Andy Hunter (EastEnders)
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| EastEnders character | |||
| Portrayed by | Michael Higgs | ||
| Duration | 2003–2005 | ||
| First appearance | Episode 2544 3 July 2003 |
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| Last appearance | Episode 2891 18 February 2005 |
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| Created by | Louise Berridge | ||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||
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| Occupation | Gangster Businessman |
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| Wife | Bev Hunter (backstory) Sam Mitchell (2004–2005) |
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Andrew "Andy" Hunter is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Michael Higgs from 3 July 2003. The character was axed in November 2004 and died on 18 February 2005.
Andy is an employee of 'The Firm', of which he takes control after the murder of Jack Dalton (Hywel Bennett) by Dennis Rickman (Nigel Harman). He had previously been married and divorced to a woman named Bev. He is attracted to Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace), and asks her out on a date in The Queen Victoria pub, but she harshly turns him down. However he keeps trying and she eventually accepts his advances; and after some weeks he falls in love with Kat. He proposes to her while they were in New York and she accepts. On their wedding day, Alfie Moon (Shane Richie) runs into the church and says he loves her and Kat leaves Andy for Alfie thus making Andy and Alfie enemies. However Andy gets his revenge as Alfie owes him a large amount of money. Andy blackmails Kat to have sex with him behind Alfie's back, in order to pay off the money and if she refuses, he says he will have Alfie killed. Alfie manages to provide the money, but only after Kat has already slept with Andy. When they are in bed together, Andy secretly films everything with a hidden video camera he sets up, and gives the tape to Alfie.
Alfie later watches the tape out of curiosity and is heartbroken at what he sees, and confronts Kat about it, nearly ending their relationship. Andy hopes for them to split but he doesn't succeed as Alfie and Kat are still going strong, and Alfie also gets his revenge by giving Andy a tape thinking that it is the same tape that Andy sent him. However, as Andy starts to watch it, he is taken aback as he discovers it is a different tape of Alfie and Kat's wedding. After that, Andy leaves them to their relationship but still bullies Alfie. Andy starts having a relationship with Sam Mitchell (Kim Medcalf), and he later marries her. However, when Den Watts (Leslie Grantham) and Marcus Christie (Stephen Churchett) trick Sam into selling the pub to Den, and signing her house over to Andy, Andy leaves her, taking Sam for every penny she has and leaving her homeless.
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