Shane Withington (born 22 August 1958) is an Australian actor, currently best known for playing surf lifeguard

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in ''

Home and Away ''Home and Away'' (often abbreviated as ''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip ...

'' on the Seven Network; his former role as Brendan Jones in the television series ''

A Country Practice ''A Country Practice'' is an Australian television soap opera which broadcast on the Seven Network from 18 November 1981 until 5 November 1993, airing at 7:30 pm on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Altogether, 14 seasons and 1,058 episodes were p ...

'', the Deputy Matron of Wandin Valley Hospital; as well as ''

Willing and Abel ''Willing and Abel'' is an Australian television comedy series which was made in 1987, about two handymen. The main cast were Grant Dodwell as "Charles Willing", Shane Withington as "Abel Moore", and Rebecca Rigg as "Angela Reddy". Their names ...

'', as Abel Moore, and the sitcom '' The Family Business''. He had a guest star appearance in '' Strange Bedfellows'', alongside

Paul Hogan Paul Hogan (born 8 October 1939) is an Australian actor and comedian. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance as ...

and

Michael Caton Michael Caton (born 21 July 1943) is an Australian television, film and stage actor, comedian and television host, best known for playing Uncle Harry in the Australian television series ''The Sullivans'', Darryl Kerrigan in 1997's low-budget hi ...

. In 2008, he was in the

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drama '' Out of the Blue'', playing the detective in charge of investigating a murder. Since 2009, he has had the regular role on ''Home and Away''. He had appeared in the series previously as a character known as Colin. Withington co-starred in the play '' The Boys Next Door'' in 1992.

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Anne Tenney Anne Tenney (born 1954) is an Australian film, television and theatre actress, perhaps best known for her role as Melissa "Molly" Jones in the television drama ''A Country Practice'', Liz Taylor in ''Always Greener'' and Sal Kerrigan opposite Mi ...

, who played his character's wife Molly Jones on ''A Country Practice''.

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