Spencer Gray (Hollyoaks)
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| Hollyoaks character | |||||||
| Portrayed by | Darren John Langford | ||||||
| Duration | 2008–2010 | ||||||
| First appearance | 23 December 2008 | ||||||
| Last appearance | 13 August 2010 | ||||||
| Created by | Bryan Kirkwood | ||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||
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| Occupation | Club Owner | ||||||
| Home | Sheltered accommodation | ||||||
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| Brothers | Warren Fox (adoptive) |
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| Sisters | Katy Fox (adoptive) |
| Nephews | Joel Dexter (adoptive) |
Spencer Gray is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks, played by Darren John Langford. The character first appeared on-screen in December 2008. He initially appeared as the former foster brother of Warren Fox, turning up after the death of his mother. He is noted for his learning disability and his condition of where he has a mental age of a human in preadolescence. The character was axed by Paul Marquess.
News of the character first surfaced in October 2008, when it was announced established character Warren Fox was to have a new on-screen relative in the form of Spencer, his former foster brother from his childhood. He was initially dubbed as being introduced to explore the character of Warren's past in more depth. It was also made clear that the character would have learning disabilities and a mental age of a 10-year-old. When the character first appeared on-screen, the two characters spoke of their troubled pasts and Spencer pleaded with Warren to look after him. The character still appears to the present day after the departure of his only relative on the show.
Auditions were held for the part of Spencer with actor Darren John Langford going onto secure the role. The part was Langford's first major television role after appearing in television commercials and theatre roles prior to the casting. Langford also credited his early chemistry with Jamie Lomas during the audition process as helping him settle into the role.
In early 2010, it was announced that Lucy Allan had stepped down from the position of executive producer and that Paul Marquess had taken over the role. It was soon revealed that Marquess planned to give Hollyoaks a "shake up", changing the productions team and beginning a cast cull by axing three established characters. Stephanie Waring (who plays Cindy Hutchinson) then revealed that all remaining cast members feared their character would be axed. One month later, Marquess announced his plans to axe a further 11 characters, including Spencer at the end of Langford's contract.
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