Guy Carpenter is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Andrew Williams.
During his time in the show, Guy took steroids, tried dating three women at once and had a brief romance with Gaby Willis (Rachel Blakely).
[3] Guy was given a connection to established character Lou Carpenter (Tom Oliver), who was revealed to be his father.
[4] Josephine Monroe, author of Neighbours: The First Ten Years, said Guy's "good looks and way with the cappuccino machine in the Coffee Shop set his female customers' heart aflutter.
[7] They also thought that Guy took steroids to win a race, due to the "competitive nature" of his relationship with his father, who often expected too much from him.
[8] Ahead of the character's arrival on UK screens, Ian Brandes of the Sunday Mirror described Guy as "a randy Ramsay Street Romeo" and said he would set his sights on Gaby.
[5] Reinforcing his ladies man reputation, Guy tries dating Gaby, Lucy Robinson (Melissa Bell) and Caroline Alessi (Gillian Blakeney) at the same time, however, they soon find out what he is doing.
"[11] His departure was publicised in March 1992, as Mack McGowan of TV Week confirmed that he would be leaving the serial at the end of the month.
[13] In March 1996, Inside Soap's Jason Herbison reported that Channel 10 were so keen on keeping actor Vince Poletto on the network, that they were considering casting him as Guy, as Williams was unlikely to return to the serial.
He arrives at the Turner house ahead of the ceremony and is reunited with his family, including his sister Lauren (Kate Kendall) and his father Lou.
Guy arranges dates with Gaby Willis, Lucy Robinson and Caroline Alessi at the same time, but he is soon caught out and forced to apologise to them.
Brad asks his mother, Pam (Sue Jones), a nurse, for advice and she tells Brenda, who confronts Guy.
Guy struggles to tell Brad and tries asking Paige out on a date in a bid to get the truth about the robbery out of her.
Guy starts working at the local swimming pool as a recreation officer, but soon clashes with his boss, Sid Butcher (Timothy Bell).
Lou initially avoids talking about their issues and only shows interest in Guy's sporting achievements.
He heads to Number 32 to see his family and he meets his eldest niece Paige Smith (Olympia Valance) for the first time.
[18] Coral O'Connor of the Daily Mirror agreed with Anthony, and said that while Michaelson was set to be the show's new pin-up, he "faces competition from handsome Andrew Williams".
[19] TV Week's Elisabeth di Giovanni observed that Guy was a smooth-talker and "a charming rogue".