Alf Stewart remains Home and Away’s top character

Alf is waiting for test results on his health

Alf was first introduced as a widower selling the Caravan Park to the Fletcher family, after the apparent death of his wife Martha three years earlier, Alf soon went on to marry Ailsa Hogan (Judy Nunn), much to the annoyance of his teenage daughter Roo (Justine Clarke/Georgie Parker).

Alf and Ailsa welcomed a son, Duncan (Brendan McKensy/Benedict Wall) in 1989, and Alf later discovered he had two more illegitimate children in the forms of Quinn Jackson (Danielle Spencer/Lara Cox) and the late Owen Dalby.

Ailsa died of a heart attack in 2000, but she returned as a figment of Alf’s imagination two years later when he was suffering from a brain tumour. 2018 saw the revelation that first wife Martha had in fact faked her own death, and after the two reunited, they married for a second time in 2020.

In his many years in Summer Bay, Alf has survived his store collapsing around him during an earthquake whilst simultaneously suffering a heart attack; manned countless SES rescue missions during Summer Bay’s various disasters, whilst losing his own home in a mudslide; been imprisoned twice after being framed for fraud and accused of murder; had a short-lived relationship with a woman who later turned out to be his half-niece; and even carried the Olympic torch through Summer Bay after a prank was played on intended carrier Don Fisher.

Home and Away’s Alf Stewart