Lofty Holloway
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| EastEnders character | |||||||
| Portrayed by | Tom Watt | ||||||
| Duration | 1985–1988 | ||||||
| First appearance | Episode 3 26 February 1985 |
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| Last appearance | Episode 334 19 April 1988 |
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| Created by | Tony Holland and Julia Smith | ||||||
| Book appearances | EastEnders: A Place in Life | ||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||
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| Occupation | Soldier Barman Youth worker Handyman Social worker |
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| Wife | Michelle Fowler (1986–1988) |
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| Stepdaughters | Vicki Fowler (1986–1988) |
| Aunts | Irene |
George "Lofty" Holloway is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Tom Watt. Lofty is one of the serial's original characters, making his first appearance in the third episode, 26 February 1985. Lofty is generally depicted as a meek, luckless and hapless victim. A long running storyline concerns his relationship with the character Michelle Fowler (Susan Tully). Lofty departs on 19 April 1988.
George Holloway, nicknamed 'Lofty' due to his above average height, serves in the army but has to leave because he suffers with chronic asthma; he settles in Walford and gets a job as a barman at The Queen Victoria public house.
Lofty is devoted to his aunt Irene (Katherine Parr), who lives in a hospice, stricken with inoperable cancer. He takes on the task of caring and visiting her and is devastated when she eventually dies in 1987. He grows close to Michelle Fowler (Susan Tully) after she becomes pregnant in 1985 and refuses to name the father - the actual father, Den Watts (Leslie Grantham), is Lofty's employer although Lofty never discovers this. Michelle finds the prospect of bringing up a child daunting. Lofty struggles to see Michelle unhappy and chivalrously offers to marry her and help bring her baby, Vicki, up as his own. Although Michelle does not love Lofty, she accepts his proposal, realising that she can never be with her baby's real father. However, on their wedding day, Michelle is visited by Den in secret and this makes Michelle reconsider her options; she jilts Lofty at the altar, devastating him.
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