Tony Hutchinson

**Anthony "Tony" Hutchinson.** is the original character of Hollyoaks and the only original character to remain on the show as well as being the only character to stick around since day one and because of this Tony is considered the Ian Beale of Hollyoaks as like the EastEnders character, Tony has been here since the very starts and Tony has brought many buissness' in his area as well have having many failed marriages and add the fact they are both Chefs that own a good few of their local buissness'.

Tony's storylines include as said above multiple relationships and marriages, finding out his supposed cousin in Dominic Reilly is infact his brother, the tragic death of his daughter Grace Hutchinson in May 2006, unintentionally sleeping with an underage girl in Theresa McQueen.

Tony hasbeen involved too the many of the shows dodge villains with him at some point being targeted by the likes of Rob Hawthorne, Laura Burns, Scott Anderson, Warren Fox, Trevor Royle, Fraser Black, Fergus Collins and the side character of The White Man all taking issue with Tony at somepoint during his time on the show.

Tony is also a survivor of Cancer after he was diagnosed with the disease in 2013 but thanks to the support of his many family and friends Tony being there to support him, by 2019, Tony would lose another child in Harry and would be kidnapped and held hostage by Harry's killer, Breda McQueen but would be saved he then begins to be targeted by his own father in Edward Hutchinson but like many of the other Hollyoaks villains, Tony over comes them both.

## About

### Character History:

#### 1995-2000

Tony was seen in October 1995 from the very first episode of Hollyoaks, he would begin relationships with both Julie Matthews whom would famously jilt Tony whom wanted to leave Julie however the two still remained friends he than began a relationship with Tessie Thompson whom they would have a child a son they name, Harry Thompson.

Tony was also the best friend of Rory Finnigan(Finn), Kurt Benson and Jambo Bolton during his first five years on the show although he would be rather unimpressed when he discovers that Finn hooks up with his mother in 2000. He would also have a relationship with Jasmine Bates for a short time in 1998 and by 1999, Tony would fall victim to Rob Hawthorne whom attempts to kill Tony during the millennium.

#### 2001-2006

Tony would fall out with Finn over his marriage to his mother by 2001 and would blame Finn for he leaving in June of that year however he would eventually forgive Finn and soon after Tony would enter into a petty feud with local businessman in Gordon Cunningham over a local property however the feud would come to an end after Gordon wins the property, Tony would then date the rather good looking Izzy Cornwell who he would eventually ask to marry but Julie returns and Tony stupidly also proposes to her two eventually Tony is left by both women by October 2002 but by the end of that year Tony would hit another jackpot with another female when he begins a relationship with Mandy Richardson.

Tony would enter into a affair with Mandy's mother, Helen Richardson but despite this Mandy forgives Tony by September 2003, Tony comedically nearly puts a hit on Mandy's brother Max Cunningham and his friend O.B. after they steal his car and he rants to it too the local ,gangster, Scott Anderson and by February 2005, Tony would marry Mandy and they would remain together until June 2006 after the death of their baby girl Grace Hutchinson, Toby would also find out that his cousin, Dominic Reilly (Dom) is in fact his half brother by September 2005.

#### 2007-2010

By 2007, Tony would enter into a relationship with three gobby, Jacqui McQueen and during this period Tony would find out his actually a father to Harry as Tessie actually lied to Tony about her pregnancy which didn't help the fact Tony and Jacqui's relationship consisted of them trying to find a surrogate for Jacqui and they would eventually turn to Tina McQueen,n Jacqui's sister and Tony's brother ,Dominic's wife. Tony would sleep with Jacqui's other sister, Mercedes McQueen which would end their relationship.

By late 2008, Tony would sleep with yet another McQueen this time in Theresa who lied about her age to Tony and he ends up sleeping with her only to find out that shes of underage being only 15 however despite being arrested Jacqui would safe Tony by getting Theresa to tell the truth. By 2009, Tony enters into a relationship with abs they plan to marry but after Holly would go missing they're relationship goes abit sour causing them to split up

By 2010, Tony would meet Gabby Sharp but they're relationship does not last long after Gabby leaves the village by later that year after Tony's brother Dom set fire to Tony's buissness Gnosh after Tony became a target for Mandy and Warren Fox. The fire lead to the deaths of two people in and despite Tony confronting both Dom and Warren he got no where in seeking any answers.

#### 2011-2016

After the Gnosh fire Tony would repair the damaged leading him to open a Spa instead of another Restaurant. He would also come round to forgiven Mandy for her revenge plan and during this period Tony would have two reconciliation the first being Cindy who he plans to marry but the marriage would end in disaster when Tony becomes blind, Cindy cheats on him with Rhys Ashworth and Rhys dies on their wedding day when a bus crashes into the wedding venue. The second was with Jacqui but it would come to an end again when Jacqui has to flee the country after conning dangerous henchman, Trevor Royle, who would later have Tony run errands for him and his boss Fraser Black. Tony would begin a relationship with Diane O'Connor who falls pregnant and give birth too twins Anth and Dee Dee Hutchinson.

