| Mike Swann | |||||||||||||
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| EastEnders character | |||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Mark Wingett | ||||||||||||
| Created by | Kate Harwood | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 2005–06 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | 26 September 2005 | ||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 10 March 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||
| Profile | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1960 | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | Con man | ||||||||||||
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Michael "Mike" Swann is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Mark Wingett.
Mike is the ex-husband of Rosie Miller, and father of Mickey and Dawn. Mike deserted his family when Dawn was six and Mickey was three.
Dawn tracked her father down and went to live with him in France years later. She invited Mickey to visit, not telling him about Mike. Mickey took Gus Smith, Juley Smith, Garry Hobbs and Minty Peterson with him. Mike exposed Juley as a conman, as he was one himself. He conned Minty out of his life savings and rode off into the sunset. He felt guilty and returned the money to Mickey, and sent Dawn back to Walford with Mickey, then drove away on the lookout for his next con.
He returned on Christmas Day 2005, turning up on the Millers' doorstep in Albert Square, following the illness of his mother Nora Swann. He was then persuaded to stay at the Millers' house by his daughter Dawn after he revealed he was penniless and with nowhere to stay. Keith didn't like that Mike was staying and tried to get him out but didn't succeed.
Mike stayed on the Miller's sofa, where Darren had hidden a large sum of cash he found. Mike found the cash and stole it, suggesting to Keith that he buy a new sofa as the old one was in poor condition. The old sofa was then burnt on a bonfire and the family believed the money had been destroyed.
Mike eventually found a job as a manager of Johnny Allen's club Scarlet. After spending some time with Rosie, he admitted he wanted to get back together with her. Rosie too started to realise her feelings for Mike had returned. Mike told her to leave Keith behind and go with him and take Darren and Demi with her too, but Rosie backed out and Mike left the Square on his own, once again abandoning his son and daughter.
After his mother died, Mike returned, and got Dawn involved in a scam to get Nora's money. Nora had left £5,000 to Rosie, but Mike got Dawn to pose as Rosie to get the money from Nora's carer, Kitty. Mike had told Dawn that he was going to start a new life in Spain for himself and Rosie, but in reality he had only booked a one-way ticket to Spain for himself. Dawn, Rosie and Mickey found out at the last minute and Rosie gave the money to Mike on the condition that he never came back.
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Famous quotes containing the words mike and/or swann:
“Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me. Aren’t you?”
—Calder Willingham, screenwriter, Buck Henry, screenwriter, and Mike Nichols. Ben Braddock (Dustin Hoffman)
“As if the musicians did not so much play the little phrase as execute the rites required by it to appear, and they proceeded to the necessary incantations to obtain and prolong for a few instants the miracle of its evocation, Swann, who could no more see the phrase than if it belonged to an ultraviolet world ... Swann felt it as a presence, as a protective goddess and a confidante to his love, who to arrive to him ... had clothed the disguise of this sonorous appearance.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)