Larry Lamb
| Larry Lamb | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Lawrence Douglas Lamb 1 October 1947 Edmonton, Greater London, England |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Anita Wisbey (m. 1969; div. 1970) Linda Martin (m. 1979; div. 1996) |
| Partner(s) |
Clare Burt (1996–2016) Marie Victorine (2016–) |
| Children | 4 |
Lawrence Douglas "Larry" Lamb (born 1 October 1947) is an English actor and radio presenter. He played Archie Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and Mick Shipman in the BBC romantic comedy series Gavin & Stacey.
Lamb was born in Edmonton, Greater London, to Jessie White and Ronald Douglas Lamb, the eldest of four including his brother, Wesley, and a sister. Lamb had a turbulent childhood; he was verbally abused by his father and often had to keep his parents from fighting. In 2011, he participated in the BBC series Who Do You Think You Are? and discovered that he is descended from a line of proprietors of Day's Menagerie and the famous Martini Bartlett lion tamer.
Lamb attended Edmonton County School, and later joined the oil industry, which resulted in him working in Libya and Canada, where he attended St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. This developed his amateur interest in acting to a professional level, and he performed at Canada's Stratford Festival in 1975–1976. Lamb is distantly related to Edward Buckton Lamb (1806–1869), a Victorian architect who designed St Martin's Gospel Oak and St Mary Addiscombe.
After returning to Britain from Canada, Lamb became a regular cast member, along with Kate O'Mara, in the BBC's North Sea ferry-based soap Triangle (1981–83), in which he played Matt Taylor, the ship's Chief Engineer.
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