Neighbours' Dr Karl – aka Alan Fletcher – on music, acting and bowel cancer

By Lawrence Money
Updated February 13 2016 - 1:13am, first published February 12 2016 - 11:45pm
Alan Fletcher: ''The goal is to be a triple-threat ... act, sing and dance.'' Photo: Wayne Taylor
Alan Fletcher: ''The goal is to be a triple-threat ... act, sing and dance.'' Photo: Wayne Taylor

You almost expect Alan Fletcher, marathon TV medico, to have the obligatory stethoscope around his neck when he arrives for lunch. Even his two kids call him "Doctor Dad" and Fletcher himself has to remind himself every now and then – "I'm an actor, not a doctor". He's been fully employed in a daily job for over two decades as Dr Karl Kennedy on Neighbours – and, unlike many thespian unions, happily married. "Coming up for our 26th anniversary this year," he says. "But it is pretty easy with someone who's so adorable. And it IS my second marriage – you've got to practise."

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