Frank Morgan

Frank's father was a professional criminal while his mother was an alcoholic. Frank became a street kid with the ambition to be as tough as his father whom he admired so much. His petty crimes brought him to the attention of the authorities. When they discovered his father was in prison and his mother being incapable of looking after Frank, he was fostered to the Fletchers.

Frank was eight years when he was fostered. He was Tom and Pippa's first foster kid.

Despite being street smart, Frank was not bright academically. Tom and Pippa helped him, but Frank had only just managed to scrape through his exams up to year 10. There was only one thing he was really good at: playing his guitar.

Through the Department, Tom and Pippa knew that Frank's father had never given up finding him. While Frank was under the jurisdiction of the Department, they were able to deny him access, but once he got older, Tom and Pippa told Frank the decision was his. He did not want to see any of his parents again; his main concern was finding a job and forming a band.

Frank met Roo, a daughter of Alf and they fell in love. Little did he know that he was being used as a cover up to her pregnancy to Brett's baby. When Frank heard of her pregnancy, Roo lied that Frank was the baby's father.

Frank and Roo had to get married because of her pregnancy. On their wedding day, Roo interrupted the wedding and told Frank that he was not the father of the baby before running out. He stormed out and drove off at speed before crashing the car.

Later, Frank and Bobby got close and they got married - however, they had problems after their marriage. He left the Bay for New York to see Roo.

In 1993, Frank returned to the Bay to see Bobby and became aware of her marrying Greg. He asked her to marry him. Bobby thought about it and decided to marry him, to the atonishment of the residents. When he discovered she changed her mind not to marry him, he left the Bay.

Frank returned to the Bay in 2000 for Sally's wedding.

He was one of the original characters of Home and Away.

Alex Papps

Greek-Australian Alex Papps (27 in 1996) was best known to TV audiences for his successful role in The Henderson Kids which he played at the age of 17.

While in Year 12, he won a role in the Crawford production and had to finish his course in drama and media production by correspondence.

Alex comes from a showbusiness background. His parents are both theatre directors, with his father also doing the occasional TV role.

Alex said,
My parents didn't allow me to get an agent until Year 7 althoughI had an interest in showbusiness for some time.

Alex had played roles in Neighbours and Prisoner and co-hosted The Factory for ABC.

After life in the Bay, he played the part of Nick Cardici in The Flying Doctors.

After the programme ended, Alex enrolled in the Australian Academy of Performing Arts. He has a number of stage roles under his belt and still comes to the UK for the panto season.