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==Early life == |
==Early life == |
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Hopgood was born in [[Launceston, Tasmania]], and grew up in the state. He acted in several dramatic roles in his childhood. He attended school in Melbourne and then studied at the [[University of Melbourne]], graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (Hon) and a Diploma of Education. His first play, ''Marcus'', was produced at Melbourne University while he was working as a school teacher. He left teaching to write full-time and start his acting career.<ref>[http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A%23%7D%5B AustLit, The Resource of Australian Literature]</ref> |
Hopgood was born in [[Launceston, Tasmania]], and grew up in the state. He acted in several dramatic roles in his childhood. He attended school in Melbourne and then studied at the [[University of Melbourne]], graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (Hon) and a Diploma of Education. His first play, ''Marcus'', was produced at [[University of Melbourne|Melbourne University]] while he was working as a school teacher. He left teaching to write full-time and start his acting career.<ref>[http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A%23%7D%5B AustLit, The Resource of Australian Literature]</ref> |
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==Career == |
==Career == |
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===Scriptwriting and screenwriting=== |
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===Scriptwriting and screenwriting=== |
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Hopgood's first successful play, ''[[And the Big Men Fly]]'', was about [[Australian rules football]] and was produced in 1963 by the Union Theatre Repertory Company at the Russell Street Theatre in Melbourne with scripts by Brad Hopgood.<ref name=AusStage>{{cite web| url=https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/1369|publisher=AusStage|title=Alan Hopgood theatre roles}}</ref> The play was adapted for TV by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] in 1973 and also a telemovie. In 1964, he followed with ''[[The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women]]''. In 1966 he produced ''[[Private Yuk Objects]]'', which he said was the first play anywhere in the world on the subject of the [[Vietnam War]]. |
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Hopgood's first successful play, ''[[And the Big Men Fly]]'', was about [[Australian rules football]] and was produced in 1963 by the [[Melbourne Theatre Company|Union Theatre Repertory Company]] at the [[Russell Street Theatre]] in Melbourne with scripts by Brad Hopgood.<ref name=AusStage>{{cite web| url=https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/1369|publisher=AusStage|title=Alan Hopgood theatre roles}}</ref> The play was adapted for TV by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] in 1973 and also a telemovie. In 1964, he followed with ''[[The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women]]''. In 1966 he produced ''[[Private Yuk Objects]]'', which he said was the first play anywhere in the world on the subject of the [[Vietnam War]]. |
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Hopgood has also written a number of film and television screenplays, including the comedy film ''[[Alvin Purple]]'' (1973), which was the most commercially successful Australian film of the early 1970s. |
Hopgood has also written a number of film and television screenplays, including the comedy film ''[[Alvin Purple]]'' (1973), which was the most commercially successful Australian film of the early 1970s. |
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===Screen actor: Television and film=== |
===Screen actor: Television and film=== |
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Hopgood was an actor with the Melbourne Theatre Company for ten years and was an early |
Hopgood was an actor with the [[Melbourne Theatre Company]] for ten years and was an early 'soap' star in ''[[Bellbird (TV series)|Bellbird]]'', in which for six years he played the town doctor. He has also performed in the later soaps, ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]'' (for which he also scripted many episodes) and ''Neighbours'' as [[Jack Lassiter (Neighbours)|Jack Lassiter]] (a role he reprised in August 2013).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://neighbours.com.au/Jack-Lassiter-returns-to-Erinsborough.htm|title=Jack Lassiter returns to Erinsborough|date=8 August 2013|work=Neighbours.com.au|publisher=[[Eleven (TV channel)|Eleven]]|accessdate=8 August 2013}}</ref> |
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As an actor, his cinema credits include ''[[My Brilliant Career (film)|My Brilliant Career]]'' (1979), ''[[The Blue Lagoon (1980 film)|The Blue Lagoon]]'' (1980), ''[[Roadgames]]'' (1981), ''[[Evil Angels (film)|Evil Angels]]'' (1988, released as ''A Cry in the Dark'' outside of Australia and New Zealand)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094924/releaseinfo#akas|title=A Cry in the Dark (1988) – Release dates |publisher= IMDb.com|accessdate=2012-06-14}}</ref> and ''[[The Man from Snowy River II]]'' (1988). |
As an actor, his cinema credits include ''[[My Brilliant Career (film)|My Brilliant Career]]'' (1979), ''[[The Blue Lagoon (1980 film)|The Blue Lagoon]]'' (1980), ''[[Roadgames]]'' (1981), ''[[Evil Angels (film)|Evil Angels]]'' (1988, released as ''A Cry in the Dark'' outside of Australia and New Zealand)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094924/releaseinfo#akas|title=A Cry in the Dark (1988) – Release dates |publisher= IMDb.com|accessdate=2012-06-14}}</ref> and ''[[The Man from Snowy River II]]'' (1988). |
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He worked with a large number of actors including [[Frank Thring]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Brooke Shields]], [[Sam Neill]] and [[Judy Davis]].<ref name=Entertainoz>[http://www.entertainoz.com.au/index.cfm?oid=1227 Entertainoz] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060829113410/http://www.entertainoz.com.au/index.cfm?oid=1227 |date=29 August 2006 }}</ref> |
He worked with a large number of actors including [[Frank Thring]], [[Meryl Streep]], [[Brooke Shields]], [[Sam Neill]] and [[Judy Davis]].<ref name=Entertainoz>[http://www.entertainoz.com.au/index.cfm?oid=1227 Entertainoz] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060829113410/http://www.entertainoz.com.au/index.cfm?oid=1227 |date=29 August 2006 }}</ref> |
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In late 2021, Hopgood appeared in an exclusive interview for the official ''[[YouTube]]'' channel |
In late 2021, Hopgood appeared in an exclusive interview for the official ''[[YouTube]]'' channel ''Talking Prisoner'', in which he discussed his life and career. The episode was published in January 2022.<ref>{{cite web| title=Talking Prisoner Cell Block H EP 25 Interview with Alan Hopgood (Wally Wallace)| url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FZQHMO9bVQ0| website=[[YouTube]]| date=6 January 2022| access-date=22 November 2022}}</ref> |
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==Honours == |
==Honours == |
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Hopgood won [[AWGIE award]]s for ''[[The Cheerful Cuckold]]'' and ''The Bush Bunch'' and writing several feature films including ''Alvin Purple'' and the documentaries ''The Prophecies of Nostradamus'' and ''The Fountain of Youth''. |
Hopgood won [[AWGIE award]]s for ''[[The Cheerful Cuckold]]'' and ''The Bush Bunch'' and writing several feature films including ''Alvin Purple'' and the documentaries ''[[The Prophecies of Nostradamus]]'' and ''The Fountain of Youth''. |
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Hopgood was awarded the A.M. (Member of the [[Order of Australia]]) in 2005 for his services to the performing arts as an actor, playwright and producer, and to the community through raising awareness of men's health issues.<ref>[http://www.healthplay.com.au/bio.html Health Play] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824113629/http://www.healthplay.com.au/bio.html |date=24 August 2012 }}</ref> |
Hopgood was awarded the A.M. (Member of the [[Order of Australia]]) in 2005 for his services to the performing arts as an actor, playwright and producer, and to the community through raising awareness of men's health issues.<ref>[http://www.healthplay.com.au/bio.html Health Play] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824113629/http://www.healthplay.com.au/bio.html |date=24 August 2012 }}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
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Hopgood resided in Melbourne with his wife Gay, with whom he had two children (Fincina and Sam), and four grandchildren (Jackson, Harrison, Ashwyn and Darcy).<ref name="austlit.edu.au">https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/10456049</ref> |
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==Health issues and death== |
==Health issues and death== |
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==Filmography== |
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|1959|| ''[[Tragedy in a Temporary Town (Shell Presents)|Tragedy in a Temporary Town]]'' |
|1959|| ''[[Tragedy in a Temporary Town (Shell Presents)|Tragedy in a Temporary Town]]'' || McCarthy || TV movie |
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|1969|| ''[[Dynasty (Australian TV series)|Dynasty]]'' || Jacob Goldberg || TV movie |
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|1959|| ''[[Antony and Cleopatra (1959 film)|Antony and Cleopatra]] (TV movie)'' || First Soldier |
