Greg Marshall (Home and Away)
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| Greg Marshall | |||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Ross Newton | ||||||||
| Duration | 1991–1993, 2000 | ||||||||
| First appearance | 20 September 1991 | ||||||||
| Last appearance | 3 March 2000 | ||||||||
| Introduced by | Des Monaghan (1991) John Holmes (2000) | ||||||||
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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.
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".[1] 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."[2] 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.[3]
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 (Ryan Clark).[4] Greg had a "whirlwind" romance with Jackie Nicholls (Erica Williams) and she became pregnant. As Greg was only eighteen he decided he was not ready for commitment and became a truck driver and "led a nomadic life driving from one town to another". Greg enjoyed driving, but "yearned for some sort of stability" and became curious about his son.[4]
Greg and Bobby Simpson (Nicolle Dickson) marry. Dickson told Chris Pritchard from Woman's Own that "Bobby yearns for a superman to keep her happy", but "this is not a marriage made in heaven". She added that their wedding ceremony was touching.[5]
Newton decided to leave the role in 1993.[6]