John Meillon
Рождение : 1934-05-01, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Смерть : 1989-08-11
История
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
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
Данди, охотник на крокодилов, сменил австралийский шалаш на американский пентхаус: спит в шёлковой пижаме и пьёт кофе из японского фарфора. Но шляпу с крокодильими зубами, кожаные штаны и огромный нож за поясом он себе оставил — на всякий случай. Хватит ли этого, чтобы спасти любимую от колумбийской мафии?
The Judge
A beautiful, if ambitious and amoral, youth is tapped to become the lover of a powerful senator. The young man quickly realizes that he can hold this place, with all its perks, only as long as he is young. He has no other function than being young. With the help of an aged judge, the young man, referred to only as The Lover, contrives a plan to make a change in the way of the world, a plan that will take him years to realize. To succeed, he must manipulate, in subtle and not-so-subtle ways, the senator, his wife, the family chauffeur (who was, when young, a lover), and, by implication, the entire well-planned and controlling everlasting secret family.
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
Американская журналистка приезжает в глубинку Австралии, и охотник на крокодилов знакомит её с местными достопримечательностями. Она же приглашает его в Нью-Йорк, и там отважный охотник попадает в неведомые ему джунгли...
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)
Deep within a remote mountain somewhere in Africa lies the fold and endless riches of the legendary King Solomon. Many have tried to find the treasure - but none have succeeded! Now, Alan Quartermaine's determined to locate the bounty, but first he must battle the wilds of Africa and the ferocious Kukuwana trive - who are intent on keeping the treasure for themselves! It's an expedition in excitement and adventure that will have your whole family on the edge of their seats!
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
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
Жители австралийского городка готовы на все, чтобы поддерживать местный бизнес. Ежедневно изощренными способами они устраивают катастрофы для проезжающих мимо автомобилистов и разбирают остатки машин на запчасти. Уцелевшие водители не остаются без внимания, погибших предают земле. Город — ловушка, из которой выхода нет!
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
Австралийско-американский психологический триллер (экранизация одноимённого романа австралийского писателя Кеннета Кука, опубликованного в 1961 году), рассказывающий о погружении молодого учителя из австралийской глубинки в пучину алкоголизма и насилия в незнакомом городе.
Man
Сестра и брат, брошенные в безлюдном месте их отцом, который неожиданно сходит с ума и убивает себя. Имея при себе только транзистор, дети бродяжничают по пустыне с небольшой надеждой на спасение. В один прекрасный день молодой абориген, Галпилил, находит их и помогает выжить в пустыне.
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
Действие происходит в 1944 году. Летчики британской эскадрильи 633 получают опасное задание уничтожить сильнозащищенный оружейный завод нацистов в Норвегии.
Jim Jerome
Английский летчик Рекс Блэк проворачивает смелую аферу: инсценирует собственную смерть, а сам бежит заграницу. Его жена Стела, получив приличную сумму от страховой компании за смерть супруга, присоединяется к нему в прекрасном испанском городе Малага. Оба не могут нарадоваться своей изобретательности. Однако дело принимает неожиданный оборот, когда на их пути появляется подозрительный страховой агент, способный нарушить их бесмятежное счастье. Остается единственный выход — бежать…
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
1797 год. Билли Бад, молодой моряк, призван служить на британский военный корабль. Билли не склонен к конфликтам. Даже с каптенармусом Клэгертом, лютым врагом всей команды, он старается наладить контакт. Однако Клэгерт в присутствии капитана судна обвиняет Билли в подготовке мятежа. Билли настолько возмущён, что отвечает ударом, который по роковому стечению обстоятельств оказывается смертельным.
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)
Картина повествует о знаменитой высадке в Нормандии, легендарном дне «Д» — 6 июня 1944 года. Ранним утром того дня армада из 5 тысяч судов армии союзников, сосредоточенных на Британских островах, пересекла Ла-Манш и начала высадку экспедиционных сил на побережье Нормандии. Как для союзников, так и для немцев это был самый долгий день…
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
Через шесть тысяч миль азарта, через целый мир приключений проходит потрясающая история настоящих людей, называемых Бродягами.
Ralph Swain
В 1964 году ядерная война стирает с лица земли население северного полушария. Одна американская субмарина находит временную зону безопасности в Австралии. Командир субмарины Дуайт Тауэрс, семья которого стала жертвой чудовищной войны, встречает здесь женщину, которая пробуждает в нем уже как будто навсегда умершее чувство любви. Его избранница — Мойра Довайдсон — измучена заботами и все свободное время проводит с бутылкой бренди. Смогут ли они быть счастливы на фоне угасания последнего оазиса жизни?
