As Casualty's Derek Thompson bows out after 37 years playing Charlie, the VERY famous faces - including Kate Winslet, Tom Hiddleston, Orlando Bloom - he's worked with over the years

Casualty's longest appearing star will bid a tearful farewell to Holby City Hospital on Saturday night, after a whopping 37 years on the hospital drama. Charlie Fairhead aka actor Derek Thompson has been an A&E nurse at Holby City Hospital on Casualty since 1986 - but after 900 episodes, he's hanging up his uniform Discussing his departure, Derek said: 'The time has come for me to hang up Charlie's scrubs after the most wonderful 37 years.' During his time in A&E at fictional Holby City, also the setting for the spin-off with the same name, Charlie has seen his fair share of blood and resus attempts but he's Here, FEMAIL looks at some of the famous names Thompson has worked with through the decades, including Orlando Bloom, Kate Winslet, Tom Hiddleston. Right: Winslet at the Net-a-Porter Incredible Women's Dinner at London's V&A on March 5th Big break: Kate Winslet's character is given bad news by Derek Thompson, who has played Charlie for 37 years, in this 1993 episode Now a fully fledged British acting icon, Kate Winslet had a bit-part role in Casualty in 1993 - when she was just 18.and it set her firmly on the road to stardom. DAVID WALLIAMS: STARRED AS A CHARACTER CALLED JON FIELDING IN 2003 A bespectacled David Walliams appeared in an episode called Love Hurts in 2003 Before becoming a famous comedian and children's author, David Walliams was a jobbing actor and appeared in an episode of Casualty in 2003 - the same year his controversial sketch show Little Britain also launched In a 2003 episode of the long-running soap drama, entitled Love Hurts, David Walliams appeared as a character called Jon Fielding.