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Shane Connor cast in Wentworth
Former Neighbours star & production company move on from past differences.
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One of the more interesting casting inclusions in the upcoming season of Wentworth is former Neighbours star Shane Connor.
Connor played Joe Scully on the TEN soap from 1999 – 2003 until he was fired by producers. A nasty lawsuit followed which tarnished the squeaky-clean image of the show. Connor successfully sued Grundy Television for $230,000.
Grundy was later bought out by Pearson Television which became FremantleMedia who produce Wentworth. Any mutual bitterness was doubtless buried when he appeared in 2010’s Killing Time.
Connor, who has a minor recurring role as partner of Leah Purcell’s character, was last seen in Nine’s House Husbands.
Wentworth returns 8:30pm Tuesday on Showcase.
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4 Responses
Interesting casting as he played the original Rita Conners ( Glenda Linscott ) brother in Prisoner and now the partner of Rita Conners.
I had totally forgotten about that, I think his name was Bongo ?
Yeah it was Bongo Conners.
That’s certainly an interesting development, but I guess we won’t be seeing a Scully reunion any time soon, especially if Connor is still bitter about the ordeal and with Carla Bonner having departed recently. I doubt Valance would return (isn’t she married to a billionaire now?), Bunyan has moved on to the U.S., and the younger daughter (her name escapes me) seems to have moved on from acting, and I can only assume has reverted to a low-key life of Jane citizenry.