| Index: > A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
|
|||||
Den was married to Angie (played by Anita Dobson ) and together they managed the Albert Square pub, the Queen Victoria. Den was notorious for his extramarital affairs and shady dealings, which earned him his nickname. His conquests included his adopted daughter Sharon's best friend Michelle Fowler (then sixteen, who bore him a daughter, Vicki ), Jan Hammond and Paula Rickman, who bore him a son, Dennis.
Den was shot in 1989 by a hitman working for "the firm" and presumed dead. Notoriously, the shooting was accomplished with a gun concealed in a bunch of daffodils. Although Den was not seen shot on screen, viewers heard him plop into the canal. His jacket was subsequently retrieved from the canal, Sharon found his distinctive signet ring with a D initial for sale at the local market and she even identified a body as his. Nevertheless, in 2003 it was revealed that the death was faked and he has since returned to Albert Square.
This followed plotlines explaining that "the firm" was that of Jack Dalton , played by Hywel Bennett. Dalton revealed to former gangster Dennis, though not yet to viewers, as his words were drowned by a passing train, that Den was alive and living in Spain. Dennis then murdered Dalton , allowing Den to return, followed by his estranged wife Chrissie .
It was recently revealed he owed the local video shop £9,000 because in 1988 he rented out Porky's II and never returned it, even though he was supposedly dead.
The nightclub "Angie's Den" (formerly E20, after Walford's fictional postcode) was named after the Watts by their daughter Sharon.
Dennis Watts is played by celebrity masturbator Leslie Grantham.
Watts, Den