Gary Hailes [SEP] place of birth
Gary Hailes
Gary Hailes (born 4 November 1965 in London) is an English actor.
Hales attended Holloway School. During the 1980s he starred in several successful television series, including "Woodentop", "Grange Hill" and the BBC soap opera "EastEnders", where he played Barry Clark from 1986-89. He originally auditioned for the role of Mark Fowler when the series began in 1985, but the role went to David Scarboro instead. Hailes' character was notable for being one half of the soap
into "EastEnders" predominantly working-class community). Barry was scripted to be much more down-to-earth in comparison: working-class instead of middle-class; openly gay instead of 'in the closet'; loud and brash instead of shy and retiring and in addition the age difference between the two was substantial — Colin being roughly fifteen years Barry's senior. The actor Gary Hailes was chosen to play the role. Hailes was known to "EastEnders" co-creators, Tony Holland and Julia