John Meillon
Nacimiento : 1934-05-01, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Muerte : 1989-08-11
Historia
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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.
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Father
A black comedy about a family terrorised by their father who feeds his family tripe at every meal, every day. Eventually, the kids revolt, but it isn't long before the eldest son steps into his father's shoes.
Nobby
A girl from Beverly Hills tries to find her fathers opal mine in the Australian outback.
Walter Reilly
Mick Dundee vive con la periodista Sue Charlton en su lujoso apartamento de Nueva York. Pero, tras el asesinato de Bob, el ex-marido de Sue, a manos de unos traficantes de drogas colombianos, Nick decide llevársela a Australia para poder protegerla mejor.
The Judge
Un joven bello, ambicioso y amoral, se convierte en el amante de un poderoso senador, dándose cuenta que solo puede mantener ese lugar mientras sea joven, por lo que su única función es esa. Con la ayuda de un juez anciano, idea un plan para hacer un cambio en el camino del mundo, un plan que le llevará años realizar. Para tener éxito, debe manipular, de manera sutil y no tan sutil, al senador, a su esposa, al chófer de la familia (que fue de joven un amante) y por implicación, a todo el bien planeado y controlado eterno secreto de familia.
Merritt
In the 1860s, two friends, Harry and Bluey, steal a thousand head of cattle and trek it across country from Queensland to Adelaide.
Bill Dolan
El auto de una mujer australiana se descompone en el país, y cuando va a buscar ayuda, regresa en el tiempo a 1944 y es testigo de un asesinato. Regresando a su auto, el tiempo vuelve a la normalidad, pero no puede convencer a nadie de su historia, ella misma investiga el crimen.
Walter Reilly
Michael Dundee es un amigable y rudo cazador de cocodrilos en el salvaje outback australiano que, por su original filosofía de la vida, es considerado como un héroe entre los suyos. Su fama llega a oídos de Sue Charlton, una reportera de Nueva York que decide ir a Australia para visitarle y, una vez allí, le convence para que le acompañe en su viaje de regreso a América.
Dr. William Giles
Harry Wingate, a rugged adventurer, is hired by a gem collector to retrieve a priceless opal, known as "The Blue Lightning," from Lester McInally, a super-criminal with an army of killers operating in the Australian outback.
Captain John Good (voice)
En lo profundo de una montaña remota en algún lugar de África se encuentra las riquezas infinitas del legendario Rey Salomón. Muchos han tratado de encontrar el tesoro, ¡pero ninguno ha tenido éxito! Ahora, Alan Quartermaine está decidido a localizar la recompensa, pero primero debe luchar contra las tribus salvajes de África y el feroz Kukuwana Trive, ¡quienes tienen la intención de quedarse con el tesoro! ¡Es una expedición de emoción y aventura que tendrá a toda su familia al borde de sus asientos!
Porthos
Teenage boy from a small village learns that he is in fact the secret twin brother of the current corrupt king of France. The four musketeers ask him to replace the king, but in a way that no one finds out about the switch. Burbank Films Australia animated release.
Brig. Templeton
At the start of WWII the British Government decided to arrest all Germans in the UK no matter how long they had been there. Among those arrested were many Jewish refugees and many who were fully assimilated. This film records the story of a group who were sent to a POW camp in Australia aboard the Dunera.
Young Ali and his camel-driver grandfather Moussa take part in an expedition through the Australian Outback. Faced with prejudice, Moussa's knowledge and the hardiness of his camels in the punishing conditions quickly prove vital to both the success of the expedition and the survival of its members.
Old Ackland
The Wild Duck is a 1983 Australian film adapted from the play by Ibsen
Sir John Kerr
The drama surrounding the dismissal of Mr. Gough Whitlam as the Labor Prime Minister of Australia - on 11 November, 1975 - by the then Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr - and the subsequent installation, in Parliament, of the Liberal 'caretaker government' and Mr. Malcolm Fraser as the 'caretaker' Prime Minister.
During a Christmas heatwave, a community activist attempts to stop a redevelopment project that is displacing residents in the Kings Cross section of Sydney.
Eric Stuart
1978 Australian television film about an American surfer who travels to Australia in search of the perfect wave. It was one of six TV movies made in Australia by Transatlantic Enterprises.
Delaney
Es la historia de un joven en Australia que ama el deporte de las carreras de caballos del arnés, que comparte con su abuelo. El abuelo tiene una granja, pero está perdiendo dinero en él cuando encuentra un caballo joven que podría ser un gran ganador. Ellos entrenan al caballo juntos y aprender algunas lecciones en el camino.
Maurice 'Pop' Pym
A man, his son and a piano player travel around Australia showing the first silent movies
Casey
The poignant struggle of a man to grant his terminally ill son three wishes - and the obstacles cast in his way of achieving this goal.
Charles E. Quayle
Scott, a poor farm boy, is given a wild pony from a wealthy ranch owner's herd to ride to and from school. Scott and his pony soon become an inseparable team, until one day the pony suddenly disappears. Soon after, the ranch owner's handicapped daughter Josie has a wild pony especially trained to pull her cart. But Scott is convinced that Josie's pony is actually his, which leads to a court battle that divides their small Australian town. One child must ultimately lose the pony when true ownership is decided.
Ocker
You're going to get us both killed with your grandstanding...! Two guys, one girl, and no brakes! Death defying daredevils burning up the track in thrill-a-minute action. Burning the track like its never been burned before!
