Scottish actor Jeff Stewart has been pictured trying a far cry from his straight-laced Police Constable days on The Bill.
The star, 67, who positioned Reg Hollis for a whopping 24 years on the sequence till he was abruptly axed in 2008, is barely recognisable these days, noticed having fun with a meal in his civilian garments in London this week.
Stewart, who was clean-shaven with slicked again darkish hair within the ITV cleaning soap, is now sporting a bushy gray beard and lengthy gray hair.
During the London outing, he was seen linking arms with a lady in a crimson hat, rocking a placing outfit of his personal.
The Aberdeen-born actor wore a protracted cream coat, gloves and aviator sun shades, completed with a Penguin Books tote emblazoned with the title of Jack Kerouac’s novel On The Road.
His companion wore a inexperienced velvet coat and tan scarf.
Stewart first shot to fame within the early 80s with a job in cleaning soap opera Crossroads, which was later adopted by an element in Doctor Who in 1984.
But he’s most well-known for enjoying the much-loved copper in The Bill, a personality he took on for over 20 years.
After showing in a whopping 872 episodes, PC Reg Hollis was axed from the present in 2008.
Stewart has beforehand spoken about his unceremonious departure from The Bill, telling The Sun in 2011: “I felt I had been badly let down.”
After he was informed he was going to be sacked, Stewart went again to his dressing room and was so distraught by the news he tried to take his personal life. The star had additionally been battling monetary troubles stemming from a playing drawback.
He later informed The Sun of the darkish level of his life: “I didn’t see a counsellor, it was evident I was OK and I never worried how it would affect my career.
“I thought, ‘I have a choice, you can either stagnate or blossom’.”
Stewart went on to characteristic in movies Dead Man Running (2009), Tomorrow (2010) and Under Jakob’s Ladder in 2011 – which earned him the award for Best Actor on the Manhattan Film Festival.
He additionally appeared in Lake Placid: The Final Chapter again in 2012.
– With The Sun
Source: www.news.com.au
