Kenneth "Kenny" Beale was Albert and Lou Beale's son and father of Elizabeth. He made his first appearance on 9 February 1988 and his last appearance on 10 March 1988. He was portrayed by Michael Attwell.
Storylines[]
Born in 1940, Kenny was destined to follow in the Beale empire and carry on his father's legacy on the fruit and veg stall on Bridge Street Market. However, he was banished from Walford in 1965, when his mother caught him in bed with his brother's pregnant wife Pat. Lou then told him to go and live in New Zealand, and he set himself up a business selling swimming pools, and married a New Zealander called Barbara. He cut all contact from his family for five years after emigrating, and after that, it was only his younger sister Pauline who occasionally wrote to him.
In 1988, he returned to Walford with his teenage daughter Elizabeth, after his marriage with Barbara had hit a rocky patch. He visited his ill mother and found out that he has been named as the father of Pat's youngest son, Simon Wicks. After a month in Walford, he realised how good life his life was in New Zealand and returned to Barbara. He said goodbye to Simon, whose paternity had come in doubt again, and he told him that he hopes he's the father. It was later revealed that Pat believes Brian Wicks is Simon's father. Kenny did not know that Pat was sure Brian was the father.
In March 1988, Kenny once again told Simon he hopes he is his son, and had a leaving party at No 45. He then returned to New Zealand, leaving Walford for the last ever time.
Pauline travelled to New Zealand to visit Kenny in June 1992, after he had been in a car accident and he sent a wreath to Pauline's funeral in January 2007. Since then, it is unknown what has become of Kenny.
Background information[]
- Kenny said he was 48 in February 1988, but also says that in Spring 1965 he was 24 going on 25, so born 1940. Kenny left for New Zealand just before Simon was born that July.
List of appearances[]
1988[]
- Episode 314 (9 February 1988)
- Episode 315 (11 February 1988)
- Episode 316 (16 February 1988)
- Episode 317 (18 February 1988)
- Episode 318 (23 February 1988)
- Episode 319 (25 February 1988)
- Episode 320 (1 March 1988)
- Episode 322 (8 March 1988)
- Episode 323 (10 March 1988)