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Greg Marshall (Home And Away)
Greg Marshall is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'', portrayed by Ross Newton. He made his first on-screen appearance on 20 September 1991. Newton departed the show in 1993, before making a brief return in 2000. Casting Newton told Glenn Wheeler of '' The Morning Show'' that joining the cast of ''Home and Away'' "was a wonderful opportunity because it was in its early stages of being a success story as a show". Newton later told a 7NEWS reporter that joining the show early on was an "amazing" experience. He added "we had no idea that it would become what it's become - and I'm proud to have played a part in it." During his time on the show, Newton, who is openly gay was advised by a ''Home and Away'' producer to keep his sexuality a secret. Character development In ''The Official Home and Away Annual'', John Kercher described Greg as a long distance truck driver who arrives in Summer Bay with the "bombshell" that he is the father of Sam ( Rya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Newton
Ross Newton (born 20 February 1967) is an Australian actor, best known for playing Greg Marshall in the television series ''Home and Away''. Early life Newton was born and grew up in the Australian city of Melbourne. He first showed an interest in acting at the aged of five, after watching the film ''The Wizard of Oz''. By his teens, Newton knew he wanted a career in acting. In 1987, he began studying acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney, New South Wales. His parents, however, believed that acting would only be a mere hobby for their son. Career By age fifteen, Newton began appearing in Melbourne-based theatre, film, TV productions and student graduate films. In 1990, Newton joined the cast of the Nine Network soap opera '' Family and Friends'', playing the role of construction worker Bartholomew Thomas Purvis (Thommo). Thommo was his first regular and prominent television role. In 1991, Newton played the role of John Harding in the Australian erot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IPC Media
TI Media Ltd. (formerly International Publishing Company, IPC Magazines Ltd, IPC Media and Time Inc. UK) was a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom, with a portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year. Most of its titles now belong to Future plc. History Origins The British magazine publishing industry in the mid-1950s was dominated by a handful of companies, principally the Associated Newspapers (founded by Lord Harmsworth in 1890), Odhams Press Ltd, Newnes/ Pearson, and the Hulton Press, which fought each other for market share in a highly competitive marketplace. Fleetway In 1958 Cecil Harmsworth King, chairman of the newspaper group, The Daily Mirror Newspapers Limited which included the ''Daily Mirror'' and the '' Sunday Pictorial'' (now the '' Sunday Mirror''), together with provincial chain West of England Newspapers, made an offer for Amalgamated Press. The offer was accepted, and in January 1959 he was appointed its chairma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Home And Away Characters (1993)
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of ''The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona Harris
''Home and Away'' is an Australian soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in 1993, by order of first appearance. They were all introduced by the show's then executive producer Andrew Howie, who had succeeded Des Monaghan. The 6th season of ''Home and Away'' began airing on 11 January 1993. In January, John Adam and Laura Vazquez began appearing as Luke Cunningham and Sarah Thompson, respectively. Melissa George arrived in March playing Angel Brooks, while Imogen Miller was introduced in April. David Dixon began playing Nathan Roberts in October. Simon Baker took on the role of James Hudson in November. Luke Cunningham Luke Cunningham, played by John Adam, made his first appearance on 12 January 1993 and departed on 27 July 1994. Adam previously guest starred in the serial in 1990 as soldier Dave Porter. In 1994, Adam was axed along with the characters of Sarah Thompson (Laura Vasque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tristan Bancks
Tristan Bancks (21 December 1974) is an Australian children's and teen's author, with a background in filmmaking and acting. As an actor, he is known for his role as Tug O'Neale on ''Home and Away'' between 1992 and 1994. Biography Bancks trained at Sydney's Q Theatre before landing a series regular role on ''Home and Away'' with his role being Tug O'Neale. After leaving ''Home and Away'', he spent four years in London writing, researching and presenting television for ITV, BBC, Channel Four and Cable. He presented shows like '' Don't Try This at Home'', ''Sussed'', the second and third series of CITV's It's A Mystery and The Travel Channel. In 1999, Tristan left London to return to Australia to appear in Ivan Sen's short drama ''Dust'' as well as ''Beneath Clouds'' and ''Remote Area Nurse''. Since his return, Tristan has made a number of short films as writer and director, including adaptations of two award-winning stories – Sarah Armstrong's ''The Long Wet'' and John C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tug O'Neale
Peter "Tug" O'Neale is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Tristan Bancks. The actor was selected from 200 people who had auditioned for the role and was contracted to appear for one month. Bancks soon joined the regular cast and Tug became a prominent character. Tug fills the role of the villain and is characterised by his "hardened, streetwise tough kid" image. The serial created a backstory consisting of a mother who abandoned him and an alcoholic father. Bancks has credited Tug's troubled childhood as the reason viewers were able to relate to him. Tug's storylines include bullying Damian Roberts (Matt Doran), behavioural issues, a feud with Shane Parrish (Dieter Brummer), relationships with Sarah Thompson (Laura Vasquez) and his school teacher Beth Armstrong (Toni Pearen). The character has also been used to portray a suicide attempt. After a series of misdemeanours Tug instigates a car crash to end his life. Banck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Thompson (Home And Away)
