Dr. Harold Legg is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera
EastEnders, played by Leonard Fenton. Dr. Legg is Walford's original
GP. He is widely trusted within the community, and is always on hand
to dish out advice. Dr Legg appears as a regular character between
1985 and 1989, but continued to appear in a recurring role until 1997.
He was officially retired in 1999 by executive producer Matthew
Robinson, though he has made cameos since this time in 2000, 2004 and
2007. He returned for a storyline from 18 October 2018 and he departed
on 15 February 2019 when he died of pancreatic cancer.Dr Legg first
appears in EastEnders when it begins on 19 February 1985. He is the
local doctor for Walford, where he had lived most of his life, opening
his practice there in 1947.His Jewish family had moved out of the East
End when Oswald Mosley began his fascist marches in the 1930s. They
moved to Finchley in North London, but young Harold commuted daily to
his East End grammar school, to avoid any disruption to his education.
He went to St. Bartholomew's hospital to start his medical training in
1940, treated air raid casualties, and met and married a non-Jewish
nurse, named Judith Martin. They bought a small house in Albert
Square. They lived there happily, but during the war a German bomb
exploded near number 5 Albert Square and killed Judith. He never
remarried, despite the hard work of matchmaking aunts and Dr Legg
since devotes his life to keeping the residents of Albert Square
healthy. Harold Legg Biography, Weight & Height, Age, Nationality & Ethnicity
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