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Darryl Neilson is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street. Appearing sporadically Darryl made several recurring appearance from 1992 to the characters death in 1995. He was portrayed by Mark Ferguson.A character that fans loved to hate Darryl was introduced as the antagonistic son of receptionist Marj Neilson (Elizabeth McRae) and paramedic Tom Neilson (Adrian Keeling).