Changes: George Rainsford

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George Rainsford (born 31 July 1982) is an English actor. He is known for portraying Ethan Hardy on Casualty. He made two guest appearances as the character on Holby City in 2016.

Rainsford was born in Huddersfield in Yorkshire, and later attended Repton School in Derbyshire, where he first became interested in drama. He became involved with student theatre whilst reading for a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama at the University of Manchester.

In June 2003, he joined the National Youth Theatre, and around the same time, he won a Goldman-Sachs Scholarship to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Upon graduating in 2006, his first professional engagement was as D'Artagnan in the Bristol Old Vic's swash-buckling Christmas entertainment of "The Three Musketeers".

From 2008 to 2011, Rainsford appeared to a wider audience as the disturbed son of policeman, Trevor Eve, in the television series, Waking the Dead.

In 2012, he appeared as Alexander Forbes-Blackwell in the series 26 episode of Casualty, "Ricochet: How to Save a Life". The following year, Rainsford auditioned for a regular role on Casualty as Ethan Hardy. He was offered the role, and began filming that September, with his first on-screen appearance in January 2014.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role
2008	Doctors	JJ Bell
2009	National Theater Live	Bertram
2011	Secret Diary-Call Girl	Tim
2008-11	Waking the Dead	Luke Boyd
2011	Law & Order UK	Jimmy Burton
2012-13	Call the Midwife	Jimmy
2012	Casualty	Alexander Forbes-Blackwell
2014-	Casualty	Ethan Hardy
2016, 2018	Holby City	Ethan Hardy

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-'''George Rainsford''' (born 31 July 1982) is an English actor. He is known for portraying [[Ethan Hardy]] on ''[[Casualty]]''. He made two guest appearances as the character on ''[[Holby City]]'' in 2016.
+'''George Rainsford''' (born 31 July 1982) is an English actor. He is known for portraying [[Ethan Hardy]] on ''[[Casualty]]''. He made two guest appearances as the character on ''[[Holby City]]'' in 2016.
 Rainsford was born in Huddersfield in Yorkshire, and later attended Repton School in Derbyshire, where he first became interested in drama. He became involved with student theatre whilst reading for a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama at the University of Manchester.
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 From 2008 to 2011, Rainsford appeared to a wider audience as the disturbed son of policeman, Trevor Eve, in the television series, ''Waking the Dead''.
-In 2012, he appeared as Alexander Forbes-Blackwell in the [[series 26]] episode of ''Casualty'', "[[Ricochet: How to Save a Life]]". The following year, Rainsford auditioned for a regular role on ''Casualty'' as Ethan Hardy. He was offered the role, and began filming that September, with his first on-screen appearance in January 2014.
+In 2012, he appeared as Alexander Forbes-Blackwell in the [[series 26 (Casualty)|series 26]] episode of ''Casualty'', "[[Ricochet: How to Save a Life]]". The following year, Rainsford auditioned for a regular role on ''Casualty'' as Ethan Hardy. He was offered the role, and began filming that September, with his first on-screen appearance in January 2014.
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