1. Nicholas Berry was born on 16 April 1963 and is a retired English actor and pop singer.
15 Facts About Nick Berry
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Nick Berry is best known for his roles as Simon Wicks in EastEnders from 1985 to 1990, and as PC Nick Rowan in Heartbeat from 1992 to 1998.
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Nick Berry sang UK chart singles with "Every Loser Wins" in 1986, which went to number one, and the theme song from Heartbeat, a cover of the Buddy Holly song "Heartbeat", in 1992.
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Nick Berry started acting at the age of eight, and attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London.
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Nick Berry played minor parts on television, film and stage, until his big break playing Simon 'Wicksy' Wicks in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, joining the series shortly after its inception in 1985 and staying until the end of 1990.
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Nick Berry's character was thought up overnight and had been scheduled to appear later.
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Scarboro's departure meant many of his functions as one of the senior of the young characters would need to be taken over by another character and thus Wicksy was introduced rather sooner than originally planned and Nick Berry was cast with minimal delay.
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Nick Berry was quickly hailed as EastEnders' top pin-up and during this time was besieged by fan mail from female admirers.
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Nick Berry soon took a break from EastEnders to tour and make an album from which the number-one single "Every Loser Wins" came in 1986.
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Nick Berry returned to EastEnders after his musical career stalled but left again in an 'open to return' storyline which was aired in December 1990.
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Nick Berry's character has only made one brief re-appearance since in an episode dated 13 January 2012, marking the funeral of his on-screen mother, played by Pam St Clement.
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Nick Berry recorded the title song "Heartbeat" in 1992, a cover of the 1958 Buddy Holly hit, which reached number two in the UK singles chart and spawned a second album.
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Nick Berry's era ended with a one-off twin episode special showing his character's new career as a Royal Canadian Mounted Police Officer.
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In 1998, Nick Berry left Heartbeat for the BBC One series Harbour Lights.
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Nick Berry retired from acting and ran his own production company called Valentine Productions.