Blake Dean (Home and Away)
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| Home and Away character | |||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Les Hill | ||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1990–1993, 2002, 2003, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 26 July 1990 | ||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 8 July 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Des Monaghan (1990) Julie McGuaran (2002–2005) |
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| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Student at Summer Bay High (1990–1992) Barman |
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| Home | Perth | ||||||||||||||||
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| Father | Les Bagley |
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| Mother | Margot Dean |
| Sisters | Karen Dean |
| Half-sisters | Roxanne Miller |
| Wife | Sophie Simpson (2005–) |
| Sons | David Simpson |
| Stepdaughters | Tamara Simpson |
| Uncles | Kevin Bagley Alec Dean |
Blake J. Dean is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Les Hill. Blake debuted on screen during the episode broadcast on 26 July 1990.
Hill was sixteen and still in school when he was cast as Blake. He had been acting "rowdy" and not attending and felt it was the right time to leave his education behind and join the cast of Home and Away. The character was Hill's first television role. In 1992, Hill said that he enjoyed working on the serial because he had the chance to learn from other actors, especially Ray Meagher who plays Alf Stewart. By which time, Hill had become one of the serial's "biggest stars" and was even earning two thousand dollars from personal appearances. Hill was also being considered for a role in Baywatch, but had to turn it down due to his filming commitments with Home and Away. While interviewed by a reporter from TV Week, Hill criticised the show and then announced that he had quit. In 2002, Hill returned to filming as part of a special fourteenth anniversary storyline. Hill returned once again in 2005, this time as part of the serial's 4000th episode.
In the book Home and Away Annual, Kesta Desmond and David Nicholls describe Blake as being "the sort of boy any parent would be proud to call their son". He is "good looking and high spirited" and "loves life" so much that he lives it to the full. Blake also has a "high regard" for the friendships that he forms. They added that Blake is not exactly a "goody two shoes" and "gets up to various jinks" during his time in the series. Blake can get away with his antics because he is a quick thinker and his "natural charm saves his skin". Blake thinks that girls can be silly and clingy, but just enjoys their company. Blake is also the sporty type of guy. Hill told Rochelle Tubb of The Sun-Herald that he struggled during some of Blake's running scenes because he was not that fit in real life. Hill said that there was "no denying" that Blake is a rebel. He is overprotective of Karen and feels guilty because his mother died at the same time he started getting into trouble at school. Hill told Nigel May from Look-in that Blake will always be over protective of Karen. If the actor had his way, Blake would be "an absolute hoodlum". Hill said there were certain things he would change about Blake. He did not like his character's name and he wanted Blake to do something hard and challenging.
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