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|1959|| ''[[Ned Kelly (television play)|Ned Kelly]]'' || [[Dan Kelly (bushranger)|Dan Kelly]] || TV movie |
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|1960|| ''[[Man in a Blue Vase]]'' || Aaron || TV movie |
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|1960|| ''[[The Astronauts (film)|The Astronauts]]'' || Dave Armstrong || TV movie |
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|1960|| ''[[Who Killed Kovali?]]'' || Jeff Willis || TV movie |
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|1962|| ''[[The Teeth of the Wind]]'' || Frank Andrews || TV movie |
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|1962|| ''She'll Be Alright'' || || TV movie |
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|1962|| ''[[You Can't Win 'Em All (1962 film)|You Can't Win 'Em All]]'' || Feliz || TV movie |
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|1962|| ''[[Lola Montez (1962 film)|Lola Montez]]'' || Smith || TV movie |
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|1963|| ''[[Night Stop]]'' || Gary || TV movie |
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|1963|| ''[[And The Big Men Fly]]'' || JJ Forbes || TV movie |
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|1969|| ''[[The Cheerful Cuckold]]'' |
|1969|| ''[[The Cheerful Cuckold]]'' || Gareth ||TV movie |
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|1969|| ''[[The Torrents (Australian Plays)|The Torrents]]'' || || TV movie |
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|1977|| ''[[Trial of Ned Kelly|The Trial of Ned Kelly]]'' || Narrator || TV movie |
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|1979|| ''[[My Brilliant Career (film)|My Brilliant Career]]'' || Father || Feature film |
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|1973–74|| ''[[Matlock Police]]'' (TV series) || 3 roles<br/>-Frank Walsh<br/>-Ted Reid<br/>-Brian Davis |
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|1979|| ''[[Burn the Butterflies]]'' || || TV movie |
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|1973–1975|| ''[[Homicide (Australian TV series)|Homicide]]'' (TV series) || 3 roles<br/>-John Ford<br/>-Paul Markes<br/>-Jim Knight |
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|1980|| ''[[The Blue Lagoon (1980 film)|The Blue Lagoon]]'' || Captain || Feature film |
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|1980|| ''The Quick Brown Fox'' || Marley Powers || Short film |
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|1978–80|| ''[[Cop Shop]]'' (TV series) || 3 roles<br/>-Doug Bramley<br/>-Horrie Gibbs<br/>-Doug Bramley |
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|1980|| ''[[The Coast Town Kids]]'' || Mick James || TV movie |
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|1980|| ''[[Pacific Banana]]'' || Sir Harry Blandings || Feature film |
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|1979|| ''[[My Brilliant Career (film)|My Brilliant Career]]'' || Father |
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|1981|| ''[[Roadgames]]'' || Lester || Feature film |
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|1982|| ''A Shifting Dreaming'' || || TV movie |
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|1980|| [[The Blue Lagoon (1980 film)|The Blue Lagoon]] || Captain |
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|1983|| ''[[A Slice of Life (1983 film)|A Slice of Life]]'' || Dr. Williams || Feature film |
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|1980|| ''The Quick Brown Fox'' (film short) || Marley Powers |
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|1985|| ''[[Emerging (film)|Emerging]]'' || Tom Birchfield || TV movie |
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|1987|| ''[[Ground Zero (1987 film)|Ground Zero]]''|| Commissioner #2 || Feature film |
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|1988|| ''[[Return to Snowy River]]'' || Simmons || Feature film |
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|1988|| ''[[Rikky and Pete]]'' || Laughing Uncle || Feature film |
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|1988|| ''[[A Cry in the Dark]]'' (aka ''Evil Angels'')|| President Cox || Feature film |
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|1996|| ''[[Hotel de Love]]'' || Ronnie || Feature film |
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|1998|| ''Two Girls and a Baby'' || Catherine's Dad || Short film |
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|2002|| ''[[Dalkeith (film)|Dalkeith]]'' || Mick || Feature film |
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|2004|| ''The Gift'' || Man on Bus || Short film |
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|1986|| ''[[Sword of Honour (Australian TV series)|Sword of Honour]]'' (TV miniseries) || Stuart Rogers |
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|2004|| ''Stiff'' || Herb Gardiner || TV movie |
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|1986, 2013 || ''[[Neighbours]]'' (TV series) || [[Jack Lassiter (Neighbours)|Jack Lassiter]] |
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|2009|| ''[[Knowing (film)|Knowing]]'' || Reverend Koestler || Feature film |
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|2011|| ''Magic'' || Grandfather || |
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|1987|| ''[[Ground Zero (1987 film)|Ground Zero]]''|| Commissioner #2 |
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|2011|| ''[[The Cup (2011 film)|The Cup]]'' || Grandfather at Football || Feature film |
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|2012|| ''The Game'' || Charles || Short film |
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|2012|| ''[[Last Dance (2012 film)|Last Dance]]'' || Mr. Nathan || Feature film |
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|1972–77|| ''[[Bellbird (TV series)|Bellbird]]'' || Dr. Matthew Reed || TV movie |
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|1973–74|| ''[[Matlock Police]]'' || 3 roles<br/>-Frank Walsh<br/>-Ted Reid<br/>-Brian Davis || TV series |
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|1990|| ''Flair'' (TV miniseries) || Harris |
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|1973–1975|| ''[[Homicide (Australian TV series)|Homicide]]'' || 3 roles<br/>-John Ford<br/>-Paul Markes<br/>-Jim Knight || TV series |
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|1991|| ''[[A Country Practice]]'' (TV series) || Tom O'Connell |
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|1978–80|| ''[[Cop Shop]]'' || 2 roles<br/>-Doug Bramley<br/>-Horrie Gibbs || TV series |
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|1992|| ''[[Good Vibrations (miniseries)|Good Vibrations]]'' (TV miniseries) || Cec |
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|1979|| ''[[Skyways (TV series)|Skyways]]'' || Edward Fielding || TV series, 2 episodes |
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|1980|| ''[[All the Green Years]]'' || Mr. Reeves || TV series |
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|1981–1985|| ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]'' || Wally Wallace || TV series |
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|1986|| ''[[Sword of Honour (Australian TV series)|Sword of Honour]]'' || Stuart Rogers || TV miniseries |
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|1986, 2013 || ''[[Neighbours]]'' || [[Jack Lassiter (Neighbours)|Jack Lassiter]] || TV series |
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|1996|| ''[[Hotel de Love]]'' || Ronnie |
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|1987|| ''[[The Petrov Affair (miniseries)|The Petrov Affair]]'' || Alan Reid || TV miniseries |
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|1989|| ''[[The Flying Doctors]]'' || Neil Hutton || TV series |
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|1990|| ''Flair'' || Harris || TV miniseries |
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|1991|| ''[[A Country Practice]]'' || Tom O'Connell || TV series |
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|1992|| ''[[Good Vibrations (miniseries)|Good Vibrations]]'' || Cec || TV miniseries |
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|1998–00|| ''[[The Games (Australian TV series)|The Games]]'' (TV series) || Radio Newreader (voice only), Database Inquiry Questioner |
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|1993|| ''[[Phoenix (Australian TV series)|Phoenix]]'' || Bill Douglas || TV series |
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|1999|| ''Queen Kat, Carmel and St Jude'' (TV miniseries) || Lecturer |
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|1994|| ''[[Wedlocked]]'' || Father Damien || TV series |
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|2000–04|| ''[[Blue Heelers]]'' (TV series) || 3 roles<br/>-George Ratcliffe QC<br/>-Bob Swinburn<br/>-Doc Parkinson |
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|1994|| ''[[Law of the Land (TV series)|Law of the Land]]'' || Reg Bates || TV series |
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|1995|| ''[[Snowy River: The McGregor Saga]]'' || Gil Tyson || TV series |
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|1997|| ''[[State Coroner (TV series)|State Coroner]]'' || Keith Summers || TV series |
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|1998|| ''[[Good Guys, Bad Guys]]'' || Judge Moody || TV series |
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|1998|| ''[[Driven Crazy]]'' || Mr. Tuck || TV series |
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|1998–00|| ''[[The Games (Australian TV series)|The Games]]'' || Radio Newreader (voice only), Database Inquiry Questioner || TV series |
