Neighbours fans were left gutted after the Channel 5 Australian soap opera came to an end in July last year. The feelings of sadness weren’t to last, though, and four months later it was confirmed that the show had been acquired by Amazon Prime and would therefore be making a comeback.
The majority of the show’s cast are set to return. One person who viewers think looks incredibly different from when he appeared on the show is Craig McLachlan, who played Henry Ramsay in more than 800 episodes between 1987-1989.
Henry was the son of Madge Bishop and brother of Charlene Robinson, who was played by pop icon Kylie Minogue. Do you remember him on the show? Let us know in the comments.
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After leaving Neighbours in 1989, actor Craig went on to have a stint on rival Aussie soap Home & Away. 34 years on and the actor looks world’s away from his soap days and now sports a grey beard.
58-year-old Craig has had his fair share of drama since then. In 2020 he was cleared of all allegations that he assaulted four women during a stage show in Australia.
Craig faced seven charges of indecent assault and another six of common assault, but had consistently denied them all. He was found not guilty of all 13 charges by a magistrate in Sydney after the allegations arose from an Australian production in 2014.
In a video filmed afterwards, Craig broke down in tears as he said the claims had "ruined" his life. "You see this is not just about a headline for the day, this is ruining lives," he said at the time. “Not just me, you want to crucify me? Fine. Look what it's done to my beautiful partner, look what it continues to do to my family every day.”
Craig said that "cancel culture" was the cause of him being barred from the then-final episodes of Neighbours, which aired last summer. He was subsequently awarded a $500,000 payout after being acquitted.
He still has a passion for music after touring the UK and Europe with his band, Check 1-2, back in the 1990s. Craig has also worked in the theatre and has appeared in the London West End revival of the musical Grease, The Rocky Horror Show, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Chicago. For more showbiz and television stories get our newsletter here.
