The Bill star discharged from hospital

Updated 12.28 Mon Feb 18 2008
Keywords: hospital, The BIll, actor, Todd Carty

Actor Todd Carty has left hospital after collapsing on stage on Saturday.

Carty, 44, who played PC Gabriel Kent in The Bill, passed out during the show at the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

Carty, 44, who played PC Gabriel Kent in The Bill, passed out during the show at the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage, Hertfordshire

It was initially feared that he had suffered a heart attack but an ear infection is now thought to have been the cause of the health scare.

Carty's agent, Derek Webster, said: "Todd had been suffering from an ear infection for a little while and had been on antibiotics, but they ran out. The infection just got a bit out of hand.

"He was kept in hospital overnight for tests but was released yesterday. All is well and he will be back at work tomorrow filming a new TV show."

Carty collapsed while performing in the play The Business Of Murder.

The production is currently on a two-week break and will open at the Garrick Theatre in Lichfield, Staffordshire, on March 4.

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