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|1999|| ''Queen Kat, Carmel and St Jude'' || Lecturer || TV miniseries |
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|2000–04|| ''[[Blue Heelers]]'' || 3 roles<br/>-George Ratcliffe QC<br/>-Bob Swinburn<br/>-Doc Parkinson || TV series |
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|2003|| ''[[Stingers (TV series)|Stingers]]'' (TV series) || Detective Senior Sargeant Bill Skelton |
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|2001|| ''[[Round the Twist]]'' || Cornelius Crenshaw || TV series |
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|2001|| ''[[Something in the Air (TV series)|Something in the Air]]'' || Bill Mackay || TV series |
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|2001|| ''[[Halifax f.p.]]'' || Joshua Lippmann || TV series |
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|2002|| ''[[The Secret Life of Us]]'' || Dr. Morgan || TV series |
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|2002–03|| ''[[MDA (TV series)|MDA]]'' || Dr. Hugo Willard || TV series |
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|2003|| ''[[Welcher and Welcher]]'' || Judge Furphy || TV series |
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|2003|| ''[[Stingers (TV series)|Stingers]]'' || Detective Senior Sargeant Bill Skelton || TV series |
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|2003|| ''[[The Saddle Club]]'' || Bud || TV series |
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|2004|| ''[[Fergus McPhail]]'' || Shop Assistant || TV series |
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|2005|| ''[[Holly's Heroes]]'' || Max Peterson || TV series |
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|2007|| ''[[City Homicide]]'' || Harry Mackintosh || TV series |
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| 2021 ||''Talking Prisoner''|| Himself || [[YouTube]] special |
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| ''[[Bellbird (TV series)|Bellbird]]'' |
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| ''The World of Seekers'' |
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| 1969 |
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| ''[[The Cheerful Cuckold]]'' |
| ''[[The Cheerful Cuckold]]'' |
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| ''[[Alvin Purple]]'' |
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| 1974 |
| 1974 |
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| ''[[And the Big Men Fly#1974 TV series|And the Big Men Fly]]'' |
| ''[[And the Big Men Fly#1974 TV series|And the Big Men Fly]]'' |
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| TV series, season 1 (6 episodes) |
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| 1974 |
| 1974 |
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| ''[[Alvin Rides Again]]'' |
| ''[[Alvin Rides Again]]'' |
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| 1975 |
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| ''[[The True Story of Eskimo Nell]]'' |
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| Written by; feature film |
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| 1976 |
| 1976 |
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| ''[[Alvin Purple (TV series)|Alvin Purple]]'' |
| ''[[Alvin Purple (TV series)|Alvin Purple]]'' |
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| Writer / creator |
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| TV series, season 1 (13 episodes) |
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| 1979 |
| 1979 |
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| ''Gulpilil: Man of Two Worlds'' |
| ''Gulpilil: Man of Two Worlds'' |
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| 1979 |
| 1979 |
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| ''[[The Prophecies of Nostradamus]]'' |
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| Writer |
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| 1980 |
| 1980 |
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| ''The Quick Brown Fox'' |
| ''The Quick Brown Fox'' |
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| Written by; short film |
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| 1981 |
| 1981 |
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| ''[[The Man Who Saw Tomorrow]]'' |
| ''[[The Man Who Saw Tomorrow]]'' |
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| 1981 |
| 1981 |
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| ''[[And Here Comes Bucknuckle]]'' |
| ''[[And Here Comes Bucknuckle]]'' |
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| Writer |
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| TV series, season 1 (6 episodes) |
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| 1981 |
| 1981 |
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| ''[[Pacific Banana]]'' |
| ''[[Pacific Banana]]'' |
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| Screenplay |
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| 1981 |
| 1981 |
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| ''The Cliffhanger'' |
| ''The Cliffhanger'' |
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| Writer |
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| 1981 |
| 1981 |
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| ''The Bush Bunch: 1.1 the Cliffhanger'' |
| ''The Bush Bunch: 1.1 the Cliffhanger'' |
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| 1982 |
| 1982 |
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| ''[[Breakfast in Paris]]'' |
| ''[[Breakfast in Paris]]'' |
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| Screenplay (credited as Morris Dalton) |
| Screenplay (credited as Morris Dalton) |
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| 1982 |
| 1982 |
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| ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]'' |
| ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]'' |
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| Written by; Season 4 (1 episode) |
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| TV series, season 4 (1 episode) |
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| 1983 |
| 1983 |
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| ''[[A Slice of Life (1983 film)|A Slice of Life]]'' |
| ''[[A Slice of Life (1983 film)|A Slice of Life]]'' |
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| Screenplay |
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| 1985 |
| 1985 |
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| ''Fountain of |
| ''Fountain of Youth'' |
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| Writer |
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| 1985 |
| 1985 |
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| ''From Opera |
| ''From Opera with Love'' |
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| Writer |
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| 1988–91 |
| 1988–91 |
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| ''[[The Flying Doctors]]'' |
| ''[[The Flying Doctors]]'' |
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| Written by: Seasons 3, 4, 5 & 9 (6 episodes) |
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| TV series, seasons 3-5 & 9 (6 episodes) |
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| 1989 |
| 1989 |
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| ''[[Sugar and Spice (Australian TV series)|Sugar and Spice]]'' |
| ''[[Sugar and Spice (Australian TV series)|Sugar and Spice]]'' |
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| Writer |
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| TV series, season 1 (8 episodes) |
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| 1989–91 |
| 1989–91 |
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| ''[[Pugwall]]'' |
| ''[[Pugwall]]'' |
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| Scriptwriter |
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| TV series, seasons 1 & 2 (42 episodes) |
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| 1990 |
| 1990 |
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| ''[[Flair (miniseries)|Flair]]'' |
| ''[[Flair (miniseries)|Flair]]'' |
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| Writer |
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| 1991 |
| 1991 |
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| ''[[Chances (TV series)|Chances]]'' |
| ''[[Chances (TV series)|Chances]]'' |
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| Written by; Season 1 (3 episodes) |
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| ''[[Blue Heelers]]'' |
| ''[[Blue Heelers]]'' |
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| ''[[Neighbours]]'' |
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| Written by; Seasons 14–17 (22 episodes) |
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==Theatre== |
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===As actor=== |
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{|class="wikitable" |
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! Year |
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! Title |
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! Role |
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| 1947 || ''[[Saint Joan (play)|Saint Joan]]'' || || Playhouse, Hobart |
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| 1953 || ''Slaves of Duty'' || || Puckapunyal Army Base |
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|- |
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| 1953 || ''[[The Shoemaker's Holiday]]'' || Lord Mayor of London || [[University of Melbourne]] |
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|- |
