Gregory Mantel

Gregory Mantel
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About
Portrayed by	Pavel Douglas (search)
Introduced by	Julia Smith (1988, )
Gender	Male
First Appearance	16 June 1988
Last Appearance	23 February 1989
Duration	1988–1989
Episode Count	19
Doof Doof Count	1
Status	Alive
Occupation	Gangster
Classification	Former; recurring
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Gregory Mantel made his first appearance on 16 June 1988. He is portrayed by Pavel Douglas.

Storylines

Gregory is a well-spoken, sharp-suited gangster, an employee of The Firm.

He is introduced in June 1988, as a character claiming to be from "Walford Investments", who tries to persuade James Willmott-Brown to let him buy into The Dagmar. When James refuses, he soon finds that his suppliers are refusing to do business with him. The bar's business suffers dramatically as a result. The Firm financially ruin The Dagmar for the purpose of drawing in its custom for their own wine bar, Strokes, which is in fact a front for illegal gambling reluctantly run by Den Watts. Den later uses his Firm connections to arrange for The Dagmar to be firebombed in retaliation to James raping Kathy Beale, which angers Gregory and The Firm's bosses, the unseen Mr Vinnicombe and Jack Dalton. Gregory and Vinnicombe are good friends, and Gregory reports directly to him. Gregory later establishes the office on Albert Square as a base of operations for "Walford Investments".

Gregory is also responsible for leading the operation to kill Den, after it is thought that he had grassed up The Firm for the Dagmar fire. Gregory is an intelligent man, and is able to work out the connection between Den and Michelle Fowler, and that she might be the key to finding him. He orders that Michelle be tailed, and she was followed to the Walford canal. Gregory then co-ordinates the assassination via a walkie-talkie. Gregory gives the order to shoot Den, but fourteen years later it is revealed that his attempt to kill Den was unsuccessful and he promptly returns to Walford in September 2003, and that the body found in the canal in May 1990 was that of Mr Vinnicombe, who had been killed on the orders of Jack Dalton after discovering that Den had survived.

Kill count

Attempted murder victims

1. Den Watts (23 February 1989) (on the orders of Jack Dalton and Mr Vinnicombe) - Was ordered to kill Den by his bosses and helps orchestrate the shooting via walkie talkie, Den was shot by a firm member but survived the hit.

List of appearances

Note: (d) denotes a doof doof.

1988

1. 16 June 1988
2. 21 June 1988
3. 2 August 1988
4. 11 August 1988
5. 30 August 1988
6. 13 September 1988
7. 11 October 1988
8. 13 October 1988
9. 18 October 1988
10. 20 October 1988
11. 27 October 1988 (d)
12. 24 November 1988
13. 15 December 1988

1989

1. 3 January 1989
2. 19 January 1989
3. 31 January 1989
4. 16 February 1989
5. 21 February 1989
6. 23 February 1989