Duncan Stewart (Home and Away)
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Duncan Stewart is a fictional character
on the Australia
n soap opera
Home and Away
, the son of Alf
and Ailsa
. The character was portrayed by first by actress Allana Ellis in 1989 and was born in the episode airing on 9 June 1989. Actor Lewis Devaney portrayed Duncan from 1990 to 1998. Brendan McKensy assumed the role in 1998 and remained in it until 2001. McKensy reprised his role as Duncan 2004 and 2005 and made his last appearance on 13 July 20055.
's (Ray Meagher
) 60th birthday, broadcast in Australia on July 8 2005.
). After his aunt Celia Stewart
(Fiona Spence
dresses him in the Stewart family's traditional christening gown, he suffers an allergic reaction to it and is hospitalized. Duncan recovers but Ailsa experiences post-natal depression and nearly smothers him at one point. Ailsa soon begins to bond with him. As Duncan grows older, he befriends Christopher Fletcher (Shaun Wood) and has several surrogate siblings in the form of Blake (Les Hill) and Karen Dean (Belinda Jarrett), Simon Fitzgerald
(Richard Norton), Sarah Thompson (Laura Vasquez), Curtis Reed
(Shane Ammann
) and Aaron Welles (Ritchie Gudgeon), teenagers who his parents foster.
While following some of the local teenagers who are hanging out in some wasteland, Duncan suffers a fall and injures himself. He is hospitalized for several months and when he returns home, his personality drastically changes. When Duncan starts high school his behaviour gets worse as he frequently causes trouble. One incident includes the making of a homemade bomb with his friend Jack, who burns himself in the process. Alf experiences a shock when the bomb goes off and injures his arm. The Stewarts attending counselling mediated by Natalie Nash
(Antoinette Byron).
On a car journey with Ailsa, Duncan drops a tape and tries to retrieve it. Ailsa loses control of the car and it crashes into a lake. Duncan is able to free himself and calls for help. Travis Nash
(Nic Testoni
) is on the scene and rescues Ailsa, but she remains comatose for several weeks. Duncan blames himself for the accident. The doctors inform Alf and Duncan that Ailsa may never wake up and Alf decides to turn the machine off but Duncan notices Ailsa make a slight movement and tells the doctors not turn the machine off.
When homeless teen Mitch McColl
(Cameron Welsh
) saves Duncan’s life, he is grateful and offers him food from the Stewart house. Alf finds out and soon he and Ailsa agree to let Mitch live with them and Mitch and Duncan form a sibling-like bond.
Nick Smith
(Chris Egan
) settles in Summer Bay with his family and he and Duncan quickly become friends and get into various scrapes. The Sutherland family arrive and Duncan and Nick are attracted to the two youngest daughters, Jade
(Kate Garven
) and Kirsty (Christie Hayes
) and begin dating them respectively.
Ailsa dies of a heart attack in late 2000 and Duncan’s behaviour worsens and his relationship with Alf sours. Duncan’s friends soon lose patience with him and soon Jade dumps him. Duncan spirals further out of control when he learns that Jade is seeing David Barclay and sets a bomb up in his letterbox which backfires badly. After Duncan steals from the Diner and destroys Nick’s games console, Alf is at his wits’ end. Duncan’s aunt Morag Bellingham
(Cornelia Frances
) returns to town and sees how unhappy he is and Duncan later tells her he wants to move to the city with her. Alf is reluctant to let Duncan go but relents in the end and he leaves with Morag.
Duncan returns to Summer Bay three years later on the night of Robbie Hunter
(Jason Smith
) and Hayley Smith
's (Bec Cartwright) combined 17th and 21st birthday party. His presence proves an irritation for his first cousin once removed Seb Miller
(Mitch Firth
) who is now dating Jade. Duncan is later revealed to have a drug habit and begins hanging around with Jade and they get high on bulbs. At the party, Duncan steals Robbie’s car keys and involves Jade on a drag race. Seb tries to put a stop to it and jumps on the bonnet but a drug-addled Duncan keeps driving. Jade and Seb are left injured and Duncan is unscathed. Duncan is then arrested but with the legal representation of Morag, he avoids all charges.