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| 1956 || ''[[Of Mice and Men (play)|Of Mice and Men]]'' || George || [[University of Melbourne]] |
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|- |
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| 1956 || ''[[The Madwoman of Chaillot]]'' || The Rag Picker || [[University of Melbourne]] |
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| 1956 || ''[[Golden Boy (play)|Golden Boy]]'' || || [[University of Melbourne]] |
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| 1956 || ''The Troublemakers'' || || [[University of Melbourne]] |
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| 1956 || ''[[Thieves' Carnival]]'' || Harlequin || [[University of Melbourne]] |
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| 1957 || ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' || || [[University of Melbourne]] |
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| 1957 || ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace (play)|Arsenic and Old Lace]]'' || Lieutenant Rooney || [[University of Melbourne]] |
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|- |
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| 1957 || ''[[A View from the Bridge]]'' || First Officer / Neighbour || [[University of Melbourne]] |
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|- |
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| 1957 || ''Speak of the Devil'' || || [[University of Melbourne]] |
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|- |
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| 1958 || ''[[The Making of Moo]]'' || William || [[University of Melbourne]] |
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|- |
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| 1958 || ''A Hatful of Rain'' || Polo Pope || [[University of Melbourne]] |
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|- |
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| 1958 || ''[[Lola Montez (musical)|Lola Montez]]'' || Smith || [[University of Melbourne]], [[Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane]], [[Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust|Elizabethan Theatre]] |
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|- |
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| 1958 || ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' || Smith || [[University of Melbourne]] |
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|- |
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| 1958 || ''[[Look Back in Anger]]'' || Cliff Lewis || [[Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust|Elizabethan Theatre]] |
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|- |
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| 1959 || ''Marcus'' || || [[University of Melbourne]] with [[The Marlowe Society]] |
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|- |
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| 1960 || ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]'' || Edmund Tyrone || [[St Martin's Theatre|St Martins Theatre]] |
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|- |
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| 1961 || ''Stop Press'' || || [[Phillip Street Theatre]] |
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|- |
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| 1962 || ''[[The Fantasticks]]'' || Narrator || [[Russell Street Theatre]] |
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|- |
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| 1963 || ''[[The Man Who Came to Dinner]]'' || Banjo || [[Russell Street Theatre]] |
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|- |
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| 1963-65 || ''[[And the Big Men Fly]]'' || J.J. Forbes || [[Russell Street Theatre]], [[Angas Street|Arts Theatre Adelaide]], Wangaratta Town Hall, Broken Hill Town Hall, [[The Playhouse Theatre (Perth)|Playhouse Perth]], Albury, [[Theatre Royal, Hobart|Theatre Royal Hobart]], [[Twelfth Night Theatre]] |
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|- |
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| 1964 || ''[[After the Fall (play)|After the Fall]]'' || Quentin || [[Russell Street Theatre]] |
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|- |
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| 1964 || ''[[Night of the Auk]]'' || || [[University of Melbourne]] |
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|- |
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| 1965 || ''[[Entertaining Mr Sloane]]'' || || [[Russell Street Theatre]] |
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|- |
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| 1965 || ''Bandicoot on a Burnt Ridge'' || || [[Russell Street Theatre]] |
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|- |
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| 1965 || ''[[Tiny Alice]]'' || Butler || [[University of Melbourne]] |
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|- |
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| 1965 || ''[[Inadmissible Evidence]]'' || || [[University of Melbourne]] |
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|- |
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| 1965 || ''[[The Homecoming]]'' || Lenny || [[University of Melbourne]] |
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|- |
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| 1966 || ''A Break in the Music'' || Derek || [[The Playhouse Theatre (Perth)|Playhouse Theatre Perth]] |
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|- |
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| 1966 || ''The Owl and the Pussycat'' || || [[Russell Street Theatre]] |
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|- |
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| 1967 || ''[[The Servant of Two Masters]]'' || Truffaldino || [[Russell Street Theatre]] |
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|- |
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| 1968 || ''[[The Crucible]]'' || Giles Corey || [[Russell Street Theatre]], [[Canberra Theatre Centre|Canberra Theatre]], Tasmania |
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|- |
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| 1968 || ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'' || Captain Solyony || [[Russell Street Theatre]] |
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|- |
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| 1968 || ''[[Everything in the Garden]]'' || || [[Russell Street Theatre]] |
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|- |
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| 1969 || ''[[Henry IV, Part 1]]'' || Poins || [[University of Western Australia|Octagon Theatre Perth]], Murdoch Court Melbourne |
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|- |
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| 1986 || ''A Kind of Justice'' || || [[Masonic Hall, York|Masonic Hall, Perth]] |
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|- |
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| 1993-94 || ''Emperor of the Ghetto'' || Rumkowski || Fairfax Studio Melbourne, Lion Theatre Adelaide with Bay Street Productions |
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|- |
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| 1995 || ''It's My Party (And I'll Die if I Want To)'' || || [[Angas Street|Arts Theatre Adelaide]] |
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|- |
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| 1997 || ''For Better, for Worse'' || Des || [[Chapel Off Chapel]] with Bay Street Productions |
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|- |
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| 2007 || ''Four Funerals in One Day'' || Clarrie || Bay Street Productions |
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|- |
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| 2007-08 || ''[[Visiting Mr. Green]]'' || Mr Green || Whitehorse Centre, Drum Theatre Dandenong, Kingston Arts Centre Moorabbin, Clocktower Centre Moonee Ponds |
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|- |
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| 2008 || ''The Peppercorn Tree'' || Jonah || |
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|- |
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| 2008 || ''Never Too Old'' || Fred || [[Monash University]], [[Chapel Off Chapel]] with Bay Street Productions |
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|- |
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| 2012 || ''Hear Me'' || Doctor || International Incident Disclosure Conference with Bay Street Productions |
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|- |
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| 2017 || ''Never Too Old'' || Fred || at [[ACMI (museum)|ACMI]], [[Federation Square]] for [[Melbourne International Comedy Festival]] with Bay Street Productions |
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|- |
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| 2019 || ''Never Too Old'' || Fred || [[Glen Eira Town Hall]] for Glen Eira Storytelling Festival with Bay Street Productions |
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|- |
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| 2020 || ''The Carer'' || George Parker || Online with The Sugden Society with Bay Street Productions |
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|} |
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===As writer / director / crew=== |
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{|class="wikitable" |
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! Year |
