is a
Fictional Character in
BBC Soap Opera ''
EastEnders ''. He is played by
Ricky Groves .
Garry arrived in the square as
Lynne Slater 's boyfriend. They got married in
2001 . The marriage still went ahead despite Lynne finding out Garry had tried it on with her sister
Kat and Garry finding out that Lynne had slept with
Beppe Di Marco .
Garry was horrified when married
Laura Beale told him she had had a drunken one-night-stand with him resulting in pregnancy. Garry was so drunk he couldn't remember sleeping with her. Laura said the baby couldn't be her husband
Ian 's child because he'd had a vasectomy. Lynne was shocked when she heard this and didn't know if she could forgive Garry but they got back together in the end. Laura gave birth to a son, whom she named Bobby after the famous football player
Bobby Moore . When
Bobby had a blood test, Laura discovered his blood type was different from hers and Garry's meaning Ian's vasectomy hadn't worked and he must be the natural father. She decided not to tell Ian or Garry because Ian had looked down his nose on her and Bobby and she thought Garry would make a better dad. For nearly a year, Garry believed he was Bobby's father. When Laura fell down the stairs and died, Bobby came to live with Garry. After a while, even Lynne accepted Bobby as part of the family and when she became pregnant she looked forward to having a brother or sister for Bobby. Then
Pat Evans found Bobby's birth certificate stating Ian as the father. Garry had become attached to Bobby and loved him as his own but was forced to hand him over to natural father Ian. Bobby now lives with Ian, girlfriend
Jane and his half-siblings
Peter and
Lucy Beale .
Garry looked forward to the birth of his and Lynne's child. They knew it was to be a girl and named her Vivian, after Lynne's deceased mother. When a funfair ride fell down on summer day, the stress caused Lynne to suffer a late miscarriage. Shortly after this she moved away and divorced Garry.
Garry is now living with his best friend
Minty Peterson . He and Minty work as mechanics at the Arches. Their boss used to be Ian, once Garry's sworn enemy, but
Phil Mitchell has since taken over. Garry fancies
Naomi Julien , who lives with him and Minty but she rejected him as she is confused about her sexuality.
- Daughter: ''Vivian Hobbs'' (deceased)
