Barry Grant

**Barry Grant** is the signature villainous character from british soap opera, **Brookside**.

## About

Barry was seen in the very first episode and innocent early sets of episodes it was clear that Barry had a villainous side to his character often wheeling and dealing around his home close, Brookside Close with his close friends Terry Sullivan and Pat Hancock. Barry was always in and out of his life in Brookside often going away sometimes month at a time for work. He is portrayed by Paul Usher who has went onto play other soap characters like Des Taviner in The Bill and another gangster in Danny Hardcastle in EastEnders.

## Legacy

Barry has easily cemented himself as a Brookside legend being the first "bad boy" type character he easily split opinion among the Brookside fans but many will tell you how much they enjoyed Paul Usher's potrayl of Barry. First being the local scally who would often flog thing such as foreign videos and one time teddy bears, Barry did what he could to earn some extra cash, soon fed up of not getting the money he wanted, Barry decided to dance with the big time gangsters the first being Tommy McCardle and Sisszler, so began Barry's rise to local scally to local fearable gangster by the 1990s.

Barry did many villainous deeds in the 1990s such as setting one of his friends shops in Jimmy Corkhill on fire and perhaps in one of soaps most shocking scenes ever which saw Barry kill a mother and her child by pushing them off a scaffolding! - a crime he was never ever punished for!

Some current soap characters might often get compared to Barry due to the similarities most notable one being Warren Fox from Hollyoaks, giving both Brookside and Hollyoaks are made by the same people its possible they put some of Barry's personality into Warren but other characters like Pat Phelan, Cain Dingle and legendry hardman, Phil Mitchell will also pop up when Barry is being compared to modern day soap characters.

Even though Brookside ended in November 2003. The soap has actually co-existed with Hollyoaks with many characters from both soaps doing some cameos but the most notable connection is that of Matt Musgrove this means some old school Brookside and Barry Grant fans call for Barry to infact one day make an appearance on Hollyoaks - only time will tell on that one but here is hoping!

## Archive

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### List of Crimes

This is a list of crimes that Barry os known to have committed.

1. ABH
2. Arson
3. Assault
4. Adultery
5. Animal cruelty
6. Animal killing
7. Blackmail
8. Breaking and entering
9. Bribery
10. Conspiracy to Murder
11. Conspiracy to commit Kidnapping
12. Drug Dealing
13. Endangering Lives
14. Fraud
15. Gangland activities
16. Gangland connections
17. Handling Stolen Goods
18. IlIegal raves
19. Intimidation
20. Kidnapping
21. Murder (3×)
22. Murder by Association (2×)
23. Orchardstrated Murder
24. Possession of Firearms
25. Possession of Firearms with intent
26. Property damage
27. Robbery
28. Selling stolen goods
29. Vandalism

### Kill Count

##### Murders

1. Sue Sullivan - Pushed off a scaffolding by Barry.
2. Daniel Sullivan - Sue was holding Daniel when Barry pushed her off the scaffolding.
3. Simon Howe - Grabbed by Barry who was going to save Simon from a gassed out car however, Barry decided against it and left Simon to die in the car instead.

* Note: A DVD feature film of Barry going after his brothers killers was filmed but not released. This means its likely that Barry may have murdered any of the suspects in the film. A grave yard dream scene in the trailer hints Barry may have killed one of them as they attack Damon in the afterlife while Barry lays in a grave helpless.

##### Connected Murders And Deaths

1. Greame Curtis - Barry let Graham take the blame for Sue's murder. Greame was later murdered in prison.
2. Jack Michealson - An orchestrated murder by Barry. Barry rallys up Jack's enemies and plants a plan in their head in how to kill Jack, they all then act on it and kill Jack by Lynching him.

## Similar Characters

* This section if for characters that are similar.
* Pat Phelan - Coronation Street
* Cain Dingle - Emmerdale
* Phil Mitchell - EastEnders
* Warren Fox - Hollyoaks
* Pete Callan - Family Affairs
* Lenny Murdoch - River City

## Trivia

* Barry is one of the few soap opera characters who truely have gotten away with his crimes facing no justice for the murders his committed among the other crimes the character was seen commiting

## Wiki And Web Links

* https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry\_Grant
* https://brookside.fandom.com/wiki/Barry\_Grant
* https://brookside-19822003-tv-show.fandom.com/wiki/Barry\_Grant