The 54-year-old former star of Grange Hill and London's Burning was found dead at HMP Bure in Norfolk.
But Alford was sacked from the show and jailed for nine months after he was convicted of supplying cocaine and cannabis to an undercover News of the World journalist in 1997.
— Source: BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd6zdg737gpo)
