Alan Bateman (1988) John Holmes (2000) Julie McGuaran (2002)
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Occupation
Fish market worker Road worker Office worker Soldier Radio technician
Father
Ern Dibble
Mother
Nola Dibble
Brothers
Erroll Dibble Scott Dibble
Martin Dibble is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera Home and Away, played by Craig Thomson. He made his first appearance during the episode broadcast on 17 January 1988, during the show's pilot episode. Martin is characterised as an idle and concoctor of schemes that are always unsuccessful. Thomson has described him numerous times as a "yobbo" or a "yob". Writers often used Martin for comic relief in between the show's more serious stories. They also created an on-screen partnership between him and Lance Smart (Peter Vroom). Together they were the show's "larrikins" with over-the-top personalities.
The character was written out of the series by executive producer Andrew Howie. He decided to focus on new characters and change the show's stories. Thomson was delighted to leave and claimed the decision was mutual. Thomson departed during the episode broadcast on 3 April 1990. Thomson enjoyed his first year in the role but grew to dislike the experience during his second. He has since stated that the show changed until he grew to dislike it. He also believed that writers had run out of stories for Martin. Thomson played the role of Martin in the 1991 stage show, Home and Away: The Musical. Thomson returned to film a guest appearance, in which Martin attends his friend Sally Fletcher's (Kate Ritchie) wedding. In 2002, he returned once again to celebrate Summer Bay's fictional "150 year anniversary". Television critics have ridiculed the character for his lack of intelligence.
MartinDibble is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera Home and Away, played by Craig Thomson. He made his first appearance...
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including surfer Matt Wilson (Greg Benson) and local yobbos Lance Smart and MartinDibble, (Peter Vroom and Craig Thomson), whilst having a bitter rivalry with...
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home further up the park following a lottery win and was joined by MartinDibble and they lived there for two years. They were joined by Marilyn Chambers...
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Frank Morgan and they start a band with Lance Smart (Peter Vroom) and MartinDibble (Craig Thompson). Roo's continued obsession with Ailsa drives a rift...
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him see him as a "joke". Lance forms an on-screen partnership with MartinDibble (Craig Thomson) and their characters were subsequently used as the serial's...
are talking about her behind her back. Lance Smart (Peter Vroom) and MartinDibble (Craig Thomson), inadvertently let it slip to Rebecca that Bobby is...
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soon leaves for Paris and Shannon begins dating Mandy's brother, Geoff (Martin Henderson), a sailor on shore leave. She and Geoff know they only have a...
him and begins getting involved in many antics with local guys Matt, MartinDibble (Craig Thomson) and Lance Smart (Peter Vroom). He also begins a relationship...
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and become close friends. Carly attracts the attention of local boy MartinDibble (Craig Thomson), but she rebuffs his advances preferring surfer Matt...
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