Eric Robertson Cullen (12 July 1965 – 16 August 1996) was a Scottish actor, who was famous for his role as Wee Burney in BBC's Rab C.
[3] Cullen eventually found lasting fame playing the youngest son, Wee Burney, in the first three series of Rab C.
But what was never clearly explained to the public was that I was being blackmailed into keeping them by one of my abusers, and my lawyer advised me to plead guilty to these charges because physically and mentally I couldn't have stood up to a long intense court case.
"[citation needed] As soon as his prison sentence had been quashed on appeal, he began to be offered acting parts again, but he was still too ill with severe PTSD to resume work.
[2] In an interview with the Big Issues, given a week before his death, Linda McGarvie writes: "If I die tomorrow," he said, "I want to be remembered not for being a professional victim, but for standing up against my abusers.
"[citation needed] Only a day or two before his fatal heart attack, which followed on from surgery for a twisted bowel,[2] he had been asked to take up the role of Wee Burney again.