Andy Hunter

**Andy Hunter** was a henchman turned leader of the well known gangster community, The Firm in british based soap opera, **EastEnders**.

## About

The character of Andy was brought into the show as the succeeder of Jack Dalton in July 2003. After over year in the role the character would be killed off during the shows 20th anniversary episodes along with original character, Den Watts.

## Legacy

Charismatic, Andy was ambitious he had the ambitious of a strong Mob leader however Andy was in someway a bit of a coward knowing he couldn't take on Dalton, Andy waited for someone else to come along and do the deed that someone being an old friend of Andy's, Dennis Rickman. Andy was instantly seen as the main guy running Walford for the next 18 months. During that time Andy had: Caused Phil Mitchell to turn informant on Dennis over Dalton's murder, having relationships with both Kat Slater and Sam Mitchell, having feuds with the likes of Minty Pearson and Alfie Moon - however unable to match up to Andy it was more one sided bullying in Andy's favour. His also the main reason, Den Watts was allowed to return to Albert Sqaure after supposedly being dead for the past 14 years wavering Dalton's hit on Den.

Andy was the definition of someone who could snap his fingers and have things done for him he was no hardman however - Even Ian Beale managed land Andy on his backside. The EastEnders fans often praise Andy as a decent character but as a gangster he lacked a certain and typical edge allowing characters get one over on him. However in December 2004, Andy was responsible for the murder of Paul Trueman albeit it was to save his own skin. Andy became more and more disrespected by the Walford community and eventually after attempting to steal 750,000 pounds from gangland boss, Johnny Allen, Andy was murdered by Johnny by being pushed off a motorway bridge. The same night Den Watts was murdered by Chrissie Watts.

Andy had been mentioned by a few remaining EastEnders characters over the years since his death most notably that of Patrick Trueman the father of Paul. The most recent mention was to Patrick's other son, Isaac Baptise when Patrick told Isaac how Paul died, he mentioned that Paul was involved with Andy.

Andy was apart of an era what EastEnders fandom call "The Gangster Era". Which is apart of pin pointing some past characters and storylines. Andy was one of these characters along with Dennis Rickman, Jack Dalton, Johnny Allen, Den Watts, The Moon Brothers Jake and Danny. The era is also know to be the start of Phil Mitchell - Walfords legendary hardman, start of his more serious criminal dealings.

## Archive

### List of Crimes

* This is a list of crimes known to have been committed by Andy.

1. Assault
2. Abduction
3. Attempted Murder
4. Bribery
5. Blackmail
6. Bullying
7. Coercive Violence
8. Drug Dealing
9. Extortion
10. Gangland Activities
11. Gangland Connections
12. Holding People Captive
13. Intimidation
14. Incitement To Violence
15. Kidnapping
16. Murder (Implied only)
17. Murder By Proxy (At least 1×)
18. Torture

### Kill Count

###### Murders

It's healing implied Andy has killed many times while working for the firm as well as when running it.

###### Connected Murders And Deaths

1. Paul Trueman - Ordered Paul to be killed.

## Similar Characters

* This is a list of similar characters.
* Tony Gordon - (Coronation Street)
* Sisszler - (Brookside)
* Ray Mullan - (Emmerdale)
* Scott Anderson - (Hollyoaks)

## Trivia

* Despite not murdering anyone directly on-screen, many dialogues from Andy and Andy's associates confirm that Andy has murdered people within his gangland activities the number is not specified however.

## Wiki And Web Links

* https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy\_Hunter\_(EastEnders)
* https://eastenders.fandom.com/wiki/Andy\_Hunter