| Arthur Fowler | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Bill Treacher | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1985–1996 | ||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 1 "Poor Old Reg" 19 February 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | Episode 1292 21 May 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||||||
| Created by | Tony Holland and Julia Smith | ||||||||||||||||||
| Book appearances | Swings and Roundabouts | ||||||||||||||||||
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Arthur Fowler is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Bill Treacher from 1985 to 1996. Arthur featured in archive footage in 2025 to celebrate the shows 40th anniversary.
The father of the Fowler family, Arthur was essentially a good man but made some foolish choices that he always ended up paying dearly for. His storylines involved being bossed to the brink of insanity by his mother-in-law Lou Beale (Anna Wing), an affair with Christine Hewitt (Elizabeth Power), suffering a mental disorder, being sent to prison twice, and eventually dying of a brain haemorrhage in 1996.