Reliable, kind, and ever determined, Eddie Dear is the best mailman Welcome Home has ever had, albeit the only one. Despite being a bit of a clumsy and forgetful fellow, Eddie loves his job and always manages to deliver everyone’s mail right on schedule. Eddie's voice has been described as deep and amicable, with a southern accent He may have sounded a bit like a deeper Andy Griffith. Eddie was gay. Eddie might have been good at gardening. Eddie had trouble remembering things.