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! Title |
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! Role |
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! Type |
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| 1957 || ''[[Beauty and the Beast (musical)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' || Stage manager || [[University of Melbourne]] |
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|- |
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| 1959 || ''Marcus'' || Playwright || [[University of Melbourne]] |
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|- |
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| 1961 || ''Stop Press'' || Lyricist || [[Phillip Street Theatre]] |
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|- |
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| 1963-65 || ''[[And the Big Men Fly]]'' || Playwright || [[Russell Street Theatre]], [[Angas Street|Arts Theatre Adelaide]], Wangaratta Town Hall, Broken Hill Town Hall, [[The Playhouse Theatre (Perth)|Playhouse Perth]], Albury, [[Theatre Royal, Hobart|Theatre Royal Hobart]], [[Twelfth Night Theatre]] |
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|- |
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| 1964 || ''[[The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women]]'' || Playwright || [[Russell Street Theatre]] |
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|- |
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| 1965-66 || ''[[The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women]]'' || Playwright || Burnley Theatre Richmond, Camberwell |
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|- |
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| 1966 || ''[[Private Yuk Objects]]'' || Playwright || Mildura, [[Russell Street Theatre]], [[Phillip Street Theatre|Phillip Theatre]], Mildura Arts Centre |
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|- |
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| 1967 || ''Terribly Terribly'' || || [[University of California]] |
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|- |
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| 1967 || ''Monkey Tricks'' || Playwright || [[Canberra Theatre Centre|Playhouse Canberra]] |
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|- |
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| 1967 || ''[[And the Big Men Fly]]'' || Playwright || [[Canberra Theatre Centre|Playhouse Canberra]] |
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|- |
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| 1967-68 || ''[[The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women]]'' || Playwright || Pymble Community Hall, [[University of South Australia|Adelaide Teachers College]], [[Twelfth Night Theatre]] |
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|- |
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| 1970 || ''[[And the Big Men Fly]]'' || Playwright || Scott Theatre, Adelaide |
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|- |
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| 1973 || ''[[And the Big Men Fly]]'' || Playwright || [[La Boite Theatre Company|La Boite Theatre]] |
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|- |
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| 1974 || ''Terribly Terribly'' || Playwright || [[Monash University]] |
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|- |
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| 1976 || ''[[And the Big Men Fly]]'' || Playwright || [[SGIO Theatre]] |
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|- |
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| 1977 || ''[[The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women]]'' || Playwright || Mountview Theatre Macedon, Arts Theatre Brisbane |
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|- |
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| 1980-83 || ''[[And the Big Men Fly]]'' || Playwright || Victorian country tour, Arts Theatre Brisbane, [[Angas Street|Arts Theatre Adelaide]], Tilley Recreation Park Adelaide, Brown's Mart Theatre Darwin with Bay Street Productions |
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|- |
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| 1982 || ''[[The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women]]'' || Playwright || Nerang, Newcastle |
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|- |
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| 1986 || ''[[The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women]]''; ''Out of the Frying Pan''; ''A Kind of Justice'' || Playwright || [[Masonic Hall, York|Masonic Hall Perth]] |
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|- |
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| 1988 || ''[[And the Big Men Fly]]'' || Playwright || [[Russell Street Theatre]] with Bay Street Productions |
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|- |
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| 1970 || ''Ritual'' || Playwright || Majestic Cinemas Sydney |
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|- |
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| 1992 || ''Petrov: The Musical'' || PlaywrIght || [[Arts Centre Melbourne|Melbourne Concert Hall]] |
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|- |
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| 1993-94 || ''Emperor of The Ghetto'' || Adaptor || Fairfax Studio Melbourne, Lion Theatre Adelaide with Bay Street Productions |
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|- |
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| 1994 || ''[[And the Big Men Fly]]'' || Playwright || Theatre 62, Adelaide with Bay Street Productions |
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|- |
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| 1997 || ''[[For Better, for Worse (play)|For Better for Worse]]'' || Playwright || [[Chapel Off Chapel]] with Bay Street Productions |
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|- |
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| 1998 || ''[[The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women]]'' || Playwright || Harbour Theatre, Shellharbour |
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|- |
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| 2001 || ''[[The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women]]'' || Playwright || Tweed Heads Civic and Cultural Centre |
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|- |
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| 2002 || ''[[And the Big Men Fly]]'' || Playwright || Tower Arts Centre, Adelaide with Bay Street Productions |
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|- |
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| 1999-2004 || ''The Carer'' || Playwright || Australian national tour with Bay Street Productions |
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|- |
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| 2005 || ''Six Degrees of Diabetes'' || Playwright || Bay Street Productions |
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|- |
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| 2005 || ''Red Dust Diva - the Musical'' || Writer || [[Chapel Off Chapel]] |
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|- |
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| 2006 || ''A Pill, a Pump and a Needle'' || Playwright || Bay Street Productions |
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|- |
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| 2005-07 || ''[[Weary Dunlop|Weary - the Story of Sir Edward Dunlop]]'' || Playwright || Australian national tour |
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|- |
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| 2007 || ''Four Funerals in One Day'' || Playwright || Bay Street Productions |
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|- |
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| 2008 || ''Never Too Old'' || Director / Playwright || [[Monash University]], [[Chapel Off Chapel]] with Bay Street Productions |
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|- |
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| 2008 || ''Wicked Widows'' || Director / Playwright || [[Monash University]], [[Chapel Off Chapel]] |
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|- |
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| 2009 || ''My Dog Has Stripes'' || Playwright || [[Fortyfivedownstairs]] with Bay Street Productions |
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|- |
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| 2011 || ''The Empty Chair'' || Playwright || Bay Street Productions |
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|- |
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| 2012 || ''Hear Me'' || Playwright || Bay Street Productions |
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|- |
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| 2014 || ''Do You Know Me'' || Playwright || Bay Street Productions |
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|} |
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Alan Hopgood | |
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Born | Alan John Hopgood 29 September 1934 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
Died | 19 March 2022 (aged 87) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1940–2014 |
Alan John Hopgood AM (29 September 1934 – 19 March 2022), also known as Alan Hopwood, was an Australian actor, producer, and writer. He wrote the screenplay for the 1972 film Alvin Purple and made appearances in television shows such as Bellbird, Prisoner and Neighbours.
