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Callum · 28-11-2008, 09:15 PM

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Looking every inch the eccentric thespian, former Bill star Jeff Stewart would stump most fans asked to put a name to his fuzzy face.

Behind the wacky hair and quirky clothes it is none other than bumbling former Sun Hill favourite PC Reg Hollis.

Smiling Jeff was snapped in his big yellow shades as he waited at a London bus stop after a night out at the theatre.

A fan said: “It was hard to believe this was in fact PC Reg Hollis.

“He was really nice and chatty and said he comes into town a couple of times a week to go to the theatre.

“He gets the bus home to Kingston upon Thames.”

It has been a year of turmoil for Aberdeen-born Jeff, 53. In January he was told his £150,000-a-year contract at The Bill was not going to be renewed.

The producers’ decision followed Jeff’s suspension from the ITV1 drama after an outburst at one of the directors just before last Christmas.

After serving 24 years on the nation’s biggest cop show, Jeff was shattered.

He slashed his wrists in his room on the set of The Bill in South London but then called for help and was patched up in hospital, recovering later in The Priory clinic.

A statement he released said: “I love being an actor. My work as an actor is my life, and the thought of this suddenly changing had an extremely serious effect on me.

“I am feeling much better now and am progressively improving.

“I very much appreciate the kind messages of support from the public and people in the business.”

Rumours of a return to The Bill proved unfounded.

It was revealed in 1996 that Jeff and girlfriend Katy Kass, daughter of Joan Collins and 17 years his junior, visited seedy London bondage clubs.

Miss Collins was reported as saying he had “corrupted” Katy.

Jeff refused to comment at his home yesterday.

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Source: Daily Mirror