Linal Haft

Linal Haft is an English actor, born in Leeds in 1945, whose screen work often involved controlling or manipulative characters. He began in 1968 with an episode of Homicide, playing Harry Bruce, and took another part that year in Contrabandits. Through the following decade he appeared in shows including Riptide, The Squirrels, The Sweeney, and Armchair Thriller. In 1982 he was Monty Fish in Shine on Harvey Moon, and he later turned up in Dempsey and Makepeace and in three different episodes of The Bill, in 1985, 1998, and 2007. In 2006 he played Reno in the thriller Solo. His best known role was the businessman Harry Gold in the BBC soap EastEnders, which he played from 2010 to 2011. He was Joseph Lavender in Ripper Street in 2013 and appeared in NCIS: Sydney in 2023. On stage, he earned praise as Arnold Beckoff in Torch Song Trilogy.