Richard Gent

Parents Barry and Alison Gent, younger sister Lindsay. Richard grew up in or around Bath South West England, and studied at Bath Spa University. He worked at the Rondo Theatre, Bath and appeared in several BBC drama and comedy dramas including Casualty, Being Human, and Torchwood. He also appeared in Channel 4's mini series Black Mirror and several commercials. In 2009, he moved to a flat in West Hamstead, London and supplemented his sporadic income from acting by working for a call centre in Acton, London. He was being treated for depressive illness when he left his home on April 21st or 22nd 2012. He was listed as a missing person but there were no clues as to his whereabouts until his body was accidentally discovered in woodland in Cricklewood, quite near to his flat, on 2nd July 2013. An inquest determined that the cause of death was hanging and, in conjunction with notes left and medical evidence as to his state of mind when he left his home, a verdict of suicide was returned.