Eddie Buckingham is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Bob La Castra.

La Castra created the character for himself after he was told that casting him in the soap would be difficult due to his ethnic background.

The character was written out of the soap when the producers decided to focus on family-oriented drama, and Eddie departed on 28 September 1990.

After La Castra finished working on children's television series Wombat in 1989, he sent an audition tape to Neighbours.

[1] La Castra received a call back, but he was told by producers that his ethnicity would make casting him difficult.

"[1] La Castra told Nicola Murphy of TV Week that he went into shock when he learned that he had been hired by Neighbours.

[2] The producers asked La Castra to keep his casting a secret for ten weeks before he appeared on-screen.

[5] La Castra was written out of Neighbours in September 1990 along with a series of characters, so the producers could make a return to focusing on family-oriented drama.

[1] Josephine Monroe, author of The Neighbours Programme Guide, commented that storyliners failed to provide the character with "convincing plots" during his stint.

[4] Eddie returns to England after learning that his father has been taken ill.[4] In March 2015, La Castra spoke of his time in the show, saying "I am really proud I got to be part of it and it is great to see it is still popular, so all credit to the producers for keeping it going.

Sharon explains to Eddie that Harold's coffee shop is losing business as a result of his food stall and asks him to quit.

[5] A writer for the BBC's Neighbours website proclaimed that Eddie's most notable moment was "Announcing his joke engagement to Christina.

"[7] To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Neighbours, a BBC reporter asked readers to nominate their twenty favourite obscure characters.