EastEnders (Mark Thrippleton); wheeler-dealer Vince Johnson (Hepburn Graham) and Laurie Bates (Gary Powell), who became Pete Beale's (Peter Dean) sparring partner. The majority of "EastEnders" characters are working-class. Middle-class characters do occasionally become regulars, but have been less successful and rarely become long-term characters. In the main, middle-class characters exist as villains, such as James Wilmott-Brown, May Wright, Stella Crawford and Yusef Khan, or are used to promote positive liberal influences, such as Colin Russell or Rachel Kominski. "EastEnders" has always featured a culturally diverse cast which has included black, Asian, Turkish, Polish and Latvian characters. "The expansion of minority representation
Johnny Allen (EastEnders) around the Square for years, ageing gracefully." Thus, Murray departed after "Get Johnny Week" when his character is imprisoned. Johnny is not seen until October 2006, when Ruby's new boyfriend Sean Slater (Robert Kazinsky) visits him in prison to taunt him. Furious, Johnny tries to arrange Sean's murder with Jake Moon (Joel Beckett). He fails and dies of a heart attack soon after. Johnny Allen (EastEnders) Johnny Allen is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera "EastEnders", played by Billy Murray. Johnny appears on the show from 4 January 2005 until 20 October 2006, when he suffers a fatal