John Meillon
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Meillon (1 May 1934 – 11 August 1989) was an legendary Australian actor, most widely known outside Australia for his role as Walter Reilly in the films Crocodile Dundee and Crocodile Dundee II. He also voiced Victoria Bitter beer commercials until his death. Meillon was born in Mosman, Sydney. He began his acting career at the age of eleven in the ABC's radio serial "Stumpy", and made his first stage appearance the following year. He joined the Shakespeare Touring Company when he was sixteen. Like many actors of his generation from 1959 to 1965 he worked in England. He had a recurring role in the TV series My Name's McGooley, What's Yours?. He featured in two episodes of "Skippy" in 1968 and 1969 appearing as "Nimble Norris". In 1976 he won the AFI Award for Best Actor for his role of 'Casey' in the film The Fourth Wish (1976). With his rich baritone, Meillon was used extensively in voice over work- the most famous being his work as the "you can get it any old how" Victoria Bitter narrator. He married Australian actress June Salter in 1958. They were divorced in 1971. They had one son, John Meillon, Jr. He then married actress Bunny Gibson ("Rita the Eta Eater") on 5 April 1972: they also had a son. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Meillon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Credits
- 2005 · Over There as
- 1989 · Tripe as Father
- 1988 · Outback Bound as Nobby
- 1988 · Crocodile Dundee II as Walter Reilly
- 1988 · The Everlasting Secret Family as The Judge
- 1987 · Bullseye as Merritt
- 1986 · Crocodile Dundee as Walter Reilly
- 1986 · The Blue Lightning as Dr. William Giles
- 1986 · Frenchman's Farm as Bill Dolan
- 1986 · King Solomon's Mines as Captain John Good (voice)
- 1985 · The Man in the Iron Mask as Porthos
- 1985 · The Dunera Boys as Brig. Templeton
- 1984 · The Camel Boy as (voice)
- 1984 · The Wild Duck as Old Ackland
- 1983 · Scales of Justice as Barnes
- 1983 · The Dismissal as Sir John Kerr
- 1983 · The Dismissal as Sir John Kerr
- 1982 · Heatwave as Freddy Dwyer
- 1978 · Shimmering Light as Eric Stuart
- 1978 · Father, Dear Father as George Randall
- 1977 · Born to Run as Delaney
- 1977 · The Picture Show Man as Maurice 'Pop' Pym
- 1976 · The Fourth Wish as Casey
- 1975 · Ride a Wild Pony as Charles E. Quayle
- 1975 · Sidecar Racers as Ocker
- 1974 · The Cars That Ate Paris as The Mayor
- 1974 · The Dove as Tim
- 1973 · The Evil Touch as
- 1972 · Sunstruck as
- 1971 · Wake in Fright as Charlie
- 1971 · Walkabout as Man
- 1969 · Riptide as Luke Russell
- 1968 · Skippy the Bush Kangaroo as Nimble Norris
- 1968 · Skippy the Bush Kangaroo as 'Nimble' Norris
- 1966 · My Name's McGooley, What's Yours? as
- 1966 · They're a Weird Mob as Dennis
- 1965 · Sucker Bait as Dr. Sheffield
- 1965 · Dead Man's Chest as Johnnie Gordon
- 1965 · The Troubleshooters as Conway
- 1964 · Guns at Batasi as Aussie
- 1964 · 633 Squadron as Flight Lieutenant Gillibrand
- 1963 · The Running Man as Jim Jerome
- 1963 · Cairo as willy
- 1962 · Billy Budd as Neil Kincaid, Maintopman
- 1962 · Death Trap as
- 1962 · Man of the World as
- 1962 · The Longest Day as RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
- 1962 · The Valiant as Bedford
- 1961 · Watch It, Sailor! as Albert Tufnell
- 1961 · The Long and the Short and the Tall as Pte. Smith
- 1961 · Offbeat as Johnny Hemick
- 1960 · The Sundowners as Bluey Brown
- 1959 · On the Beach as Ralph Swain
- 1959 · The Third Man as Bill
- 1959 · No Hiding Place as
- 1959 · One Step Beyond as Henry Soames
- 1957 · Rope as
- 1956 · Armchair Theatre as Michael Beckford
- 1956 · Armchair Theatre as Harry Hopkins
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Delaney