Cameron Clark
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For the voice actor, see Cam Clarke.
| Hollyoaks Character | |
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| Cameron Clark | |
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| Played by | Ben Gerrard |
| Duration | 2002- 2006 |
| Marital Status | Single |
| Occupation | Musician |
Cameron Clark was a fictional character on the long-running Channel 4 British television soap opera Hollyoaks.
He was played by actor/musician Ben Gerrard between 2002-2006.
[edit] Character History
Cameron made a great entrance at Hollyoaks Comprehensive after receiving lots of attention from the girls. Abby Davies, Steph Dean, and Zara Morgan were just a few who had instantly fallen for Cameron, but it was Lisa Hunter who caught his attention. Cameron didn’t waste any time when he hooked up with Lisa as the pair began to date; however, it was soon over when Lisa began her obsession with Kristian Hargreaves. Lisa dumped Cameron for Kristian and labelled Cameron as ‘dull’ and soon Cameron had a reputation of being boring.
Cameron soon went on to join a band with Lee Hunter, David "Bombhead" Burke and Norman Sankofa, called 'The X Factor', which never quite recovered after Lee used explicit lyrics during the performance for a christening at The Dog. Cameron’s ambition had always been to be a musician, but pressure from his parents in doing well in getting A grades soon caught up with him as they had high hopes for Cameron to become a doctor, especially after he was offered a place to study medicine at a London University. Cameron began to feel that his parents ran his life and that he had no other choice than to commit suicide. He ran a pipe from the car's exhaust into the car, but Bombhead and Sam Owen were passing by and Sam rushed in to save him. Both his friends and parents understood and supported Cameron while he decided to do something positive for himself as he elected to take a music course at Hollyoaks Community College.
At the halls, Cameron became a ‘clean freak’ and always kept things tidy. Soon he fell for new tenant Bella Manning and the pair got along, but nothing became of it as she had left HCC. But by some bizarre turn of circumstance, Cameron caught the eye of Steph Dean. Eventually the pair became an unlikely couple of Hollyoaks and Cameron’s world seemed to be on the up until his behaviour became rather strange. Cameron was seen far too often cleaning the halls and things went from bad to worse when he began to write on the walls. Steph became rather concerned about Cameron's behaviour and tried to persuade him to get help, but Cameron refused to admit he had a problem.
After a few months of keeping away from his friends and not facing the outside world, Cameron faced the prospect of losing Steph rather than admitting he needed help. Eventually he went to the doctor to discover he had O.C.D and Steph supported him through his ordeal. As he got better, Steph arranged for Cameron to join a band, which Cameron was delighted to do to fulfill his long-term ambitions, but was shocked to discover it was going to be across Europe. After telling Steph he was prepared to stay, a devastated Steph knew how much it meant to Cameron and persuaded him to join the band as he paid a moving goodbye to the girl who had helped him so much in his darkest hours. Cameron made his exit away from The Dog to Europe in a bid to make it as a musician.
