Fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
For other people named Mark Fowler, see Mark Fowler (disambiguation).
Soap opera character
Mark Fowler
EastEnders character
Todd Carty as Mark Fowler (2003)
Portrayed by
David Scarboro (1985–1987) Todd Carty (1990–2003)
Duration
1985–1987, 1990–2003
First appearance
Episode 1 "Poor Old Reg" 19 February 1985 (1985-02-19)
Last appearance
Episode 2466 14 February 2003 (2003-02-14)
Classification
Former; regular
Created by
Tony Holland and Julia Smith
Introduced by
Julia Smith (1985) Michael Ferguson (1990)
Spin-off appearances
Pudding Lane (1999)
David Scarboro as Mark Fowler (1985)
In-universe information
Occupation
Market trader Foster carer
Family
Fowler/Beale
Father
Arthur Fowler
Mother
Pauline Fowler
Brothers
Martin Fowler
Sisters
Michelle Fowler
Wife
Gill Robinson (1992)
Ruth Aitken (1995–1999)
Lisa Shaw (2002–2004)
Adoptive daughters
Jessie Moore (foster)
Stepdaughters
Louise Mitchell
Grandfathers
Albert Beale
Grandmothers
Lou Beale
Uncles
Pete Beale
Aunts
Maggie Flaherty
Nephews
Mark Fowler
Nieces
Vicki Fowler Bex Fowler Hope Fowler
First cousins
Conor Flaherty
Eamonn Flaherty
John Flaherty
Elizabeth Beale
David Wicks
Ian Beale
Other relatives
Nellie Ellis
Betty
Peter Beale
Lucy Beale
Bobby Beale
Bianca Jackson
Joe Wicks
Mark Fowler is a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Mark, an original regular character when the series started in February 1985, became a semi-regular after his original portrayer David Scarboro was written out of the role in April 1985. Scarboro made brief returns to the role in 1986 and 1987. Scarboro died by suicide in April 1988 and subsequently Mark was recast two years later on his return, with former Grange Hill regular Todd Carty taking on the role. From this point the character was a permanent fixture in the series and Carty remained in the role until the character was written out of the series in early 2003.[1]
The character was originated as a member of the established Beale/Fowler family; he is the eldest son of Arthur (Bill Treacher) and Pauline (Wendy Richard), thus being the older brother of both Michelle (Susan Tully/Jenna Russell) and Martin (Jon Peyton-Price/James Alexandrou/James Bye) as well. Initially a delinquent teenager from his early stint on the show, he later became a changed man upon returning to Albert Square as a 22-year-old in 1990. Following his return, Mark became one of the show's central protagonists was featured in some of the most prominent storylines during his tenure on the soap. Arguably Mark's most significant and most high-profile storyline saw the character announce that he had been diagnosed with HIV, which forced him to grow up fast and accept his responsibilities. He frequently found it difficult to accept the restrictions of the illness, which finally caused his death in April 2004.
Mark had embarked on three marriages with Gill Fowler (Susanna Dawson), who had also contracted HIV and died on the day after their wedding; Ruth Fowler (Caroline Paterson), which ended in adultery; and Lisa Shaw (Lucy Benjamin), which became the most circumstantial out of all his marriages. Other storylines involved feuds with his archnemesis Nick Cotton (John Altman) and love rival Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden), an unlikely friendship with Phil's aggressive brother Grant (Ross Kemp), a much-friendlier relationship with Nick's beloved mother Dot (June Brown), a close companionship with Michelle's best friend Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean), helping his family keep secret that Sharon's adopted father Den (Leslie Grantham) is the father of Michelle's baby Vicki (Emma Herry/Samantha Leigh Martin/Scarlett Alice Johnson), becoming a suspect in the Who Shot Phil? enquiries, coping with the death of his father Arthur not long after the latter is exonerated for being wrongfully implicated with embezzlement, and managing to reconcile with Pauline in light of overcoming a number of major family problems.
^Wilkes, Neil (11 August 2002). "Carty's exit from the square revealed". Digital Spy. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
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