John Meillon

John Meillon

  • Birthday: 1934-05-01
  • Deathday: 1989-08-11
  • Place of birth: Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

​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

Filmography

The Picture Show Man

1977

As Maurice 'Pop' Pym

The Cars That Ate Paris

1974

As The Mayor

The Fourth Wish

1976

As Casey

Dead Man's Chest

1965

As Johnnie Gordon

Tripe

1989

As Father

Ride a Wild Pony

1975

As Charles E. Quayle

King Solomon's Mines

1986

As Captain John Good (voice)

Frenchman's Farm

1987

As Bill Dolan

Shimmering Light

1978

As Eric Stuart

Crocodile Dundee II

1988

As Walter Reilly

Offbeat

1961

As Johnny Hemick

The Camel Boy

1984

As (voice)

Sunstruck

1972

As

Death Trap

1962

As

Outback Bound

1988

As Nobby

The Blue Lightning

1986

As Dr. William Giles

The Man in the Iron Mask

1985

As Porthos

The Dismissal

1983

As Sir John Kerr

Walkabout

1971

As Man

The Wild Duck

1984

As Old Ackland

Cairo

1963

As willy

Sidecar Racers

1975

As Ocker

Heatwave

1982

As Freddy Dwyer

Crocodile Dundee

1986

As Walter Reilly

Rope

1957

As

They're a Weird Mob

1966

As Dennis

633 Squadron

1964

As Flight Lieutenant Gillibrand

On the Beach

1959

As Ralph Swain

The Valiant

1962

As Bedford

Wake in Fright

1971

As Charlie

Bullseye

1987

As Merritt

Watch It, Sailor!

1961

As Albert Tufnell

The Dunera Boys

1985

As Brig. Templeton

The Sundowners

1960

As Bluey Brown

The Dove

1974

As Tim

Guns at Batasi

1964

As Aussie

Billy Budd

1962

As Neil Kincaid, Maintopman

The Running Man

1963

As Jim Jerome

Born to Run

1977

As Delaney

The Longest Day

1962

As RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)

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