hugh gardner manning played the original willmot brown in eastenders.
hugh gardner manning played the original willmot brown in eastenders.
who played the original willmot brown in eastenders?
hugh gardner manning
the firm owns strokes wine bar, a front for illegal gambling, which is reluctantly managed by den watts. it is thought by mantel that den, a well-known local publican, will not attract any suspicion to the illegal goings-on at the bar. the firm is also responsible for a protection racket involving the bar's rival, the dagmar, which they financially ruin when the bar's owner james willmott-brown (william boyde) refuses to let them buy into the place. when den wants revenge on willmot-brown for raping kathy beale (gillian taylforth), he persuades the firm's brad williams to burn the place to the ground. this enrages the firm's bosses, as it draws attention to the illegal gambling going on at strokes.
the firm (eastenders)
donald g. willmot









































donald gilpin "bud" willmot (1916 - january 31, 1994) was a canadian businessman, philanthropist, and owner of the kinghaven farms thoroughbred horse racing stable.









































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willmot was the president and ceo of anthes imperial co. ltd., a diversified canadian public company he joined in 1949 that owned a number of businesses ,including those involved in construction equipment rental, steel materials, office furniture and supplies, and public warehousing. the company would be acquired by molson industries, ltd. in 1968. willmot was appointed chairman of molson and oversaw a series of successful acquisitions in the early 1970s.
donald g. willmot