Once Jade and Seb leave the Bay after the accident., Alf and Morag try to get Duncan to settle back in and send him back to Summer Bay High, where he is unpopular. He antagonizes Robbie and Kim Hyde
(Chris Hemsworth) and begins harassing Tasha Andrews (Isabel Lucas
) when he learns that her biological mother was the late Angie Russell
(Laurie Foell
). After pulling a gun on Kim and Robbie, Duncan leaves to join his half-sister, Roo (Justine Clarke
; Georgie Parker
) in New York
. Duncan later contacts Alf with the news that Roo has been involved in a car crash and is in a critical condition. Alf later flies out to join them.
The following year, Duncan returns to Summer Bay for Alf's 60th birthday party along with a number of other relatives. He is reluctant to approach Donald Fisher
(Norman Coburn
), his former uncle and Seb's grandfather. Duncan then apologizes for all the grief he had caused Seb. During the party, Duncan tries to get closer to Alf but feels ignored and leaves the party early, taking a bottle of wine with him. After the party, Chloe Richards
(Kristy Wright
) is killed in a car crash and Duncan is accused by Alf when he resurfaces several days later. Detective Peter Baker (Nicholas Bishop
) tells Duncan the paint taken from his car does not match the one found on Chloe’s. Although Alf is relieved Duncan is hurt and angry. After a talk with Alf, Duncan reveals that Roo’s accident helped him put things into perspective and he has changed as person. Duncan returns to the Statesafter repairing his relationship with his father. In April 2009, Alf mentions that Duncan is getting married and flies overseas for a week to attend the wedding.
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on the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Home and Away
Home and Away
Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...
, the son of Alf
Alf Stewart
Alfred Douglas "Alf" Stewart is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Ray Meagher. The character debuted on-screen during the serial's pilot episode on 17 January 1988...
and Ailsa
Ailsa Stewart
Ailsa Stewart is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away. She was married to Alf Stewart and had a son Duncan. She was played by actress Judy Nunn for 13 and a half years...
. The character was portrayed by first by actress Allana Ellis in 1989 and was born in the episode airing on 9 June 1989. Actor Lewis Devaney portrayed Duncan from 1990 to 1998. Brendan McKensy assumed the role in 1998 and remained in it until 2001. McKensy reprised his role as Duncan 2004 and 2005 and made his last appearance on 13 July 20055.
Casting
McKensy returned for the serial's 4000th episode, based around Alf StewartAlf Stewart
Alfred Douglas "Alf" Stewart is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Ray Meagher. The character debuted on-screen during the serial's pilot episode on 17 January 1988...
's (Ray Meagher
Ray Meagher
Ray Meagher surname pronouned "Marr" , is a veteran Australian character actor. He has appeared regularly in Australian film and television since the mid 1970s, and is notable as the longest continuing performer in an Australian television role, as Alf Stewart on Home and Away, having played the...
) 60th birthday, broadcast in Australia on July 8 2005.
Storylines
Duncan is born to Alf and Ailsa(Judy NunnJudy Nunn
Judy Nunn is an Australian actress and author.-Acting career:Her breakout role was as the scheming bisexual reporter Vicky Stafford in the risque soap opera The Box. Her character became a popular cult figure in the series. Nunn continued in the role for the show's entire 1974–1977 run...
). After his aunt Celia Stewart
Celia Stewart
Celia Stewart is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away. She was played by Fiona Spence. The character was a regular on the show from 1988 to 1990...