By 2015, Tony would be pleased when Harry comes to live with him but would be shocked to learn that Dee Dee was swaped at birth with Rose Lomax meaning Rose was Tony's real biological daughter, he would marry Diane by October 2015 the same month he discovers his son Harry is gay and has been sleeping with Tony's friend, Ste Hay.

#### 2017-prsent

By 2017, To y would support Diane and her nephew, Scott Drinkwell over Scott's depression aswell as help Harry get Ste clean from drugs. By 2018, Tony would enter into a depressive state but with the support of his family and friends would over in 2019 Tony would have to deal with the loss of another child in Harry after he was murdered by serial killer, Breda McQueen whom Tony would discover killed his son and would be kidnapped y Breda for several months.

## Family and relationships:

### Parents:

* Edward Hutchinson (father, deceased)
* Victoria Hutchinson (mother)

### Sibling(s):

* Dominic "Dom" Reilly (maternal half-brother)
* Verity Hutchinson (paternal half-sister)
* Eric Hutchinson (maternal half-brother)

### Marital status:

* Diane Drinkwell (married) [11/2014-present]

### Past marriage(s):

* Mandy Richardson (divorced) [2005-2006]
* Cynthia "Cindy" Cunningham (divorced) [2009-2010]
* Cynthia "Cindy" Cunningham (divorced) [2012-2013]

### Children:

* Beau Ramsey (son, with Sarah Ramsey)
* Harry Thompson (son, with Tessie Thompson, deceased)
* Unnamed child (with Ruth Osborne, deceased)
* Unnamed child (with Mandy Richardson, deceased)
* Grace Hutchinson (daughter, with Mandy Richardson, deceased)
* Unnamed child (with Jacqueline "Jacqui" McQueen, deceased)
* Unnamed child (with Mercedes McQueen, deceased) {aborted}
* Anthony Hutchinson Jr. (son, with Diane Drinkwell; twin)
* Rose Hutchinson (daughter, with Diane Drinkwell; twin) {switched at birth}
* Dee Dee Hutchinson (adopted daughter, with Diane Drinkwell)
* Eva Hutchinson (daughter, with Diane Drinkwell)

### Other relatives:

* Diane Reilly (maternal aunt, deceased)
* Dominic "Dom" Reilly (maternal cousin)

### Flings and relationships:

* Julie Matthews (dated/engaged; 1996-1997)
* Tessie Thompson (lovers; 1998-1999)
* Lucy Benson (dated; 1999-2000)
* Ruth Osborne (dated; 2000)
* Isabelle "Izzy" Cornwell (dated/engaged; 2001-2002)
* Julie Matthews (dated/engaged; 2002)
* Helen Richardson (affair/lovers; 2003, deceased)
* Mandy Richardson (dated; 2004-2005)
* Ruth Osborne (affair/lovers; 2004)
* Jacqueline "Jacqui" McQueen (dated; 2006-2007)
* Jacqueline "Jacqui" McQueen (affair/lovers; 2007)
* Jacqueline "Jacqui" McQueen (dated; 2008-2009)
* Mercedes McQueen (affair/one night stand; 2008)
* Theresa McQueen (one night stand; 2008)
* Gabriela "Gabby" Sharpe (dated; 2010)
* Cynthia "Cindy" Cunningham (dated/engaged; 2012)
* Jacqueline "Jacqui" McQueen (dated)
* Diane Drinkwell (one night stand; 2013)
* Diane Drinkwell (dated/engaged; 2013-2014)
* Sinead O'Connor (affair/lovers; 2014)
* Sinead O'Connor (dated; 2014)

## Archive:

### List of Buissness' owned by Tony Hutchinson

1. Student Halls
2. Restaurant
3. Nightclub
4. Pub

### List of crimes committed by Tony Hutchinson

1. Assault
2. Drug Smuggling
3. Endangering Lives (unintentionally)
4. Possession of class A drugs

## Trivia

* Tony is currently the only character that is serving since the very first episode back in in October 1995 making him the longest serving cast member as well as male cast member while, Cindy Cunningham, Jack and Darren Osborne follow suit.

* Tony's real name is infact, Anthony Barnes Hutchinson Sr.
* Tony has committed a know 4 crimes while on the show
* Tony shares scarily a number of similarities as Ian Beale (EastEnders) as they both: 1. Have had many failed relationships and marriages 2. Own many buissness and properties in their local area 2l3. They are both chefs as well as managers 4. They both hold themselves as rather high community figures 5. They have both lost two children 6. They have both been on they're respective shows since the very first ever episodes.

## Also See

* Tony Hutchinson - List of appearances

* Hutchinson family