Tim O'Leary
| Tim O'Leary | |||||||||
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| Brookside character | |||||||||
| Portrayed by | Philip Olivier | ||||||||
| Duration | 1996-2003 | ||||||||
| First appearance | 22 May 1996 | ||||||||
| Last appearance | 4 November 2003 | ||||||||
| Created by | Phil Redmond | ||||||||
| Spin-off appearances |
Brookside: Unfinished Business | ||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||
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| Mother | Carmel O'Learry |
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| Brothers | Ben O'Leary |
| Sisters | Melanie O'Leary |
| Wife | Emily Shadwick (2001-2003) |
Timothy "Tinhead" O'Leary is a fictional character in the defunct Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. He was portrayed by Philip Olivier from 1996 until the final episode of the series in 2003. Tim subsequently appeared in a video spin-off, Brookside: Unfinished Business.
Tinhead made his first appearance in Brookside as a school bully at Brookside Comprehensive in 1996. Danny Simpson was Tinhead's main target, as he tried to bully him into helping him with his schoolwork. Tinhead was the leader of a gang of boys who continued to terrorise other pupils despite protests made to the head teacher by their parents.
One day Danny gave Tinhead some schoolwork knowing that he was going to take the credit for it, but Danny deliberately made the project complete nonsense so Tinhead was made to look a fool in front of his classmates. Tinhead decided to teach Danny a lesson, so after school he chased Danny and his mate Leo intending to give Danny a good beating, but when he escaped it was Leo who was left battered and bruised.
Leo tried later to become part of Tinhead's gang by helping him steal a computer from the Simpsons' house on Brookside Close.
Mick Johnson, Leo's dad tried to get Tinhead expelled from school for bullying but came across an unexpected problem when he discovered that Tinhead's mother Carmel O'Leary was one of the school governors. Carmel refused to believe that her son was the ring leader of the gang of bullies.
Sinbad later became involved in a relationship with Carmel and did his best to help her to try to get Tinhead to change his ways. Tinhead had other ideas and took every opportunity to try and cause trouble between them. Jimmy Corkhill also had a run in with Tinhead when he discovered that he was responsible for bringing alcohol into the youth club .
As tension in the O'Leary house continued to mount with Tinhead and Sinbad still at loggerheads, Tinhead left home having decided to squat in the flat above Mick Johnson's Pizza Parlor. While there he thought he could make some easy money by selling the washing machine that was in the flat. Tinhead's plan backfired when he tried to remove the machine without turning off the water supply which resulted in him flooding the flat and causing extensive damage to Mick's shop below. Both Mick and Sinbad suspected that Tinhead was involved but Carmel refused to believe he was the culprit.
In an effort to make Tinhead a more responsible person Sinbad convinced David Crosby to give him a job at the petrol station, but it's not long before Tinhead, who resented being made to work, caused trouble when he put diesel in Ron Dixon's petrol car.
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