Biff Fowler
| Biff Fowler | |||||||||
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| Emmerdale character | |||||||||
| Portrayed by | Stuart Wade | ||||||||
| Duration | 1994–99, 2005 | ||||||||
| First appearance | 10 March 1994 | ||||||||
| Last appearance | 1 November 2005 | ||||||||
| Created by | Mervyn Watson | ||||||||
| Introduced by |
Mervyn Watson (1994) Kathleen Beedles (2005) | ||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||
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Brian Ian Francis "Biff" Fowler is a fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale, played by Stuart Wade from 1994 until 1999. Biff later returned for Seth Armstrong's funeral in October 2005.
Casting
Three weeks after starting drama college, Wade was cast as Biff. He was initially contracted for five months.[1] Of his character, Wade commented "He's a bit of a thug. He strikes up a friendship with Luke because they share a passion for bikes. And he's just the type of guy to lead Luke astray."[1]
Storylines
Biff first appeared in Emmerdale as a biker and school friend of Luke McAllister. He had a romance with Luke's sister, Jessica McAllister and was Betty Eagleton and Seth Armstrong's lodger. He then began dating Linda Glover and they married on Boxing Day 1996, the same day that Linda's brother Dave died in a fire at Home Farm.
Biff and Linda had a happy marriage and were delighted when Linda fell pregnant in early 1997; but their happiness was cut short when she had a miscarriage. Linda died in a car crash in October 1997 leaving Biff devastated. He had a one-night stand with Kelly Windsor, his brother-in-law Roy's girlfriend, in November 1997. She became pregnant but miscarried after being she was pushed down the stairs by Kim Tate. The following year, Biff had a fling with Lady Tara Oakwell but she dumped him to marry Lord Michael Thorndield. Biff then began dating Kathy Glover, Linda's former sister-in-law, and they planned to marry but on their wedding day, Graham Clark showed up and Biff began to have doubts about marrying Kathy as he realized that Kathy saw a lot of Graham and was close to him. He jilted her at the altar, leaving Kathy distraught. Marlon Dingle wondered whether he would see his good friend again and Biff rode off on his motorbike, into the sunset.
In October 2005, Biff briefly returned to Emmerdale, following the death of Seth Armstrong. He first made an appearance when Betty relived the memories of Seth in his shed, when to Betty's astonishment, Biff walked in. Biff told Betty that she could stay in Keeper's Cottage for as long as she liked, despite her offering to move out. Biff comforted Betty as she explained that she did not want Seth to be cremated and he suggested that she stop the cremation after the wake. Biff attended Seth's wake in The Woolpack and left again, following the funeral.
References
- 1 2 "New face". Inside Soap (Attic Futura (UK) Ltd) (20): 11. April 1994.
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