Ted West
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Ted West
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| Outrageous Fortune character | |||||||
| Portrayed by | Frank Whitten | ||||||
| First appearance | episode 1, "Slings and Arrows" | ||||||
| Created by | James Griffin, Rachel Lang | ||||||
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| Other names | Lucky Munro | ||||||
| Occupation | unemployed | ||||||
| Residence | West Auckland | ||||||
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| Spouse |
Ngaire West (wife) Rita West (wife) deceased |
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| Children | Wolfgang West (possible son) |
| Other relatives |
Cheryl West (daughter in law) Jethro West (grandson) Van West (grandson) Pascalle West (granddaughter) Loretta West (granddaughter) Jane West (great-granddaughter, adopted granddaughter) |
Ted West was a fictional character in the New Zealand TV show Outrageous Fortune. He was portrayed by Frank Whitten since the first episode.
Ted is an elderly man and the man who gifted the iconic West house to Wolf and Cheryl. He is a master safe cracker. He was married to Rita West for a long period of time and loved her dearly, who died before the beginning of the series. It was thought Ted had Alzheimers but in Season 2 it was discovered he had a brain tumour. After his surgery, Ted's personality completely changed and so did his character. Ted used to be particularly close to granddaughter, Loretta. Though they still share the odd inspirational word, they are not like they used to be. In Season 3, Ted found out Rita had cheated on him and he stopped loving her, ending up burning one of his only remaining pictures of her. In Season 4, Ted married Ngaire Munroe, the wife of an old friend. Ted is now a father figure to Wayne Judd and is living at the West house with Ngaire.
David de Lautour plays Ted West in Westside, a prequel television series to Outrageous Fortune, set in the 1970s.
Ted's introduction to Outrageous Fortune occurred in the first episode, Ted's small unit he lived in had burnt down when he had gone down to the shops. Loretta was hiding blackmail in the house before it burnt down. Ted moved in with the rest of the Wests. He was particularly batty and kept thinking Loretta was his dead wife Rita. Loretta took Ted to the Video Hut but lost him. He ended up staying with old friend Margaret, who had previously been Ted's cell-mate Mark but had since identified as transsexual and had a sex change operation. Ted seemed to be having a sexual relationship with Margaret. The two ended up scamming money from the local bowls club, then breaking up.
With Wayne Judd staying over more and more at the West House, Ted made his opinions heard and would often storm off. When Ted heard talks that he might be going to a retirement home, he barricaded himself in the house and locked everyone out. It was obvious he was going crazy. Jethro convinced him to leave to the retirement village, where he kept in contact with Wolf. he caught Judd looking for Wolf's number in his room and attacked him, but he collapsed and was taken to hospital. It turned out he had a brain tumour and had never had Alzheimers. The tumour was eventually removed and all looked well for Ted.
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