Sarah O'Neale (also Thompson) is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Laura Vasquez. The character debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 26 January 1993. Vasquez's screen-test for the role was one of her career highlights. Sarah is characterised as a "real good goody" female who is "very intelligent" and she arrives to study in Summer Bay. Sarah's main romance storyline is with Tug O'Neale ( Tristan Bancks). Subsequently Vasquez and Bancks became fixtures in the media, as interest increased about the nature of the actor's off-screen relationship. Mary Fletcher from ''Woman's Own'' wrote that ''Home and Away'' producers were infuriated by the reports because they felt it discredited the show's image. But the actors later denied any romance occurring off-screen. During her tenure, Sarah also dates Nathan Roberts (David Dixon) and he attempts to get Sarah to lose her virginity to him. Vasquez has stated that her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Ross (Home And Away)
''Home and Away'' is an Australian soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. The 3rd season of ''Home and Away'' began airing from 8 January 1990. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in 1990, by order of first appearance. They were all introduced by the show's executive producer Des Monaghan. In January, Rebekah Elmaloglou began appearing as Sophie Simpson. The following month Craig McLachlan and Julian McMahon took on the respective roles of school teacher Grant Mitchell and soldier Ben Lucini. March saw the introduction of Jaiman Paget Bayly as recurring character Murray "Mullet" Jensen. Beach House landlord Ernie Jacobs (David Weatherley) made his debut in April, along with Bridget Jackson played by Paula Duncan. Craig Black began his second role in the serial as student Paul Jensen in May. Josephine Mitchell joined the cast as policewoman Jane Holland. Les Hill and Belinda Jarrett joined the show in July as siblings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mat Stevenson
Mat Stevenson (born 15 April 1969) credited variously as Matthew Stevenson and Mat Stevenson, is an Australian actor, known for his TV roles in soap opera's and miniseries. He is best known for his role as Adam Cameron in TV soap opera ''Home and Away.'' Career Stevenson made his debut in the TV film '' Breaking Up''. He is best known for his role as Adam Cameron in ''Home and Away'' which he starred in from 1989 to 1994, making a return appearance in 1999. Prior to ''Home and Away'', Stevenson played the part of " Skinner", a treacherous petty criminal whom Todd Landers had befriended on Network Ten's ''Neighbours''. In 2010, Stevenson appeared in three episodes of Network Ten's '' Rush'' as Inspector Cox. His other television roles have included ''Blue Heelers'', ''MDA'', '' City Homicide'' and ''Offspring''. Personal life Prior to his acting career, Stevenson worked as a swimming pool cleaner. He is the father of internet celebrity and transgender rights activist Grace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Cameron
Adam Cameron is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Mat Stevenson. Stevenson had previously filmed a guest role on a rival soap opera when he was cast. Adam first appeared on-screen 28 June 1989 until Stevenson left the series in 1994. Adam was reintroduced into the series for a short time in 1999. Adam is characterised as an "intelligent and good-natured guy", though Stevenson said he is a "layabout" who will not do anything that "interferes with having a good time". Casting On 23 May 1989, David Brown from ''TV Week'' reported that Stevenson had been cast in the role of Adam. ''Home and Away's'' executive producer Andrew Howie told Brown that he had planned to make Adam a central character in the series. Howie added that the character would arrive on a boat and end up remaining in Summer Bay. Stevenson had previously played a guest role on fellow soap opera ''Neighbours'' as petty criminal Skinner. Stevenson told Cindy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Papps
Alex Papps (born 11 February 1969) is an Australian actor, television host, writer and singer. Early life Papps was born in Melbourne in 1969, to Apollo Papps who, though identifying as Greek, was born in Cairo, and a mother of English and Jewish descent. Both his parents were teachers and later amateur theatre directors.Oram, James "Home and Away: Behind the Scenes" p.45, Angus and Robertson, 1989 He attended Belgrave Kindergarten, Upwey South Primary School, Tecoma Primary, and Upwey High School. Papps performed in a number of theatre productions prior to leaving school. Papps studied drama and media at Box Hill College of TAFE in Melbourne. Career In 1987, Papps guested in TV serial ''Neighbours'' as arsonist Greg Davis. He went on to secure his first major television role in children's series '' The Henderson Kids II'', which aired on Network Ten. He attended an open audition for the show and after a couple of screen tests, he was cast as Vinnie Cerantino, the leader of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Morgan (Home And Away)
Frank Jonathan Morgan is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Alex Papps. Frank debuted on-screen in the serial's pilot episode and was the first character to appear. Frank is one of the five foster children of Pippa ( Vanessa Downing) and Tom Fletcher ( Roger Oakley) who move to Summer Bay to begin a new life. The serial's creator Alan Bateman thought of the idea while observing the locals of a rural town in New South Wales opposing the idea of foster children living in the area. Papps was cast into the role and immediately began receiving fan mail. Frank has been played by actors Bradley Pilato and Michael Scilusa during flashback sequences. Frank fills the role of the serial's first heart-throb and he sports a "trademark mullet". With a backstory consisting of an alcoholic mother and a criminal father, Frank became wayward by the age of eight. However, Pippa and Tom helped him to change his ways. Frank's main nar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
