Matty Nolan
| Matty Nolan | |||||||
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| Brookside character | |||||||
| File:Matty Nolan.jpg Matty Nolan in 1986 | |||||||
| Portrayed by | Tony Scoggo | ||||||
| Duration | 1982–92 | ||||||
| First appearance | 3 November 1982 | ||||||
| Last appearance | 23 November 1992 | ||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||
| Created by | Phil Redmond | ||||||
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Matty Nolan is a character in Brookside portrated by Tony Scoggo between 1982 and 1992.[1]
Storylines
Friend of Bobby Grant
Matty was a longtime friend of Bobby Grant (Ricky Tomlinson), and the two worked together at Fairbanks Engineering. The two fell out in 1982 when Bobby refused to misuse his influence as shop steward to get Matty out of a disciplinary hearing.
Affair
In 1986, Matty Nolan began an affair. Sheila Grant (Sue Johnston) found out and was troubled by this, due to her staunch Catholic views. Sheila later told Theresa about their affair, leading to a bitterness between the two which Bobby was completely oblivious of. Damon Grant (Simon O'Brien) became concerned by the way Matty was behaving towards his mother and ordered Matty from the Grant house.
Accusations of rape
Sheila is having a drink in The Swan with her lecturer Alun Jones when he makes a pass at her and tells her to leave Bobby. Sheila refuses but Alun will not accept her answer. At that point an intoxicated Matty enters the pub and accuses Sheila of destroying his marriage and seeing them together accuses her of being a hypocrite. Sheila then leaves in a taxi but Matty forces his way in and argues with her. Sheila later gets out of the taxi and sets off walking home at which point Matty tells the taxi driver he can not pay and alights further up the road.
Sheila is then dragged into the bushes and raped. At this time a drunken Pat Hancock (David Easter) is arrested and becomes the main suspect, alongside Matty and Alun. It is later revealed that the taxi driver raped Sheila.
Theresa's suicide
Although eventually cleared of rape, during the accusation his recently estranged wife Theresa committed suicide.[2]
Father to Barry
In 1988, it was revealed when Bobby and Sheila separated that Matty was in fact father to their eldest son Barry (Paul Usher).
References
- ^ Graham Kibble-White; Phil Redmond (4 November 2002). 20 Years of Brookside. p. 156. ISBN 9781842227640.
- ^ Graham Kibble-White; Phil Redmond (4 November 2002). 20 Years of Brookside. p. 37. ISBN 9781842227640.
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