(Fiona Spence
Fiona Spence
Fiona Spence is a British-born stage and television actress. One of the most recognisable Australian television stars during the early 1980s, she is best known for her roles in the Australian television series Prisoner and Home and Away...
dresses him in the Stewart family's traditional christening gown, he suffers an allergic reaction to it and is hospitalized. Duncan recovers but Ailsa experiences post-natal depression and nearly smothers him at one point. Ailsa soon begins to bond with him. As Duncan grows older, he befriends Christopher Fletcher (Shaun Wood) and has several surrogate siblings in the form of Blake (Les Hill) and Karen Dean (Belinda Jarrett), Simon Fitzgerald
Simon Fitzgerald (Home and Away)
Simon Fitzgerald is a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away.He was portrayed by Richard Norton, who had just left a regular role as Ryan McLachlan on rival show Neighbours.He was a regular on the show for just under a year, from late 1991 to mid-1992.-Storylines:Simon was a...
(Richard Norton), Sarah Thompson (Laura Vasquez), Curtis Reed
Curtis Reed (Home and Away)
Curtis Reed is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Shane Ammann. He debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 16 September 1994 and departed on 15 April 1997.-Character development:...
(Shane Ammann
Shane Ammann
Shane Allen Ammann, born 8 October 1979 in Switzerland is an Australian Television actor most famous for his role as Curtis Reed in Home and Away from 1994 until he decided to leave the series in 1997. Amman also starred in short-lived soap opera Paradise Beach.-External links:...
) and Aaron Welles (Ritchie Gudgeon), teenagers who his parents foster.
While following some of the local teenagers who are hanging out in some wasteland, Duncan suffers a fall and injures himself. He is hospitalized for several months and when he returns home, his personality drastically changes. When Duncan starts high school his behaviour gets worse as he frequently causes trouble. One incident includes the making of a homemade bomb with his friend Jack, who burns himself in the process. Alf experiences a shock when the bomb goes off and injures his arm. The Stewarts attending counselling mediated by Natalie Nash
Natalie Nash
Natalie "Nat" Nash is a fictional character from the Australian Seven Network soap opera Home and Away, played by Antoinette Byron. She made her first on-screen appearance on 18 February 1998. Natalie was originally played by Angelica la Bozzetta until her departure in 1998...
(Antoinette Byron).
On a car journey with Ailsa, Duncan drops a tape and tries to retrieve it. Ailsa loses control of the car and it crashes into a lake. Duncan is able to free himself and calls for help. Travis Nash
Travis Nash
Travis Nash is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by actor Nic Testoni. He made his first on screen appearance on 10 April 1995 and departed on 11 August 1999.-Backstory:...
(Nic Testoni
Nic Testoni
Nicolas John Testoni is an Australian actor and producer most notable for his Logie Award winning role of Travis Nash in Home and Away from 1995 to 1999. Testoni wrote the film Mr. Patterns depicting the life of Geoffrey Bardon, which was released by his production company "Reel World Productions"...
) is on the scene and rescues Ailsa, but she remains comatose for several weeks. Duncan blames himself for the accident. The doctors inform Alf and Duncan that Ailsa may never wake up and Alf decides to turn the machine off but Duncan notices Ailsa make a slight movement and tells the doctors not turn the machine off.
When homeless teen Mitch McColl
Mitch McColl
Mitchell "Mitch" McColl is a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away. He was portrayed by actor Cameron Welsh. He debuted on 15 July 1999 and departed on 9 March 2001. When Welsh fell ill in 2000, Mitchell McMahon took over the role temporarily...
(Cameron Welsh
Cameron Welsh
Cameron Welsh is an Australian actor, writer, producer and director, best known for his role as Mitch McColl on Australian soap opera Home and Away from 1999 until 2001. He was nominated for a Logie Award in 2000 for Most Popular New Male Talent...
) saves Duncan’s life, he is grateful and offers him food from the Stewart house. Alf finds out and soon he and Ailsa agree to let Mitch live with them and Mitch and Duncan form a sibling-like bond.
