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Treacher grew up in the East End of London. After his National Service, he worked as a steward with P&O, where he saved enough money to attend drama school.^[1] The East End of London, known locally as the East End, is an area, with no formal authority or boundaries, that spans a number of administative districts of London in England. ... National service is a common name for compulsory or voluntary military service programs. ... The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company or P&O is a shipping line which started in 1840 after the Peninsular Steam Navigation Company won the British Admiralty contract to carry the mail overseas in 1837. ...

After graduating from the prestigious Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, he made his West End debut in 1963 with the comedy Shout for Life at The Vaudeville Theatre. Several successful West End roles followed before he moved into television drama, making guest appearances in a number of classic series of the 1970s including Minder, The Sweeney, The Professionals, Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars and The Agatha Christie Hour. The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London was a drama school in the UK which offered comprehensive training for those intending to pursue a professional career and during its 100 year history produced many established actors of stage and screen. ... West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, England, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland. Along with New Yorks Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... The Vaudeville Theatre is situated on The Strand in the West End of London. ... West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, England, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland. Along with New Yorks Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... Image:Arthur-Daley-book. ... This article is about the television series. ... Series title card. ... Dixon of Dock Green was a popular BBC television series, which ran from 1955 to 1976, and later a radio series. ... Z-Cars (sometimes written as Z Cars, and always pronounced zed, never zee) was a British television drama series centred around the work of regular beat police officers in the fictional town of Newtown, near Liverpool, in the north-west of England. ...

In late 1984, he was the first actor to be cast in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, appearing in the first episode on 19 February 1985 as Arthur Fowler, a role that he would play for the next 11 years. In fact the co-creators, Tony Holland and Julia Smith, had scripted the character with Treacher in mind.^[2] He received much critical acclaim for the role, especially for his portrayal of his character's mental decline and subsequent nervous breakdown. The character also endured a succession of misfortunates, not least his wrongful imprisonment for a fraud that he didn't commit, a persistent struggle with unemployment, his daughter Michelle's pregnancy at the age of 16, and his son Mark's diagnosis with HIV. This article is about the year. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... The first TIME magazine cover devoted to soap operas, dated January 12, 1976. ... Albert Square in the 1980s. ... [[Media:Italic text]]{| style=float:right; |- | |- | |} is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Arthur George Fowler was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Tony Holland (born in London, England) is a television writer. ... Julia Smith (26 May 1927 – 19 June 1997) was an English television director and producer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... CIA figures for world unemployment rates, 2006 Unemployment is the state in which a person is without work, available to work, and is currently seeking work. ... Michelle Fowler (previously Holloway) was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... This article is about human pregnancy in biological females. ... Mark Fowler was a fictional character in the popular British BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... Species Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Human immunodeficiency virus 2 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS, a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections). ...

By 1996, he had requested to be written out of the series, stating "By the time I finished, even the sound of the theme music was making me feel ill. I felt depressed." He also stated in a 2003 BBC documentary where it was interviewing past stars of the show that he had to leave as the stress working the long hours on the show was affecting his health and that the doctors told him that if he didn't leave the job soon and relax it would kill him. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...

Although it was his decision to leave the soap, Treacher was shocked that the show’s bosses chose to kill Arthur off. He has said: "I certainly didn’t ask them to kill him. Oh no, because you never know, you might need to come back and earn a few grand."^[3] Following his departure the British press alleged that Treacher and co-star Wendy Richard (who played his wife Pauline) were involved in a feud that had lasted the entire eleven years of his stint. Treacher commented: "All I can say is that Wendy and I had a good professional relationship. We never met socially because we did not have a great deal in common."^[4] Wendy Richard MBE (born Wendy Emerton on 20 July 1943) is a popular English actress best known for playing Miss Brahms in Are You Being Served? from 1972 to 1985 and Pauline Fowler in EastEnders from 1985 to 2006. ... Pauline Fowler (née Beale) was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, played continuously by actress Wendy Richard[1] from the shows first episode on 19 February 1985 and remaining on-screen for almost twenty-two years. ...

Treacher has since made several films, most notably The Musketeer, Tale of the Mummy and George and the Dragon. He also had a guest starring role in the ITV police drama The Bill in 2006, and appeared as a Security Guard in an episode of Casualty in December 2007. The Musketeer is a Peter Hyams film based on Alexandre Dumas classic novel The Three Musketeers, starring Catherine Deneuve, Tim Roth, Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Nick Moran, Bill Treacher and Justin Chambers. ... Tale of the Mummy is a 1998 horror film, directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Jason Scott Lee. ... Saint George versus the dragon According to the Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine, the story of Saint George and the Dragon took place in a place he called Silene, in Libya. ... For other uses, see ITV (disambiguation). ... This article is about the British TV series. ... Casualty is the longest running emergency medical drama series in the world[1], first broadcast in 1986 and transmitted in the UK on BBC One (with repeats on UKTV Gold). ...

He is married to the Australian actress Katherine Kessey and they have two children, Jamie, also an actor, and Sophie, a production assistant. They live in Suffolk. Suffolk (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in East Anglia, England. ...

In 1973, Treacher starred in a British television commercial for the Austin Allegro motor car. The Austin Allegro is a small family car that was manufactured by British Leyland under the Austin name from 1973 until 1983. ...

References

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External links

• Bill Treacher at the Internet Movie Database