Todd Landers

Todd Landers is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Kristian Schmid.

After choosing to leave the serial in 1991, Schmid suggested to the producers that his character should be killed off, and Todd died in the episode broadcast on 13 July 1992.

[3] He and his sister, Katie Landers (Sally Jensen), come to live with their aunt Beverly Marshall (Lisa Armytage) in Ramsay Street to escape their bullying father, who believes that his children should pay for his drinking habit.

Jim and Beverley agree to sacrifice their honeymoon to look after Todd and Katie and let them stay at Number 26 with them while Bob (Robin Harrison; Bruce Kilpatrick) and Annette (Tania Uren) work through their problems.

During his first few months in Erinsborough, Todd manages to provoke the ire of local residents Harold Bishop (Ian Smith) and Nell Mangel (Vivean Gray).

Later in the year, Todd finds himself at odds with street kid and graffiti artist Nick Page (Mark Stevens) who has previously graffitied Jim's fence and things are not helped when Emma Gordon (Tamsin West), Todd's crush, develops an attraction to Nick.

Dey) nearly drowning, Todd runs away from home and begins living in a squat with a petty criminal named Skinner (Mat Stevenson) who forces him into crime.

The stress of Todd's recent behaviour causes Helen Daniels (Anne Haddy), Jim's mother-in-law to have a stroke.

Gail returns home and rescues the Landers children, Skinner bolts with Todd in hot pursuit and is collared by Nick and eventually arrested.

Katie tells Todd that Bob is in Erinsborough and initially disbelieves her until he phones Annette, who confirms he walked out two weeks earlier.

Todd's meets Alison Ryder (Thea McLeod) on the bus on the way back from Adelaide and is totally smitten with her.

Todd confronts Alison and she is rude to him, insisting her actions are no big deal, Jim drives her to the bus station and she is never seen again.

Todd is incensed when Melissa begins flirting with Hilary's son Matt Robinson (Ashley Paske), in order to make him jealous.

On Todd's 16th birthday, he befriends Josh Anderson (Jeremy Angerson), who moves to Erinsborough from Mildura with his parents who have bought the newsagent's on Anson's Corner.

Todd begins hanging out with petty criminal Gary "Boof" Head (Stephen Hall), much to the annoyance of his friends.

At Christmas, Todd elects to stay in Erinsborough rather than going to Surfers Paradise, Queensland with Josh, Lucy and Cody's brother Brad Willis (Scott Michaelson).

Todd is shocked when Bob makes a reappearance in his life, having escaped from prison and reluctantly agrees to hide him at the recently vacated Number 32.

On Christmas Day, Todd and Glen Donnelly (Richard Huggett), Jim's illegitimate son are called by Paul to the Lassiter's complex to help fix the roof.

Phoebe later falls pregnant and Todd vows to support stand by her and the baby by dropping out of school and finding work.

Jim uses Paul's car phone to call the clinic to contact Dorothy and Phoebe about Todd's accident and they race there.

He appears to have recovered and talks to Phoebe about the future and tells her she is beautiful when he suddenly goes into cardiac arrest due to a ruptured artery the doctors missed.

[2] In 2020, Adam Beresford writing for HuffPost opined that Todd, Melissa, Cody and Josh formed one of the "show's best teen groups".

[11] In a Time Out feature profiling "best soap opera moments", British playwright Alice Birch chose Todd being hit by the van as the most memorable.

"[14] They included a viewer complaint from a pensioner who thought that "young kids" in Neighbours, such as Todd and Phoebe having sex was "bad".