- Gray O'Brien
Gray O'Brien (born
11 August ,1968 ) is a Scottish actor who has appeared in "The Queen", "Casualty", "Peak Practice ", and "Taggart ". He also appeared in the 2007 "Doctor Who " Christmas special, "Voyage of the Damned".He appeared in Scottish soap "
River City " since 2005 as the character Billy Davies, a serial womaniser. The character cheated on his wife Della with Kelly-Marie; was confirmed as sterile; lost Della in a bet to a friend Lewis, who then got her pregnant (Billy being sterile). He then reluctantly entered into a relationship with Jo Rossi and grew to care for her and asked her to marry him. He was delighted when she fell pregnant, believing the fertility results to be inaccurate. However, Jo then ran off with a man - the father of her unborn baby - whom she had believed to be her half-brother. (However, Luca had lied to Jo and there were no genetic links at all.)Gray O'Brien joined British soap opera "
Coronation Street " in September 2007 as businessmanTony Gordon .He has a son named Connor with ex-wife Lynne.In October 2008 he incurred the wrath of numerous Glasgow
Rangers supporters when his character in Corrie made it clear that Tony was not a Rangers supporter. O'Brien is known to be a "Celtic F.C. " fan.External links
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2007/07/11/47099.shtml BBC article about "Doctor Who" casting]
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