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Ex-EastEnders star Gary with son Freddie, who is following in his footsteps(Image: Humphrey Nemar)<\/p>\nGary Webster, who played EastEnders’ Graham Clark in the 1980s, jokes that he’s become a ‘nepo-dad’ after his son Freddie, 22, got him a theatre jobEx-EastEnders star Gary with son Freddie, who is following in his footsteps(Image: Humphrey Nemar)<\/p>\n
Forget nepo babes: in Gary Webster\u2019s case he is a nepo dad.<\/p>\n
For ex-EastEnders star Gary, 61, is about to star opposite his son Freddie, 22 – after the young actor put him forward for a part.<\/p>\n
Father and son will both appear in the play Blessings at London\u2019s Riverside Studios, from September 30 to October 26.<\/p>\n
Speaking alongside Freddie and his wife, TV presenter, author and animal welfare campaigner Wendy Turner, 58, Gary laughs: \u201cI\u2019m the nepo dad. When Freddie landed the part, he said something to the effect that his father was sitting around on his backside doing nothing. Perhaps they could have a look at him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gary – whose TV credits include Ray Daley in Minder and Graham Clark on EastEnders<\/a> – is used to acting being a family affair. In fact, it\u2019s what brought him and Wendy together.<\/p>\n In 1997 they were cast as Robin Hood and Maid Marian in a panto in Cambridge – meeting for the first time at the photo call to publicise the show.<\/p>\n Gary says: \u201cWendy had flown in overnight from New York; I\u2019d been up until the small hours on a bender. We were both dog-tired. But, fortunately, the theatre had laid a car on. After the photographs had been taken, we were driven back to London and both fell asleep.<\/p>\n \u201cUpon waking, I quipped that, \u2018We’d better keep quiet about this as we don’t want it to get out we slept together on our first meeting!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Married in 1999 and proud parents to Freddie, who graduated from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in May, and Jack, 26, who works in corporate finance, Wendy is sure her husband and son will both shine in Blessings.<\/p>\n She says: \u201cI\u2019m assuming they\u2019ll be brilliant on stage together. When I heard the news, I had no misgivings. I was thrilled, doing cartwheels around the kitchen.\u201d<\/p>\n And Gary who has been in a number of plays recently, including Dial M for Murder and 12 Angry Men alongside Patrick Duffy from Dallas, and has also written a film – says the story, about the everyday life of a working-class family in 1969, is reminiscent of most families.<\/p>\n But, for Freddie it was an open mic night rather than his parents\u2019 showbiz credentials that inspired him to go into acting.<\/p>\n He says of playing acoustic guitar at the open mic night: \u201cThat\u2019s when I realised I wanted to be in front of the camera.\u201d<\/p>\n Now he\u2019s excited about acting opposite Gary, who will be playing a familiar role – his dad! Freddie says: \u201cTo me, having Dad playing my father is just the icing on the cake.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Animal Aid patron Wendy is about to start working with her sister Anthea Turner on an Amazon documentary about alternatives to animal testing, in association with the charity.<\/p>\n![\"Gary](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0_HN-DM-FRED-GARY-WENDY10JPG.jpg\")
Gary Webster and wife Wendy Turner with their actor son Freddie(Image: Humphrey Nemar)<\/p>\n![\"Freddie](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0_HN-DM-FRED-GARY-WENDY13JPG.jpg\")
Freddie managed to score his dad a role in his play(Image: Humphrey Nemar)<\/p>\n
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Wendy and Andrea resolved their family feud over their dad’s WhatsApps(Image: Philip Coburn)<\/p>\n