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'''Roger Oakley''' (21st August, 1943, [[Auckland]])<ref name="site">{{cite web|url=www.imdb.com/name/nm0643035/?ref_-fn_al_nm_1|title=Roger Oakley}}< |
'''Roger Oakley''' (21st August, 1943, [[Auckland]])<ref name="site">{{cite web|url=www.imdb.com/name/nm0643035/?ref_-fn_al_nm_1|title=Roger Oakley}}</ref> is a [[New Zealand]]-born Australian [[character actor]] and director noted for his performances in Australian film and television, but also active as a theatre performer and voice-over. |
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== Biography == |
== Biography == |
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| Born | Roger Oakley 21st August, 1943 (aged 71) |
| Nationality | New Zealand. |
| Occupation | Actor/director |
| Years active | 1968 |
Roger Oakley (21st August, 1943, Auckland)[1] is a New Zealand-born Australian character actor and director noted for his performances in Australian film and television, but also active as a theatre performer and voice-over.
Biography
He studied languages in his native New Zealand, before going to England appearing on the British stage.
Career
Arriving in Australia in 1978, and joining the cast of The Sullivans as Maj. Barrington. He also appeared in The John Sullivan Story, a spin-off Sullivans Feature Film version. He has appeared in numerous mini-series and television movies.
He is best known however as an original cast member of Home and Away playing foster father Tom Fletcher from 1988 to 1990 and appeared briefly in 2008.[2]
Oakley is also well known to Australian audiences as the controversial politician Doug Rutherford in the ABC drama, Something in the Air. Roger was only on Home and Away for the first few years, but his exit was felt by fans as he was one of the shows central original characters.
Other TV credits include: Prisoner, A Country Practice, The Flying Doctors, Good Guys Bad Guys, Blue Heelers, The Young Doctors and Neighbours. As of 2015, he remains active in the theatre industry. He is well known in television, film and the theatrical Stage. He featured in the stage production of My Fair Lady. He's most recent theatre productions being The NightWatchman, Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker and The Golden Dragon, by contemporary German Playwright, Roland Schimmelpfennig. Most recently, he appeared in the series Underbelly.
References
- ^ [www.imdb.com/name/nm0643035/?ref_-fn_al_nm_1 "Roger Oakley"].
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ Tom Fletcher - Home and Away Characters - Back to the Bay
External links
- Roger Oakley at IMDb
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