Eric Billingham

Eric Billingham (30 November 1965-12 April 2006) was an English businessman, former actor and voice actor. From 2001 to 2003, he was known for portraying Stephen Howell in the programme Gordon Howell. He was the short-lived founder and CEO of Billingham Media from 2004 until his death in 2006.

Later life
Since his retirement from the acting business on 1 November 2004, Billingham was the founder and CEO of the media conglomerate Billingham Media.

On 12 April 2006, CIA agent and future author Nicholas Watkins was sent to the United Kingdom to investigate Billingham and his contact. Watkins tracked Billingham's contact Seth Morrisey to a cricket match in,. After attempting to flee, Morrisey was cornered by Watkins in a restroom and following a violent scuffle was shot dead; marking Watkins' first official kill.

Traveling to, Watkins investigated Billingham's office - finding evidence of his misdeeds in the safe. Billingham returned late to find the safe door ajar and Watkins waiting for him in the shadows. Taking a seat, Billingham reached for a concealed firearm whilst confidently exchanging pleasantries with Watkins. Having access to Watkins' personnel file, he gloate that he lacked the two required kills of a CIA agent. Watkins inferred that he was well aware of this; a fact which unnerved Billingham. He suddenly realized that Watkins had assassinated his contact and stealthily grabbed his firearm from the open drawer.

He trained the pistol on Watkins and pulled the trigger to no avail, since Watkins had removed the magazine beforehand. Realizing that he was about to become the agent's second kill, he inquired into how his contact died. Watkins replied "not well." Sympathizing with Watkins, perhaps in a desperate attempt to persuade him out of pulling the trigger, Billingham remarked that even though the first kill was uncomfortable, the second would be considerably easier. Before he finished the sentence, Watkins coldly shot him dead. As the man fell backwards from his chair a family photo-frame briefly came into sight, showing that Billingham had been married with a young daughter. As Watkins put away his gun and left, he answered Billingham's remark with "Yes. Considerably".

Filmography

 * Junk in the Trunk (1995-2004) -, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Continuity Announcer (voice)
 * Gordon Howell (2001-2003) - Stephen Howell