Simon Wicks Simon Wicks Simon "Wicksy" Wicks is a fictional character from the British BBC soap opera "EastEnders", played by Nick Berry between 1985 and 1990. Wicksy was introduced to take on some of the more adult storylines that had been scripted for another character, Mark Fowler; Mark's actor, David Scarboro, had left the serial prematurely due to personal problems. Wicksy was the soap's first male pin-up. An early storyline saw Wicksy perform a song in the serial, "Every Loser Wins", which was subsequently released as a single in 1986 and reached number one in the UK Singles Chart. One of Wicksy's
Richard Bradford (actor) commentaries for a DVD release of "Man in a Suitcase", expressing mild surprise at the ongoing popularity of the series today. Bradford married ballet dancer Eileen Elliott. He was subsequently in a long-time relationship with actress Millie Perkins, with whom he had two stepchildren. He also had one son. In 1986 The Smiths used a photograph of Bradford on the cover of their single "Panic". He died on March 22, 2016. Played the original Dr. Joe Gannon in the Pilot TV movie of the Medical Center TV series, Operation Heartbeat (1969) aka:UMC,University Medical Center Richard Bradford (actor) Richard Edwin Bradford