Biography...continued
Ricky finished filming the end of the ninth season of "Dream Team" and signed for Channel 4's "Hollyoaks".He playedrookie cop Calvin Valentine and appeared in the 2007 Hollyoaks Hunks calender and the following three years gracing the coverdue to his increasing popularity.
Hesaw his character come full circle following the death of calvins mother,his little sisters drug addiction, the surprise of an unknown brother and sister landing on his doorstep, his fiances adultry, the loss of his baby and new wife, not to mention his morals. His dark spiral into the clutches of warren ended when warren was taken hostage by returning soap bitch claire. Calvin chooses not to rescue his nemesis hoping his death would open a fresh happy chapter in his life. His decision resulted in his wife leaving, him gaining young spencer to look after and the loft nightclub to control. His character finally came to his end on his second wedding to carmel,when he was shot in the heart following several affairs with his fiances sister and cousin.
Ricky has made several guest appearences on shows such as celebrity weakest link sharing the prize money in the final, he performed footloose on lets dance for comic relief. He was also a guest on loose women,% oclock show with Peter Andre,Paul o Grady ( true gents), got up close and personal with Pamela Anderson on the sunday night project and Noel Edmonds on Noels HQ.He was a panelist on the Wright Stuff, and also presented Live from studio five in the absence of his childhood hero Ian Wright but despite having a great timeturned down a long term permanent position to concentrate on his acting.
