detective chief inspector geoff morton, played by maurice roëves, is the alcoholic father of kate morton (jill halfpenny), who arrives for her wedding to phil mitchell (steve mcfadden). he is not impressed on phil's stag night, when minty peterson (cliff parisi) tells him about phil's immigrant ex-wife nadia (anna barkan). he is also disappointed that phil does not drink, and accepts the dare of drinking a yard of ale, before being thrown out of the queen victoria pub for insulting nana moon (hilda braid). he then goes to angie's den where he insults little mo mitchell (kacey ainsworth) and is hit by her husband, billy (perry fenwick). he later refuses to attend kate and phil's wedding, but has a conversation with phil about alcoholism and returns to newcastle to seek help. however, in march 2004 kate hears the news that geoff has committed suicide.