis, and phil swears revenge on johnny more than ever. after dennis' funeral, johnny soon leaves walford with ruby on 19 january 2006.
johnny allen (eastenders)