Sam Kratz
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| Neighbours character | |||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Richard Grieve | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1994–96, 2005 | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 13 June 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 27 July 2005 | ||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Stanley Walsh (1994) Ric Pellizerri (2005) |
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| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Handyman Model |
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| Home | London | ||||||||||||||
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| Father | Patrick Kratz |
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| Mother | Sarah Kratz |
| Wife | Annalise Hartman (2000–) |
| Grandfathers | Hector Kratz |
| Grandmothers | Marlene Kratz |
| Aunts | Cheryl Stark |
| First cousins | Janine Stark Darren Stark Danni Stark Brett Stark Lolly Allen |
Sam Kratz is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Richard Grieve. He made his first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 13 June 1994. Grieve quit the serial two years later and Sam departed on 21 June 1996. Grieve reprised his role in April 2005 for Neighbours' 20th anniversary episode.
After studying drama for four years and acting in the various theatre productions, Grieve won the part of Sam in 1994. He relocated from Sydney to Melbourne for filming.Neighbours was Grieve's first major television role. He later stated that he had no regrets about taking on a continuing role on the soap, saying "I'm thrilled with the way things have gone. I was very nervous when I first started because it was a long-running job but it's turned out well." Grieve departed the serial in 1996. On 14 April 2005, Kris Green from Digital Spy reported that Grieve had reprised his role for the Neighbours' 20th anniversary episode, which was broadcast in July.
Sam was sent to Ramsay Street by his grandmother, Marlene (Moya O'Sullivan), to check out the house she had purchased. He befriended Brett Stark (Brett Blewitt) and his sister, Danni (Eliza Szonert), who started looking up to him, as she thought he was "glamorous". When Marlene arrived in town, she revealed to Sam that Brett and Danni were actually his cousins. Josephine Monroe, author of Neighbours: The First 10 Years, stated that after a shaky start, Sam became popular in Ramsay Street and added "Sam may look rough, with his stubble and oil stains, but he has proven himself to be a rough diamond." Serena Coneele from Inside Soap described Sam as being good-looking and nice, but revealed that he would have a few secrets up his sleeve. Grieve told the writer, "Sam's unreal, I'd love to be more like him. I worry a lot more than he does and I've got a really bad temper. He's friendly and laid-back, and before long, he knows everyone in Erinsborough. He's that kind of guy!" The actor added that wherever Sam went, trouble and disaster seemed to follow him around. He later revealed that he would have liked Sam to have had more of a dark side, as he could be too good to be true at times.
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