Nick Smith
Nick Smith (Home and Away)
Nicholas "Nick" Smith is a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away. He had a short guest stint on the show in 1999, played by Matt Guarez, and was then brought back as a regular in 2000 played by actor Chris Egan, staying with the show until 2003.- Background :Nick was the...
(Chris Egan
Chris Egan
Christopher Andrew "Chris" Egan is an Australian actor probably best known for playing Nick Smith in the Australian soap opera Home and Away for three years...
) settles in Summer Bay with his family and he and Duncan quickly become friends and get into various scrapes. The Sutherland family arrive and Duncan and Nick are attracted to the two youngest daughters, Jade
Jade Sutherland
Jade Sutherland is a fictional character on the Australian soap opera Home and Away, portrayed by actress Kate Garven from 2000 to 2004....
(Kate Garven
Kate Garven
Kate Garven is an Australian actress best known as Jade Sutherland on the television series Home and Away, playing the role from 2000 to 2004.She grew up in the Hills Area with her family on an Acreage....
) and Kirsty (Christie Hayes
Christie Hayes
Christie Lynne Hayes is an Australian actress, best known for her work on the television series Home and Away as Kirsty Phillips who she played from June 2000 to February 2005 and again from May 2008 to October 2009. Hayes is the sister of actress Katherine Hayes.-Personal life:Hayes is the...
) and begin dating them respectively.
Ailsa dies of a heart attack in late 2000 and Duncan’s behaviour worsens and his relationship with Alf sours. Duncan’s friends soon lose patience with him and soon Jade dumps him. Duncan spirals further out of control when he learns that Jade is seeing David Barclay and sets a bomb up in his letterbox which backfires badly. After Duncan steals from the Diner and destroys Nick’s games console, Alf is at his wits’ end. Duncan’s aunt Morag Bellingham
Morag Bellingham
Morag Bellingham is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Cornelia Frances. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 17 June 1988. She appeared until 1989 and briefly appeared in 1993. She returned yearly from 2001 until 2009 and...
(Cornelia Frances
Cornelia Frances
Cornelia Frances is a British-born actress based in Australia since the early 1970s. Frances is best known for her recurring role as judge Morag Bellingham on Home and Away.-Early life and personal life:...
) returns to town and sees how unhappy he is and Duncan later tells her he wants to move to the city with her. Alf is reluctant to let Duncan go but relents in the end and he leaves with Morag.
Duncan returns to Summer Bay three years later on the night of Robbie Hunter
Robbie Hunter (Home and Away)
Robert George "Robbie" Hunter is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Jason Smith. He made his first on screen appearance on 25 November 2003 and departed on 10 October 2006...
(Jason Smith
Jason Smith (actor)
Jason Smith is an Australian actor and singer, best known for his roles in Home and Away and Power Rangers: Jungle Fury.-Career:...
) and Hayley Smith
Hayley Smith (Home and Away)
Hayley Rose Hunter is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away. She was portrayed from September 1998 to September 2005 by actress Bec Cartwright and from September to November 2005 by Ella Scott Lynch, after Cartwright left the show for personal...
's (Bec Cartwright) combined 17th and 21st birthday party. His presence proves an irritation for his first cousin once removed Seb Miller
Seb Miller
Sebastian "Seb" Miller is a fictional character on the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by actor Mitch Firth between 2001 and 2004....
(Mitch Firth
Mitch Firth
Mitch Firth is an Australian actor best known for his role as Seb Miller in the TV drama series Home and Away.-TV:* Home And Away ... as Seb Miller* All Saints ... Cameron...
) who is now dating Jade. Duncan is later revealed to have a drug habit and begins hanging around with Jade and they get high on bulbs. At the party, Duncan steals Robbie’s car keys and involves Jade on a drag race. Seb tries to put a stop to it and jumps on the bonnet but a drug-addled Duncan keeps driving. Jade and Seb are left injured and Duncan is unscathed. Duncan is then arrested but with the legal representation of Morag, he avoids all charges.
