Danny Ramsay

Danny Ramsay is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, played by David Clencie.

Danny is one of the twelve original characters conceived by the creator and then executive producer of Neighbours, Reg Watson.

"[3] Clencie also claimed that Danny was an extension of his own persona describing him as: "young, wild, crazy yet vulnerable and a nice kid.

[7] In July 2005, Clencie joined several former cast members in reprising their roles for an appearance in the show's 20th anniversary episode, which focuses on a fictional documentary about Ramsay Street and its residents.

[11] Danny is the youngest son of Maria Ramsay (Dasha Blahova), he was born after a one-night stand between herself and Tim Duncan (Nick Carrafa).

Following a car crash with Bank robber Gordon Miller (Red Symons) which leaves him and Shane injured, Danny believes that the dreams were a warning.

Danny and his best friend, Scott Robinson (Darius Perkins) are wrongly accused of mugging Carol Brown (Merrin Canning), when they discover her in a drunken haze after the real muggers had fled.

Both Danny and Scott fall for Maria's sister's friend, Wendy Gibson (Kylie Foster), who plays them off against each other but gets a taste of her own medicine when a man named Tim (Mark Neal) stands her up.

When Maria prepares to leave for Hong Kong with new partner Richard Morrison (Peter Flett), Danny refuses to go with them and remains in Erinsborough.

Danny falls for Marcie (Erif Perkins), a fellow employee and tries to impress her and works for Clive Gibbons (Geoff Paine) as a gorilla-gram.

While reviewing the series early episodes, Jacqueline Lee Lewes of The Sydney Morning Herald said the younger cast members who "deserve a mention" were Clencie, Smith, Dennis, Perkins and O'Brien, adding that they are "obviously going to be worth keeping an eye on.

"[12] Debra Jopson from the same newspaper branded Danny "the soppy son who can't impress macho Dad, no matter how hard he tries".

[13] Ruth Deller of television website Lowculture gave Danny a 2 out of 5 for his contribution to Neighbours, during a feature called "A guide to recognising your Ramsays and Robinsons".

He had an ongoing rivalry with brother Shane, and was good mates with Scott Robinson, but his only real storylines of note were the revelations over his paternity, and a stint working for Dr Clive Gibbons as a gorilla-o-gram".