| Sam Kratz | |||||||||||||||||
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| Neighbours character | |||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Richard Grieve | ||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Stanley Walsh (1994) Ric Pellizerri (2005) |
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| Duration | 1994–1996, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 13 June 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 21 June 1996 27 July 2005 cameo) |
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| Classification | Former, regular | ||||||||||||||||
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| Home | London | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Handyman Steffano Gold Model |
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Sam Kratz is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Richard Grieve. He first appeared in 1994 and remained in the show until 1996. In 2005, Sam made a cameo in his wife Annalise's documentary about Ramsay Street.
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Grieve quit his role in Neighbours in 1996 to play the lead in West End musical Grease.[1] Just before he finished filming his final scenes, Grieve's agent told him that his application for a work visa had been turned down.[1] Grieve said that he was ready to leave the show, but Inside Soap said that he would have stayed if a better opportunity was not waiting.[1]
In 2005, Grieve reprised his role of Sam for the Neighbours 20th anniversary episode.[2]
In her book, "Neighbours: The first 10 years", Josephine Monroe describes Sam as "A handsome biker always on the edge of the law."[3] Monroe added "Sam may look rough with his stubble and oil stains, but he has proven himself to be a rough diamond."[4]
Sam arrives in Ramsay Street when his grandmother Marlene (Moya O'Sullivan) buys Number 24 Ramsay Street from Madge Bishop (Anne Charleston). Sam moves into the house but mistakenly sells the furniture belonging to Lou Carpenter (Tom Oliver), the previous tenant instead of the old furniture Marlene has shipped to the house. This leads to Lou suspecting Sam of being dodgy but ultimately changes his mind after the mistake is explained.
Sam quickly makes friends with local teenagers Brett (Brett Blewitt) and Danni Stark (Eliza Szonert) who live next door at Number 22 with their mother Cheryl (Caroline Gillmer) and Lou and is later told by Marlene that the Stark kids and Cheryl are his Cousins and Aunt, respectively.
Annalise Hartman (Kimberley Davies) catches Sam's eye, but she is engaged to Mark Gottlieb (Bruce Samazan) who she is living with. Squirrel (Brooke Howden) one of Brett and Danni's classmates takes a liking to Sam after he chaperones a dance. Sam rebuffs Squirrel but she later returns and tells him he is the father of her baby. This is proved to be untrue when Danni urges Squirrel to confess.
When Annalise returns after a holiday to get over Mark jilting her at the altar and later a cancer scare, Sam confesses his love for her and the two become an item.
Sam's father, Patrick (Shane Porteous) arrives in Erinsborough keen to build bridges with his son but Sam is less than eager to reconcile with him as he and his mother had often left Sam in Marlene's care as a child while they furthered their careers. Sam is further angered when Patrick tells him that he has separated from Sarah, Sam's mother. The two men eventually reconcile after a going on a Bush Retreat.
At Christmas 1995, Sam notices Annalise is becoming more and more distant and shows disinterest in their sex life. It soon emerges that Annalise is having an affair with Stonefish Rebecchi (Anthony Engelman). Sam is upset and throws Annalise out. Things are not helped when Sam goes to visit Annalise at a motel and finds Stonie there. This results in Sam punching Stonie.
Sam and Annalise try to salvage their relationship but are unable to and Annalise leaves for London. Sam later becomes a male model for Stefano Gold and later has a relationship with Cody Willis (Peta Brady). This is cut short when Cody is shot during a siege with drug dealers and dies a week later in hospital. Sam blames himself and grieves her death until Cody appears to him as ghostly during a whisky-induced hallucination and tells him to get on with his life. When Sam wakes up, he finds one of Cody's rings in his hand.
Annalise later gets in touch with Sam and tells him she wants to reconcile in London and they can travel Europe together. Sam jumps at the chance and leaves after attending the wedding of Annalise's sister Joanna (Emma Harrison) to Rob Evans (Graham Harvey). Sam later sells his Handy Sam's Business to Malcolm Kennedy (Benjamin McNair. Sam and Annalise marry in 2000.
In 2005, Sam is seen in Annalise's Documentary about Ramsay Street walking through Westminster citing the girls being the best reason to live on Ramsay Street and Annalise being the only one for him.
The BBC said Sam's most notable moment was "Confessing his love for Annalise".[5]
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