Bobby Beale

Infobox EastEnders character 2


caption=Bobby Beale as portrayed by Alex Francis
character_name=Bobby Beale
actor_name=Kevin Curran (2003-2007)
Alex Francis (2007—)
years=2003—
first=24 July 2003
classification=Present
dob=22 July 2003
status=Single
home=45 Albert Square
occupation= School pupil


caption2=Kevin Curran as Bobby in December 2006.
family = Beale family
father= Ian Beale
mother= Laura Beale
halfsisters= Lucy Beale
halfbrothers=Peter Beale
grandfathers= Pete Beale
Norman Dunn
grandmothers=Kathy Mitchell
Edwina Dunn
great grandfathers=Albert Beale
great grandmothers=Lou Beale
uncles= Ben Mitchell
David Wicks
aunts=Donna Ludlow
great uncles=Harry Beale
Ronnie Beale
Kenny Beale
Ted Hills
Colin Hills
Jonathan Hills
great aunts=Maggie Flaherty
Dora Beale
Pauline Fowler
Stephanie Hills
great great uncles=Terence Medeemey
great great aunts=Liz Medeemey
Flo Medeemey
Elsie Medeemey
Queenie Medeemey
Doris Miller
great great great aunts=Dolly Beale
cousins= Bianca Jackson
Karen Wicks
Joe Wicks
1st cousin once=Elizabeth Beale
Tony Hills
Sarah Hills
Eamonn Flaherty
Conor Flaherty
John Flaherty
Tommy Flaherty
Mark Fowler
Michelle Fowler
Martin Fowler
Natasha Butcher
Liam Butcher
Tiffany Dean
Morgan Jackson-King
2nd cousin=Colette Flaherty
Eamonn Flaherty Jr.
Declan Flaherty
Kylie Flaherty
Carl Flaherty
Mary Flaherty
Vicki Fowler
Mark Fowler Jr.
Rebecca Miller
2nd cousin three=Nellie Ellis

Robert "Bobby" Beale ( Hobbs) is a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera "EastEnders". He is the son of Ian and Laura Beale. Kevin Curran played Bobby from 2003 to 2007, but was replaced by Alex Francis on 7 May 2007. Francis was not credited in the role until 10 March 2008.

Biography

Laura supposedly had a drunken fling whilst married to Ian Beale (she stated that she only remembered zipping up Garry's trousers) with Garry Hobbs. Ian had already had a secret vasectomy so he presumed the child wasn't his, and he booted Laura out on Christmas Day, when she was in the early stages of pregnancy.

Garry and Laura made a go of things after Bobby's birth, despite the fact that Laura had discovered that Ian "was" the father after all (he had sex with Laura within six weeks of having the vasectomy, thus the procedure not in full working mode), but she kept this information to herself.

She and Garry split up when he returned to his wife, Lynne, who was now pregnant with their baby. In 2004, Laura fell down the stairs of her house and died. Pat Evans set up her arch enemy Janine for Laura's death, seeking revenge for Barry's murder.

Pat found Bobby's birth certificate, stating that Ian is the father of Bobby. Ian moved Bobby in with him, leaving Garry heart-broken, since his and Lynne's baby, Vivian, died shortly after birth.

Bobby now lives with Ian and his wife Jane Beale, and his older half brother and half sister Peter Beale and Lucy Beale, from Ian's first marriage to Cindy Beale.

Bobby loves his stepmother, Jane, very much as when she was in hospital, Bobby and Peter spent the night at Pat's house and through the night he cried for Jane. He seems to class Jane as his real mother (as was shown when he presented her with a card on her birthday addressing her as "Mum") and has taken warmly to Christian.