"[1] Norton was not concerned about the pressure of stepping into McLachlan's shoes, noting that the show had lost some actors and needed new characters.

[1] Norton later told another reporter from TV Week that he had grown in confidence after numerous auditions and when the opportunity to play Ryan arose "everything just happened at once.

[5] Anthony Hayward, author of The Who's Who of Soap Operas, described Ryan as "intelligent and excellent in sports such as athletics, surfing and basketball".

[6] After he finishes school, Ryan secures a job as a postman and later meets an older woman, Virginia Wenham (Kristie Grant).

He told Mark Barden from the Reading Post that "I learned a lot working on Neighbours but it took longer to fit in with the established stars.

After an initially frosty start, he soon makes friends with Nick Page (Mark Stevens), Sharon Davies (Jessica Muschamp), Matt Robinson (Ashley Paske) and Lee Maloney (Maree Ackehurst).

Gemma Ramsay (Beth Buchanan) moves with her aunt Madge (Anne Charleston) and uncle Harold Bishop (Ian Smith) and both Matt and Ryan are taken with her.

During one of his rounds he is seduced by married woman Virginia Wenham but before anything can happen, Ryan flees when her husband, Bernie (Robert Morgan) almost catches them one day.

After listening to Jim Robinson's (Alan Dale) Vietnam War stories, Ryan decides to enlist in the army.

A writer for the BBC's Neighbours website said Ryan's most notable moment was "telling his rich girlfriend to hit the road".