Early life
Hopgood was born in Launceston, Tasmania, and grew up in the state. He acted in several dramatic roles in his childhood. He attended school in Melbourne and then studied at the University of Melbourne, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (Hon) and a Diploma of Education. His first play, Marcus, was produced at Melbourne University while he was working as a school teacher. He left teaching to write full-time and start his acting career.[1]
Career
Scriptwriting and screenwriting
Hopgood's first successful play, And the Big Men Fly, was about Australian rules football and was produced in 1963 by the Union Theatre Repertory Company at the Russell Street Theatre in Melbourne with scripts by Brad Hopgood.[2] The play was adapted for TV by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1973 and also a telemovie. In 1964, he followed with The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women. In 1966 he produced Private Yuk Objects, which he said was the first play anywhere in the world on the subject of the Vietnam War.
Hopgood has also written a number of film and television screenplays, including the comedy film Alvin Purple (1973), which was the most commercially successful Australian film of the early 1970s.
Screen actor: Television and film
Hopgood was an actor with the Melbourne Theatre Company for ten years and was an early 'soap' star in Bellbird, in which for six years he played the town doctor. He has also performed in the later soaps, Prisoner (for which he also scripted many episodes) and Neighbours as Jack Lassiter (a role he reprised in August 2013).[3]
As an actor, his cinema credits include My Brilliant Career (1979), The Blue Lagoon (1980), Roadgames (1981), Evil Angels (1988, released as A Cry in the Dark outside of Australia and New Zealand)[4] and The Man from Snowy River II (1988).
He worked with a large number of actors including Frank Thring, Meryl Streep, Brooke Shields, Sam Neill and Judy Davis.[5]
In late 2021, Hopgood appeared in an exclusive interview for the official YouTube channel Talking Prisoner, in which he discussed his life and career. The episode was published in January 2022.[6]
Honours
Hopgood won AWGIE awards for The Cheerful Cuckold and The Bush Bunch and writing several feature films including Alvin Purple and the documentaries The Prophecies of Nostradamus and The Fountain of Youth.
Hopgood was awarded the A.M. (Member of the Order of Australia) in 2005 for his services to the performing arts as an actor, playwright and producer, and to the community through raising awareness of men's health issues.[7]
Personal life
Hopgood resided in Melbourne with his wife Gay, with whom he had two children (Fincina and Sam), and four grandchildren (Jackson, Harrison, Ashwyn and Darcy).[8]
Health issues and death
Alan Hopgood developed prostate cancer and published a book on the experience titled Surviving Prostate Cancer: One Man's Journey, which was widely praised.[9][10] He ofter toured giving humorous lectures on men's health issues.[5]
Hopgood died from prostate cancer at the age of 87 on 19 March 2022 at a hospital in Melbourne.[11][12]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Type |
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1959 | Tragedy in a Temporary Town | McCarthy | TV movie |
1969 | Dynasty | Jacob Goldberg | TV movie |
1959 | Antony and Cleopatra | First Soldier | TV movie |
1959 | Ned Kelly | Dan Kelly | TV movie |
1960 | Man in a Blue Vase | Aaron | TV movie |
1960 | The Astronauts | Dave Armstrong | TV movie |
1960 | Who Killed Kovali? | Jeff Willis | TV movie |
1962 | The Teeth of the Wind | Frank Andrews | TV movie |
1962 | She'll Be Alright | TV movie | |
1962 | You Can't Win 'Em All | Feliz | TV movie |
1962 | Lola Montez | Smith | TV movie |
1963 | Night Stop | Gary | TV movie |
1963 | And The Big Men Fly | JJ Forbes | TV movie |
1969 | The Cheerful Cuckold | Gareth | TV movie |
1969 | The Torrents | TV movie | |
1977 | The Trial of Ned Kelly | Narrator | TV movie |
1979 | My Brilliant Career | Father | Feature film |
1979 | Burn the Butterflies | TV movie | |
1980 | The Blue Lagoon | Captain | Feature film |
1980 | The Quick Brown Fox | Marley Powers | Short film |
1980 | The Coast Town Kids | Mick James | TV movie |
1980 | Pacific Banana | Sir Harry Blandings | Feature film |
1981 | Roadgames | Lester | Feature film |
1982 | A Shifting Dreaming | TV movie | |
1983 | A Slice of Life | Dr. Williams | Feature film |
1985 | Emerging | Tom Birchfield | TV movie |
1987 | Ground Zero | Commissioner #2 | Feature film |
1988 | Return to Snowy River | Simmons | Feature film |
1988 | Rikky and Pete | Laughing Uncle | Feature film |
1988 | A Cry in the Dark (aka Evil Angels) | President Cox | Feature film |
1996 | Hotel de Love | Ronnie | Feature film |
1998 | Two Girls and a Baby | Catherine's Dad | Short film |
2002 | Dalkeith | Mick | Feature film |
2004 | The Gift | Man on Bus | Short film |
2004 | Stiff | Herb Gardiner | TV movie |
2009 | Knowing | Reverend Koestler | Feature film |
2011 | Magic | Grandfather | |
2011 | The Cup | Grandfather at Football | Feature film |
2012 | The Game | Charles | Short film |
2012 | Last Dance | Mr. Nathan | Feature film |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Type |
---|---|---|---|
1972–77 | Bellbird | Dr. Matthew Reed | TV movie |
1973–74 | Matlock Police | 3 roles -Frank Walsh -Ted Reid -Brian Davis |
TV series |
1973–1975 | Homicide | 3 roles -John Ford -Paul Markes -Jim Knight |
TV series |
1978–80 | Cop Shop | 2 roles -Doug Bramley -Horrie Gibbs |
TV series |
1979 | Skyways | Edward Fielding | TV series, 2 episodes |
1980 | All the Green Years | Mr. Reeves | TV series |
1981–1985 | Prisoner | Wally Wallace | TV series |
1986 | Sword of Honour | Stuart Rogers | TV miniseries |
1986, 2013 | Neighbours | Jack Lassiter | TV series |
1987 | The Petrov Affair | Alan Reid | TV miniseries |
1989 | The Flying Doctors | Neil Hutton | TV series |
1990 | Flair | Harris | TV miniseries |
1991 | A Country Practice | Tom O'Connell | TV series |
1992 | Good Vibrations | Cec | TV miniseries |