Once Jade and Seb leave the Bay after the accident., Alf and Morag try to get Duncan to settle back in and send him back to Summer Bay High, where he is unpopular. He antagonizes Robbie and Kim Hyde
Kim Hyde
Kimberly Jonathan "Kim" Hyde is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Chris Hemsworth. He made his first on screen appearance on 17 February 2004 and departed on 3 July 2007.-Casting:...
(Chris Hemsworth) and begins harassing Tasha Andrews (Isabel Lucas
Isabel Lucas
Isabel Lucas is an Australian actress and model perhaps best known for her role as Tasha Andrews on the Australian television soap opera Home and Away...
) when he learns that her biological mother was the late Angie Russell
Angie Russell
Angela "Angie" Russell was a fictional character on the Australian soap opera Home and Away, portrayed by Laurie Foell from 2002 until the character's death in 2003.Angie subsequently appeared as a ghost in her daughter Tasha's dreams....
(Laurie Foell
Laurie Foell
Laurie Foell is an Australian actress. She is best known for her portrayal of both Angela "Angie" Russell and her cousin Josie, on the successful Australian television soap opera Home and Away. Foell also starred as Dr...
). After pulling a gun on Kim and Robbie, Duncan leaves to join his half-sister, Roo (Justine Clarke
Justine Clarke
Justine Clarke is an Australian actor and singer. She has been acting since the age of seven and has appeared in some of Australia's best-known TV shows...
; Georgie Parker
Georgie Parker
Georgina "Georgie" Parker is an Australian television actress. She grew up in the suburb of St. Ives.-Personal life:...
) in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. Duncan later contacts Alf with the news that Roo has been involved in a car crash and is in a critical condition. Alf later flies out to join them.
The following year, Duncan returns to Summer Bay for Alf's 60th birthday party along with a number of other relatives. He is reluctant to approach Donald Fisher
Donald Fisher (Home and Away)
Donald Fisher is a fictional character in the Australian television soap opera Home and Away played by actor Norman Coburn as a regular character, from the soap's inception in 1988 to 2003. Coburn has since returned for brief appearances in 2004, 2005 and 2007...
(Norman Coburn
Norman Coburn
Norman Coburn is an Australian television character-actor notable for his roles primarily in soap operas,also his has appeared in many theatre roles .-Home and Away:...
), his former uncle and Seb's grandfather. Duncan then apologizes for all the grief he had caused Seb. During the party, Duncan tries to get closer to Alf but feels ignored and leaves the party early, taking a bottle of wine with him. After the party, Chloe Richards
Chloe Richards
Chloe Richards is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Kristy Wright. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 28 June 1995. Chloe left in 1999, making a short return stint in 2005 when she died from the resulting injuries of a car...
(Kristy Wright
Kristy Wright
Kristy Wright is an Australian actress.Wright was born in Sydney, Australia, the oldest child in her family, with three stepbrothers and two half-sisters. Hoping to win a contest for acting lessons, she sent in her photograph and ended up with a full year's paid tuition...
) is killed in a car crash and Duncan is accused by Alf when he resurfaces several days later. Detective Peter Baker (Nicholas Bishop
Nicholas Bishop
Nicholas Bishop is an English-born Australian actor. He is best known for his television roles as Detective Peter Baker on the soap opera Home and Away and as Peter Dunlop on the ABC medical drama Body of Proof .-Early life:Bishop was born in Swindon, England...
) tells Duncan the paint taken from his car does not match the one found on Chloe’s. Although Alf is relieved Duncan is hurt and angry. After a talk with Alf, Duncan reveals that Roo’s accident helped him put things into perspective and he has changed as person. Duncan returns to the Statesafter repairing his relationship with his father. In April 2009, Alf mentions that Duncan is getting married and flies overseas for a week to attend the wedding.