Billy Campbell (Melrose Place)

The following is a list of cast and characters from the original and updated versions of the Melrose Place television series.

Category: List of Melrose Place characters
This table includes only main cast characters, those who are listed in the intro title sequence.

Portrayed by Thomas Calabro. See main article.

Portrayed by Josie Bissett. See main article.

Portrayed by Andrew Shue.

In the pilot, he moves in with Alison Parker after her roommate moves out in the middle of the night. In the first season he is an aspiring writer and taxi driver. He later works for a newspaper, and later starts working at D&D Advertising with Alison and Amanda. His relationship with Alison starts off platonic. In season one, he dates Amanda briefly and she becomes pregnant with his child, but soon miscarriages. After this, he and Alison become a couple. He and Alison get engaged in season two, but she gets cold feet on the day of the wedding due to personal issues with her father. Despite no having a romantic relationship with Alison, he's always there to help her during times of need. At the end of season three, after Alison moves to Hong Kong for a job offer, he marries his coworker Brooke Armstrong. His marriage to Brooke puts a strain on his friendship with Alison. After Brooke's death, Billy became very angry and hostile towards others. This feelings eventually go away, after he visits Brooke's grave.

In season 5, he begins a romance with Samantha Reilly, and in season 6 they get married. The marriage ends after Samantha has an affair with baseball player, Jeff Baylor, the same time that Billy became interested in Jennifer Mancini. Billy and Jennifer fell in love, and in season 7, Billy receives a job offer in Rome, and the two leave Melrose Place together.

Portrayed by Courtney Thorne-Smith.

She is originally from Wisconsin. Alison has many romances during the show, perhaps the most notable being with Billy Campbell. She works at D&D Advertising during much of the series. Alison also experiences many traumas during the course of the show. In season two, her ex-boyfriend Keith Gray returns to Los Angeles, and when she tells him she does not want a relationship with him, he attempts to rape her, and later commits suicide while talking to her on the phone. It is revealed in the season two finale (before marrying Billy) that her father molested her. In season three, she develops a drinking problem, which causes many problems with her friends and coworkers, and she is sent to a rehab center. When Kimberly Shaw blows up the apartment complex in the season four premiere, Alison becomes blind temporarily. After recovering, she dates and marries Hayley Armstrong, Brooke's father. Hayley dies soon after by accidentally falling off of his yacht. When he dies, she finds out that he tricked her into signing divorce papers, and therefore Alison did not receive any of his money.

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