John Meillon
Nascimento : 1934-05-01, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Morte : 1989-08-11
História
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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
Após salvar sua namorada Sue Charlton das mãos de um chefão de drogas de Nova York, Mick Dundee decide levá-la para um lugar mais seguro: sua Austrália natal. Lá Dundee prepara uma calorosa recepção aos perseguidores de Sue.
The Judge
Para ter sucesso, o novo amante do senador deve manipular sutilmente o homem, sua esposa, o motorista (que era o amante quando mais jovem) e, em seguida, saber do segredo da família.
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
An Australian woman's car breaks down in the country, and when she goes to get help, she's whisked back in time to 1944 and witnesses a murder. Returning to her car, time reverts to normal, but unable to convince anyone of her story, she investigates the crime herself.
Walter Reilly
Michael J. “Crocodilo” Dundee é um criativo australiano que caça crocodilos com as próprias mãos, derruba gigantescos búfalos aquáticos e bebe como ninguém. Mas ele está prestes a enfrentar um tremendo teste de tortura: Uma viagem à Nova Iorque. A bela e persistente repórter Sue Charlton consegue mais que uma simples matéria, quando "a maravilha australiana" põe Nova Iorque de pernas para o ar.
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)
Na montanha do Rei Salomão, o grande rei conhecido por suas esposas, sua riqueza e sua sabedoria desde os tempos bíblicos, a lenda nos diz que todas as riquezas deste poderoso rei foram enterradas em uma enorme caverna que ficou conhecida como A Mina do Rei Salomão, que até os dias de hoje leva o seu nome.
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
Journey to the land down under for a warm, thrilling story of a once proud racehorse stableowner, his adventurous grandson, and their dream to revive the golden days of horseracing glory.
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
O pequeno Scott é dono de um pônei que lhe foi dado de presente e vive feliz passeando pela fazenda onde mora. De repente, o animal desaparece das vistas do garoto, e um pônei semelhante é visto com a menina Josie. Uma corte judicial é formada para julgar a quem pertence o adorável animal.
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
After the death of his brother on the road, unemployed and unstable drifter Arthur Waldo stays for a while in the rural Australian town of Paris as the guest of the mayor, who hopes he will become a permanent member of the Paris population. Arthur soon realizes the quaint hamlet has a sinister secret: they orchestrate car accidents and rob the victims. Survivors are brought to the local hospital, lobotomized, and used for a local doctor's experiments.
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
Depois de uma aposta ruim num jogo, um professor é abandonado em uma cidade cheia de homens loucos, bêbados, violentos, que ameaçam transformá-lo também em louco, bêbado, e violento. Pelos Caminhos do Inferno (Wake in Fright) é a história de John Grant, um professor endividado que chega em Bundanyabba, uma agreste cidade mineira do interior, onde planeja permanecer durante a noite antes de pegar o avião para Sydney. Mas essa uma noite se estende para cinco e ele mergulha de cabeça em direção a sua própria destruição. Quando a névoa induzida pelo álcool se evapora, o bem educado John Grant já não é mais tão bem educado. Em vez disso, temos um homem que se odeia, em uma terra desolada, sujo, de olhos vermelhos, sentado embaixo de uma árvore e olhando para um rifle com uma bala. e 16.
Man
Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Aborigine boy who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.
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
An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.
Flight Lieutenant Gillibrand
Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, um esquadrão aéreo da Real Força Aérea Inglesa é destacado para uma missão suicida de destruir uma fábrica de combustíveis alemã situada no meio de um fiorde norueguês.
Jim Jerome
When pilot Rex Black destroys his plane in a crash the day after his insurance policy expires, the insurance company refuses to give him any money. To strike back at the agency, Rex fakes his death, changes his identity, and escapes to Spain, with 50,000 pounds in life insurance money. His wife joins him in Spain, but when an insurance investigator arrives unexpectedly, Rex's paranoia causes him to flee again.
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
Billy Budd (Terence Stamp) é um marinheiro inocente e ingênuo da Marinha Britânica em 1797. Quando o sádico mestre de armas do navio é assassinado, Billy é acusado e julgado. O H.M.S. Vingador está indo para a batalha contra a frota francesa durante as Guerras Napoleônicas, e a sombra escura de dois recentes motins na frota inglesa preocupa o capitão Vere (Sir Peter Ustinov). Ele confia em seu cruel e muitas vezes sádico mestre de armas John Claggert (Robert Ryan) para manter o que ele acredita ser ordem e disciplina a bordo do navio. Quando um novo marinheiro, Billy Budd (Terence Stamp), é pressionado a prestar serviço, sua atitude inocente e feliz rapidamente conquista seus companheiros e os oficiais. No entanto, isso parece incomodar Claggert, que fica ressentido, especialmente após a promoção de Billy ao posto de Capitão do Cesto de Gávea. Então Claggert planeja injustamente denunciá-lo e, por fim, mente quando acusa Billy de conspirar com motim. (e 10 - Estimado 10 Anos)
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)
O maior ataque que o mundo já viu, acontecido no dia 6 de junho, ficou conhecido como o Dia D e desbancou o domínio nazista na Europa. A ofensiva, que envolveu mais de 3 milhões de homens, foi uma das mais ousadas e sangrentas estratégias militares da era moderna e marcou o início do fim da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Vencedor dos Oscar de Fotografia em Preto e Branco e Efeitos Especiais, foi indicado ainda à outras três categorias: Filme, Montagem e Direção de Arte em Preto e Branco.
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
No Outback Australiano, a família Carmody - Paddy, Ida e seu filho adolescente Sean - levam uma vida nômade, são tropeiros de ovelhas, sempre em movimento. Ida e Sean querem sossegar e comprar uma fazenda. Mas Paddy quer se manter em movimento. Um concurso de tosquia de ovelhas, o nascimento de uma criança, bebidas, jogos e um cavalo de corrida terão um papel na decisão final.
Ralph Swain
Depois de uma guerra nuclear global, os residentes da Austrália deve chegar a termos com o fato de que toda a vida será destruída em questão de meses. Um submarino dos EUA está em patrulha quando o Hemisfério Norte é destruído pela guerra atômica. Eles aportam em Melbourne, na Austrália, onde vivem com o resto da cidade que tem menos de 12 meses de vida. Eles viajam de volta para a costa oeste dos EUA e testemunham o holocausto.
