Alan Fletcher
(born 30 March 1957 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian actor, best known for his role as Karl Kennedy in long-running soap opera Neighbours
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Career
Fletcher's first widely seen role was in police drama
Cop Shop
from 1982 until production ceased the following year. He followed this with an appearance in US series
The Love Boat
(1981) and various Australian feature films, TV movies, and miniseries. He briefly acted in
Neighbours
in the 1980s as a run-down, dishonest boxer working in Jim's garage, before taking the role of Karl Kennedy in 1994, which he continues to play to the present day.
In 2005, Fletcher starred as
Henry Higgins in a production of
My Fair Lady
at the
Melbourne Comedy Theatre. He is also a prominent member of the
Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, a role which saw him become a vocal critic of the 2004 US-Australia Free Trade Agreement, including an appearance on the political talk-show
Meet the Press.
In 2008, Fletcher starred as Frank McGee in the workshop performance season of
Call Girl the Musical
and as Captain Hook in the
Pantomime Peter Pan at
His Majesty's Theatre,
Aberdeen.
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Musical career
Fletcher is also the lead singer in a band called
Waiting Room, with other members including Tommy Rando, Chris Hawker and drummer Jeff Consi. They have toured the United Kingdom several times. With a handful of their own songs they incorporate a selection of cover versions into their set. Fletcher also covers
Smokie's "Living Next Door to Alice", substituting Alice, for "
Susan", his on-screen wife (
Jackie Woodburne). Their single, So Wrong, was released on
iTunes on the 26 November 2007, followed by their new album, Live at the Elephant, on the 17 December 2007. On the 30th of November 2007 Fletcher performed a cover of
Oasis' "
Wonderwall" for
BBC Radio 1's
Live Lounge.
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In December 2008 Fletcher played a solo gig in
Aberdeen, playing a mixture of covers and
Waiting Room, material. He followed this with a second gig in the city on the 3rd January 2009 at The Lemon Tree.
On the 15th May 2009 Fletcher announced via his official website that he was to tour the UK with a new band, The X-Rays. The tour will take place in October 2009. It is unclear whether the gigs will feature any original
Waiting Room material. The X-Rays are UK based musicians Johnny Lucas, Chris Hanby and Martin Stewart. Fletcher continues to perform each week in
Melbourne with
Waiting Room.
Fletcher was a contestant on the UK TV show
Soapstar Superstar
,
[3] in January 2007 finishing in sixth place. He performed the following songs:
- Day 1: Faith (George Michael)
- Day 2: Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel)
- Day 3: Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton)
- Day 4: Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Andy Williams)
- Day 5: Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me (Elton John)
Personal life
Fletcher's wife is former
Network Ten Melbourne newsreader
Jennifer Hansen and they have two children, Veronica and Tom
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References
- Neighbours doctor to star in Aberdeen panto
- Alan Fletcher in the Live Lounge
- Soapstar Superstar
- http://listing-index.ebay.com/actors/Alan_Fletcher.html