1993 | Phoenix | Bill Douglas | TV series |
1994 | Wedlocked | Father Damien | TV series |
1994 | Law of the Land | Reg Bates | TV series |
1995 | Snowy River: The McGregor Saga | Gil Tyson | TV series |
1997 | State Coroner | Keith Summers | TV series |
1998 | Good Guys, Bad Guys | Judge Moody | TV series |
1998 | Driven Crazy | Mr. Tuck | TV series |
1998–00 | The Games | Radio Newreader (voice only), Database Inquiry Questioner | TV series |
1999 | Queen Kat, Carmel and St Jude | Lecturer | TV miniseries |
2000–04 | Blue Heelers | 3 roles -George Ratcliffe QC -Bob Swinburn -Doc Parkinson |
TV series |
2001 | Round the Twist | Cornelius Crenshaw | TV series |
2001 | Something in the Air | Bill Mackay | TV series |
2001 | Halifax f.p. | Joshua Lippmann | TV series |
2002 | The Secret Life of Us | Dr. Morgan | TV series |
2002–03 | MDA | Dr. Hugo Willard | TV series |
2003 | Welcher and Welcher | Judge Furphy | TV series |
2003 | Stingers | Detective Senior Sargeant Bill Skelton | TV series |
2003 | The Saddle Club | Bud | TV series |
2004 | Fergus McPhail | Shop Assistant | TV series |
2005 | Holly's Heroes | Max Peterson | TV series |
2007 | City Homicide | Harry Mackintosh | TV series |
2021 | Talking Prisoner | Himself | YouTube special |
As writer
Year | Title | Role | Type |
---|---|---|---|
1963 | And the Big Men Fly | Writer | TV movie |
1964 | Barley Charlie | Writer | TV series, season 1 (7 episodes) |
1967 | Bellbird | Writer | TV series |
1968 | The World of Seekers | Writer | TV movie |
1969 | The Cheerful Cuckold | Writer | TV movie (from Australian Plays) |
1973 | The Barry Crocker Comedy Hour | Writer | TV special |
1973 | Alvin Purple | Screenplay | Feature film |
1974 | And the Big Men Fly | Writer | TV series, season 1 (6 episodes) |
1974 | Alvin Rides Again | Screenplay | Feature film |
1975 | The True Story of Eskimo Nell | Writer | Feature film |
1976 | Alvin Purple | Writer / creator | TV series, season 1 (13 episodes) |
1979 | Gulpilil: Man of Two Worlds | Writer | TV movie |
1979 | The Prophecies of Nostradamus | Writer | Feature film |
1980 | The Quick Brown Fox | Writer | Short film |
1981 | The Man Who Saw Tomorrow | Screenplay | Feature film |
1981 | And Here Comes Bucknuckle | Writer | TV series, season 1 (6 episodes) |
1981 | Pacific Banana | Screenplay | Feature film |
1981 | The Cliffhanger | Writer | Short TV movie |
1981 | The Bush Bunch: 1.1 the Cliffhanger | Writer | TV movie |
1982 | Breakfast in Paris | Screenplay (credited as Morris Dalton) | Feature film |
1982 | Prisoner | Writer | TV series, season 4 (1 episode) |
1983 | A Slice of Life | Screenplay | Feature film |
1985 | Fountain of Youth | Writer | TV movie |
1985 | From Opera with Love | Writer | TV movie |
1988–91 | The Flying Doctors | Writer | TV series, seasons 3-5 & 9 (6 episodes) |
1989 | Sugar and Spice | Writer | TV series, season 1 (8 episodes) |
1989–91 | Pugwall | Scriptwriter | TV series, seasons 1 & 2 (42 episodes) |
1990 | Flair | Writer | TV miniseries (2 episodes) |
1991 | Chances | Writer | TV series, season 1 (3 episodes) |
1994 | Blue Heelers | Writer | TV series, season 1 (1 episodes) |
1998–01 | Neighbours | Writer | TV series, seasons 14–17 (22 episodes) |
Theatre
As actor
Year | Title | Role | Type |
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1947 | Saint Joan | Playhouse, Hobart | |
1953 | Slaves of Duty | Puckapunyal Army Base | |
1953 | The Shoemaker's Holiday | Lord Mayor of London | University of Melbourne |
1956 | Of Mice and Men | George | University of Melbourne |
1956 | The Madwoman of Chaillot | The Rag Picker | University of Melbourne |
1956 | Golden Boy | University of Melbourne | |
1956 | The Troublemakers | University of Melbourne | |
1956 | Thieves' Carnival | Harlequin | University of Melbourne |
1957 | Much Ado About Nothing | University of Melbourne | |
1957 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Lieutenant Rooney | University of Melbourne |
1957 | A View from the Bridge | First Officer / Neighbour | University of Melbourne |
1957 | Speak of the Devil | University of Melbourne | |
1958 | The Making of Moo | William | University of Melbourne |
1958 | A Hatful of Rain | Polo Pope | University of Melbourne |
1958 | Lola Montez | Smith | University of Melbourne, Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, Elizabethan Theatre |
1958 | The Threepenny Opera | Smith | University of Melbourne |
1958 | Look Back in Anger | Cliff Lewis | Elizabethan Theatre |
1959 | Marcus | University of Melbourne with The Marlowe Society | |
1960 | Long Day's Journey into Night | Edmund Tyrone | St Martins Theatre |
1961 | Stop Press | Phillip Street Theatre | |
1962 | The Fantasticks | Narrator | Russell Street Theatre |
1963 | The Man Who Came to Dinner | Banjo | Russell Street Theatre |
1963-65 | And the Big Men Fly | J.J. Forbes | Russell Street Theatre, Arts Theatre Adelaide, Wangaratta Town Hall, Broken Hill Town Hall, Playhouse Perth, Albury, Theatre Royal Hobart, Twelfth Night Theatre |
1964 | After the Fall | Quentin | Russell Street Theatre |
1964 | Night of the Auk | University of Melbourne | |
1965 | Entertaining Mr Sloane | Russell Street Theatre | |
1965 | Bandicoot on a Burnt Ridge | Russell Street Theatre | |
1965 | Tiny Alice | Butler | University of Melbourne |
1965 | Inadmissible Evidence | University of Melbourne | |
1965 | The Homecoming | Lenny | University of Melbourne |
1966 | A Break in the Music | Derek | Playhouse Theatre Perth |
1966 | The Owl and the Pussycat | Russell Street Theatre | |
1967 | The Servant of Two Masters | Truffaldino | Russell Street Theatre |
1968 | The Crucible | Giles Corey | Russell Street Theatre, Canberra Theatre, Tasmania |
1968 | Three Sisters | Captain Solyony | Russell Street Theatre |
1968 | Everything in the Garden | Russell Street Theatre | |
1969 | Henry IV, Part 1 | Poins | Octagon Theatre Perth, Murdoch Court Melbourne |
1986 | A Kind of Justice | Masonic Hall, Perth | |
1993-94 | Emperor of the Ghetto | Rumkowski | Fairfax Studio Melbourne, Lion Theatre Adelaide with Bay Street Productions |
1995 | It's My Party (And I'll Die if I Want To) | Arts Theatre Adelaide | |