The Mayor
Paris es una pequeña ciudad australiana cuyos habitantes viven de la venta de los objetos de valor que roban, tras los accidentes de tráfico que se producen en los alrededores; pero tantos accidentes no pueden ser fruto del azar. Arthur y George, dos hermanos que se dirigen a Paris, sufren un aparatoso accidente en el que George pierde la vida. Arthur se queda en la ciudad precisamente en un momento en que algunos jóvenes empiezan a rebelarse contra ese modo de ganarse la vida. (FILMAFFINITY)
Tim
The true story of a 16 year old (Robin Lee Graham, played by Joseph Bottoms) who aims to become the youngest person to sail around the world in a 23 foot sloop named "The Dove". On his journey he meets and falls in love with a young woman (Patti Ratteree, played by Deborah Raffin) who is also traveling around the world. The story follows Robin around the world to many beautiful locals, as he grows from a boy to a man, finds himself, and finds the love of his life.
Stanley Evans, a Welsh schoolteacher, decides to emigrate to Australia for a better life but ends up working in a school in the dead-end town of Kookaburra Springs. He forms a school choir and decides to compete in a singing competition in Sydney
Charlie
John Grant, un excelente profesor que llega a una ciudad de mineros situada en un inhóspito desierto, decide pasar allí la noche antes de coger un avión para Sydney. Pero pasan cinco noches y parece que Grant se está acercando poco a poco a la autodestrucción. Cuando los efectos del alcohol empiezan a distorsionar su percepción de las cosas, surgirá un aspecto de su personalidad muy poco agradable, que se traduce en un gran desprecio por sí mismo.
Man
Dos niños vagan por el desierto australiano, abandonados a su suerte, tras haberse suicidado su padre. Allí conocerán a un aborigen.
Dennis
Nino Culotta is an Italian immigrant, newly arrived in Australia, and attempts to understand the aspirational values and social rituals of everyday urban Australians of the 1950s and '60s.... and assimilate.
Johnnie Gordon
Two young journalists simulate a murder, but the scheme backfires when the mock victim disappears.
Aussie
El Sargento Mayor Laudardale (Richard Attenborough), un oficial inglés, es un militar profesional con 22 años de carrera y mil y una batallas en su memoria. Es un hombre rígido y estricto consigo mismo y con los demás, para el que el código militar es lo más sagrado. Sin embargo, cuando es destinado a un país africano, aparentemente tranquilo, cuyo gobierno es aliado del Imperio Británico, una serie de trágicas circunstancias pondrán a prueba sus principios morales y su respeto por el código militar.
Flight Lieutenant Gillibrand
A un oficial canadiense y a un joven de la resistencia noruega se les encarga la misión de volar un importante depósito de combustible alemán, estratégicamente oculto en un fiordo casi inaccesible, por lo que tendrán que utilizar los llamados aviones "Mosquito".
Jim Jerome
Rex y Stella Black ponen en marcha un plan para estafar 50.000 libras a una compañía de seguros. Rex finge su muerte en un accidente aéreo, cambia de aspecto y, utilizando un pasaporte robado, vuela a España, donde Stella se reúne con él. Sin embargo, la personalidad de Rex empieza a cambiar, lo que se agrava con la llegada de Stephen, un joven investigador de seguros que lo pone muy nervioso. Stella, asustada, intenta seducirlo para alejar el peligro, pero Rex, convencido de que Stephen ha descubierto el fraude, intenta eliminarlo. (FILMAFFINITY)
willy
An assortment of international criminals plans to steal priceless Egyptian artifacts from a Cairo museum. MGM remake of Asphalt Jungle set in Egypt.
Neil Kincaid, Maintopman
En 1797, durante las guerras napoleónicas, un buque de guerra inglés recluta a la fuerza a un inocente joven que se irá ganando la simpatía del resto de la tripulación. Pero eso no podrá soportarlo el suboficial de armas.
A young woman commits suicide. Her sister is not ready to let the death go without someone answering a few questions. Namely, was it really suicide, and where is the large amount of money her sister withdrew from the bank the day before her death.
RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
Reconstrucción con todo lujo de detalles de uno de los episodios claves para el desarrollo de la II Guerra Mundial: el desembarco en las playas de Normandía llevado a cabo por las tropas aliadas en junio de 1944.
Albert Tufnell
Sailor Albert gets a message from the Navy saying he can't marry for certain unexplained legal reasons. Everyone, including his domineering mother-in-law to be, jumps to the conclusion that there must be another woman involved.
Pte. Smith
Based on a play by Willis Hall. A troop of British soldiers are out in the jungle to record jungle noises and troop noises in the jungle so that the recordings can be played back by other troops to divert the enemy to their whereabouts. As they progress to what they think is closer to the base camp they find themselves farther and farther from radio range until the only channel they can get clearly is that of a Japanese broadcast. They now realize they are probably only 10 to 15 miles from a Japanese camp! The tension is added to by rowdy and openly admitted "non-hero" Private Bamforth who has nothing good to say about anyone and especially Corporal Johnstone (who holds an equal dislike for Bamforth). When a Japanese soldier is taken as their prisoner, the true colours of each man comes to the surface
Johnny Hemick
When Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner from MI5 to work his way into the gang and help bring them down.
Bluey Brown
Australia, 1920. Un matrimonio (Robert Mitchum y Deborah Kerr) y su hijo viven felices viajando por Australia y realizando diversos trabajos para sobrevivir. Llega, sin embargo, un momento en que la madre, apoyada por su hijo y movida por el instinto de conservación, plantea la necesidad de abandonar la vida errante que siempre han llevado y comprar una granja para establecerse definitivamente en algún lugar. Ahora bien, alcanzar ese sueño implicará muchos sacrificios.
Ralph Swain
Un holocausto nuclear ha acabado con prácticamente todos los seres humanos, exceptuando un grupo de personas de Australia. Gregory Peck es el comandante de un submarino que trata de buscar supervivientes, mientras la nube radioactiva, que ya ha destruido el hemisferio norte, se acerca sobre el último enclave humano.
