Arthur Fowler
| Arthur Fowler | |||||||||||
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| EastEnders character | |||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Bill Treacher | ||||||||||
| Duration | 1985–1996 | ||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 1 19 February 1985 |
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| Last appearance | Episode 1292 21 May 1996 |
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| Created by | Tony Holland and Julia Smith | ||||||||||
| Book appearances | Swings and Roundabouts | ||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||
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| Family | Beale |
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| Wife | Pauline Fowler |
| Sons |
Mark Fowler Martin Fowler |
| Daughters | Michelle Fowler |
| Granddaughters |
Vicki Fowler Rebecca Fowler |
Arthur George Fowler is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Bill Treacher.
The father of the Fowler family, Arthur was essentially a good man, but he made some foolish choices and he always ended up paying dearly for them, also being bossed to the brink of insanity by his mother-in-law and wife, Lou Beale (Anna Wing) and Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard). During his time in Albert Square he had an affair with another woman, suffered with mental disorder, was sent to prison twice and eventually died of a brain haemorrhage in 1996.
Unemployed Arthur lives in Walford with his wife Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard), their two children Mark Fowler (David Scarboro and Todd Carty) and Michelle Fowler (Susan Tully) and Pauline's mother Lou Beale (Anna Wing). Pauline is pregnant with her third child, and gives birth to a son, Martin Fowler (Jon Peyton Price and James Alexandrou). Arthur's greatest pleasure is gardening and he obtains a spot in the local allotment, which he regularly uses as a foil to escape his nagging wife and his equally nagging mother-in-law. Over the years Arthur finds a steady stream of odd jobs to keep him occupied. He works for Tony Carpenter (Oscar James) as a carpenter's helper, deliveryman and as a road sweeper in the market. For a brief period in 1986, he is also employed by Walford Cleaning Services to clean the local schools. Lou dies in 1988. Arthur initially has a distant relationship with Mark and is unable to keep him in check when he turns to crime.
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