1997 | For Better, for Worse | Des | Chapel Off Chapel with Bay Street Productions |
2007 | Four Funerals in One Day | Clarrie | Bay Street Productions |
2007-08 | Visiting Mr. Green | Mr Green | Whitehorse Centre, Drum Theatre Dandenong, Kingston Arts Centre Moorabbin, Clocktower Centre Moonee Ponds |
2008 | The Peppercorn Tree | Jonah | |
2008 | Never Too Old | Fred | Monash University, Chapel Off Chapel with Bay Street Productions |
2012 | Hear Me | Doctor | International Incident Disclosure Conference with Bay Street Productions |
2017 | Never Too Old | Fred | at ACMI, Federation Square for Melbourne International Comedy Festival with Bay Street Productions |
2019 | Never Too Old | Fred | Glen Eira Town Hall for Glen Eira Storytelling Festival with Bay Street Productions |
2020 | The Carer | George Parker | Online with The Sugden Society with Bay Street Productions |
As writer / director / crew
Year | Title | Role | Type |
---|---|---|---|
1957 | Beauty and the Beast | Stage manager | University of Melbourne |
1959 | Marcus | Playwright | University of Melbourne |
1961 | Stop Press | Lyricist | Phillip Street Theatre |
1963-65 | And the Big Men Fly | Playwright | Russell Street Theatre, Arts Theatre Adelaide, Wangaratta Town Hall, Broken Hill Town Hall, Playhouse Perth, Albury, Theatre Royal Hobart, Twelfth Night Theatre |
1964 | The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women | Playwright | Russell Street Theatre |
1965-66 | The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women | Playwright | Burnley Theatre Richmond, Camberwell |
1966 | Private Yuk Objects | Playwright | Mildura, Russell Street Theatre, Phillip Theatre, Mildura Arts Centre |
1967 | Terribly Terribly | University of California | |
1967 | Monkey Tricks | Playwright | Playhouse Canberra |
1967 | And the Big Men Fly | Playwright | Playhouse Canberra |
1967-68 | The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women | Playwright | Pymble Community Hall, Adelaide Teachers College, Twelfth Night Theatre |
1970 | And the Big Men Fly | Playwright | Scott Theatre, Adelaide |
1973 | And the Big Men Fly | Playwright | La Boite Theatre |
1974 | Terribly Terribly | Playwright | Monash University |
1976 | And the Big Men Fly | Playwright | SGIO Theatre |
1977 | The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women | Playwright | Mountview Theatre Macedon, Arts Theatre Brisbane |
1980-83 | And the Big Men Fly | Playwright | Victorian country tour, Arts Theatre Brisbane, Arts Theatre Adelaide, Tilley Recreation Park Adelaide, Brown's Mart Theatre Darwin with Bay Street Productions |
1982 | The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women | Playwright | Nerang, Newcastle |
1986 | The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women; Out of the Frying Pan; A Kind of Justice | Playwright | Masonic Hall Perth |
1988 | And the Big Men Fly | Playwright | Russell Street Theatre with Bay Street Productions |
1970 | Ritual | Playwright | Majestic Cinemas Sydney |
1992 | Petrov: The Musical | PlaywrIght | Melbourne Concert Hall |
1993-94 | Emperor of The Ghetto | Adaptor | Fairfax Studio Melbourne, Lion Theatre Adelaide with Bay Street Productions |
1994 | And the Big Men Fly | Playwright | Theatre 62, Adelaide with Bay Street Productions |
1997 | For Better for Worse | Playwright | Chapel Off Chapel with Bay Street Productions |
1998 | The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women | Playwright | Harbour Theatre, Shellharbour |
2001 | The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women | Playwright | Tweed Heads Civic and Cultural Centre |
2002 | And the Big Men Fly | Playwright | Tower Arts Centre, Adelaide with Bay Street Productions |
1999-2004 | The Carer | Playwright | Australian national tour with Bay Street Productions |
2005 | Six Degrees of Diabetes | Playwright | Bay Street Productions |
2005 | Red Dust Diva - the Musical | Writer | Chapel Off Chapel |
2006 | A Pill, a Pump and a Needle | Playwright | Bay Street Productions |
2005-07 | Weary - the Story of Sir Edward Dunlop | Playwright | Australian national tour |
2007 | Four Funerals in One Day | Playwright | Bay Street Productions |
2008 | Never Too Old | Director / Playwright | Monash University, Chapel Off Chapel with Bay Street Productions |
2008 | Wicked Widows | Director / Playwright | Monash University, Chapel Off Chapel |
2009 | My Dog Has Stripes | Playwright | Fortyfivedownstairs with Bay Street Productions |
2011 | The Empty Chair | Playwright | Bay Street Productions |
2012 | Hear Me | Playwright | Bay Street Productions |
2014 | Do You Know Me | Playwright | Bay Street Productions |
References
- ^ AustLit, The Resource of Australian Literature
- ^ "Alan Hopgood theatre roles". AusStage.
- ^ "Jack Lassiter returns to Erinsborough". Neighbours.com.au. Eleven. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ^ "A Cry in the Dark (1988) – Release dates". IMDb.com. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
- ^ a b Entertainoz Archived 29 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Talking Prisoner Cell Block H EP 25 Interview with Alan Hopgood (Wally Wallace)". YouTube. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ Health Play Archived 24 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/10456049
- ^ "Surviving prostate cancer : one man's journey". Trove. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Surviving Prostate Cancer by Alan Hopgood". www.penguin.com.au. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ Acting icon Alan Hopgood, 87, passes away
- ^ Knox, David (22 March 2022). "Vale: Alan Hopgood". TV Tonight. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/1369
- ^ https://creativerep.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/HOPGOOD-Alan-CV.pdf
External links
- Alan Hopgood at IMDb
- Bay Street Productions
- Holly's Heroes
- Alan Hopgood at AustLit
- Alan Hopgood discography at Discogs
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- Australian male film actors
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- Works by Alan Hopgood