Pete Callan

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Family Affairs character
Pete Callan
Played by	David Easter
Duration	1997–2005
Date of Birth	9 July 1959
Date of Death	2nd September 2005
Marital Status	Deceased
Occupation	Landlord
Family	Eileen, Joan, Julie-Ann, Davie Jr, Thomas

Peter (Pete) Callan was a fictional character in the UK soap opera Family Affairs, played by David Easter.

He entered the storyline in June 1997. As Maria's callous former husband he was disliked by most of her friends, the Hart and Gates families and their associates. Nevertheless he took over running local bar restaurant The Lock where they all regularly hung out. Pete developed a deep seated enmity with Roy Farmer, and later developed similar rivalries with his employee Josh Matthews and Josh's father Dave.

Despite his thuggish tendencies Pete was revealed to have a love of children. During a brief and troubled marriage to Claire Toomey was nevertheless a devoted step-father to her twins Evan and Stella.

After splitting from Claire, Pete embarked upon a De facto marriage to Dave' ex-wife Cat for several months, but it was eventually revealed to have been a con perpetrated by Pete to exact revenge on Dave and to swindle Cat out of her home. He convinced her to sign over ownership of her home to him, before revealing the con to her. Soon after this Cat found she was pregnant. At first there was doubt as to whether the child was Pete's or Dave's. After tests it was found to be Pete's.

After selling The Lock and buying pub The Black Swan, Pete reemployed Josh as a barman to pay off a debt. Pete later murdered Josh, framing his then-wife Siobhan for the crime. She was found guilty and imprisoned. On her eventual release she realised that Pete had framed her.

Pete was imprisoned (on remand) for a lengthy period starting December 2003 after being framed for arson by his then-wife Eileen. He returned after being acquitted at his trial in June 2004.

He continued in Charnham until September 2005 when he was shot dead during an armed standoff with S019 officers.