Mark Fowler

Mark Fowler
Todd Carty as Mark Fowler (2003)
EastEnders character
Portrayed by	David Scarboro (1985–1987) Todd Carty (1990–2003)
Duration	1985–1987, 1990–2003
First appearance	Episode 1 19 February 1985
Last appearance	Episode 2465 14 February 2003
Created by	Tony Holland and Julia Smith
Introduced by	Julia Smith (1985) Michael Ferguson (1990)
Classification	Former; regular
Profile
Occupation	Market trader (fruit and veg)
David Scarboro as the original Mark (1985).
Family Beale Father Arthur Fowler Mother Pauline Fowler Brothers Martin Fowler Sisters Michelle Fowler Wife Gill Fowler (1992) Ruth Fowler (1995–1999) Lisa Fowler (2002–2004) Adoptive daughters Jessie Moore (foster) Stepdaughters Louise Mitchell (2002–2004) Grandfathers Albert Beale Grandmothers Lou Beale Uncles Pete Beale Aunts Maggie Flaherty Nieces Vicki Fowler Rebecca Fowler First cousins Conor Flaherty Eamonn Flaherty John Flaherty Elizabeth Beale David Wicks Ian Beale

Mark Albert Fowler is a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Mark, an original regular character when the series started in February 1985, became a semi-regular after his original portrayer David Scarboro was written out of the role in April 1985. Scarboro made brief returns to the role in 1986 and 1987. Scarboro committed suicide in April 1988, and the role was recast in 1990, with Todd Carty taking on the role. From this point the character was a permanent fixture in the series and Carty remained in the role until the character was written out of the series in early 2003. Initially a delinquent teenager, he became a changed man when he was 22. His contracting HIV forced him to grow up fast and accept his responsibilities. He frequently found it difficult to accept the restrictions of the illness, which finally claimed his life in April 2004.

Mark is the elder son of Albert Square residents Arthur Fowler (Bill Treacher) and Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard). Initially, Mark gets involved in drugs with Nick Cotton (John Altman), attempts to join a racist organisation known as The New Movement, is a suspect in Reg Cox's (Johnnie Clayton) murder, and generally clashes with his parents. With no solution to these problems in sight, he abruptly leaves home without telling anyone. He isn't seen again until eight months later when he contacts his parents through a runaways' agency and Pauline and Arthur find him in Southend-on-Sea. Mark is now living with an older Swedish woman named Ingrid and her children who call Mark Daddy and is working as a mechanic at a go-cart track. He and Ingrid split up soon afterwards and Mark moves on to work on a farm in Wales and then Gloucester and finally Newcastle.