Ken Smith (Home and Away)
| Ken Smith | |||||||||||
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| Home and Away character | |||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Anthony Phelan | ||||||||||
| Duration | 1999-2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 | ||||||||||
| First appearance | 26 April 1999 | ||||||||||
| Last appearance | 30 June 2004 | ||||||||||
| Introduced by | John Holmes (1999) Julie McGuaran (2001-04) |
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| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||
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| Occupation | Mechanic | ||||||||||
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| Wife | Eve Smith (divorced) |
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| Sons |
Will Smith Nick Smith |
| Daughters | Hayley Lawson |
| Grandsons | Noah Smith |
| Granddaughters | Lily Smith |
Ken Smith is a fictional character on the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Anthony Phelan. made his first appearance on 26 April 1999 and departed on 28 July 2000 following the character's death. Phelan reprised the role when the character reappeared as a ghost until 2004.
Ken's storylines include him battling alcoholism, holding down a job and repairing his relationship with his three children Will (Zac Drayson), Hayley (Bec Cartwright) and Nick (Chris Egan). Ken falls for Irene Roberts (Lynne McGranger), who fosters his children and they later become engaged. Ken is killed when a car falls on top of him at work after a jack slips. Ken continues to appear in the visions of his children
Ken arrives in Summer Bay after spotting his estranged daughter Hayley's (Bec Cartwright) entry in art competition along with her photo and decides to get in contact with his children again. Hayley is pleased to see him again but his son Will (Zac Drayson) is not as Ken is an alcoholic who mistreated him in the past during his fragile marriage to Will's mentally unstable mother, Eve (Robyn Gibbes). Ken falls for Will and Hayley's foster mother, Irene Roberts (Lynne McGranger) and Will is worried Ken will hurt her. When Irene lines up a job interview for the position of Janitor at Summer Bay High, Ken is grateful but he falls asleep on the beach and misses the interview and arrives at school drunk much the horror of his children. Will and Hayley tell Ken to leave until he sorts himself out and he leaves.
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