Calvin Valentine Calvin Valentine Calvin Valentine is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera, "Hollyoaks", played by Ricky Whittle. He arrived in July 2006 as a police officer with his mother Diane Valentine, his brother Sonny Valentine and his sister Sasha Valentine and made his final appearance on 21 May 2010 after he was murdered by Theresa McQueen (Jorgie Porter). Whittle was credited for a flashback episode on 1 December 2010. Calvin appeared again as a ghost to tell his wife and Theresa's Cousin Carmel McQueen (Gemma Merna) that his and Theresa's daughter, Kathleen-Angel McQueen, was fine with Theresa
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