Scott Hunter | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Home and Away character | |||||||||||||||||||||
Portrayed by | Kip Gamblin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Duration | 2003–05 | ||||||||||||||||||||
First appearance | 23 January 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Last appearance | 25 November 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Book appearances |
Dani on Trial Home and Away: Mayday |
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Spin-off appearances |
Hearts Divided | ||||||||||||||||||||
Classification | Former, regular | ||||||||||||||||||||
Profile | |||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Boat worker | ||||||||||||||||||||
Home | France | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Father | Jack Hunter |
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Mother | Beth Hunter |
Stepfather | Rhys Sutherland |
Brothers |
Robbie Hunter Henry Hunter |
Sisters |
Kit Hunter Matilda Hunter Dani Sutherland (step) Kirsty Sutherland (step) Laura DeGroot (step) Jade Sutherland (step) |
Wife |
Mira Sardelic (until 2003) Hayley Smith (2007–) |
Sons | Noah Smith |
Grandfathers | Graham Walters |
Nephews | Archie Hunter Hyde |
Nieces | Ella Hunter |
Scott John Hunter is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Kip Gamblin. He made his first on-screen appearance on 23 January 2003. The character was riding a white horse onto the beach, where he was spotted by Dani Sutherland. Scott departed on 25 November 2005.
Scott is first seen riding his horse, Jacko while helping a search party find an ill Alf Stewart (Ray Meagher) who has been missing. Scott meets Dani Sutherland (Tammin Sursok) and they become attracted to one another and begin a relationship. Scott later purchases the local boatshed previously owned by Rob Storey (Matthew Lilley) but finds himself at odds with Dani's ex-boyfriend Josh West (Daniel Collopy), who wants to start a development on the land where the boatshed is based. The boatshed is later burned out.
After a misunderstanding where several residents think Scott and Dani are getting engaged, Scott uses this chance for Dani to meet his mother, Beth (Clarissa House). When a woman named Mira Sardelic (Hollie Andrew) arrives in the bay, it is revealed that she is Scott's wife and they married in a bid to keep her in Australia. Mira insists she still wants to be with Scott but realises he does not feel the same way and leaves. When Scott's teenage sister, Kit (Amy Mizzi) arrives in town, he has to contend with her alcoholism.
Scott later purchases a 50% share in Alf's boat, The Blaxland and later hires Kane Phillips (Sam Atwell) as a deckhand, not knowing his identity but soon sacks him after he learns Kane raped Dani two years prior. When Dani stands trial for running over Kane, Scott supports her but Dani is found guilty and imprisoned. Shortly after Dani is released, the couple move into together after Summer Bay House becomes crowded when their respective families combine during Beth's engagement and subsequent marriage to Dani's father Rhys (Michael Beckley).