John Meillon
Born May 01, 1934 (Age: 91)
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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
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
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Filmography
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Tripe
1989
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as Father
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Age: 54
Outback Bound
1988
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as Nobby
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Age: 54
Crocodile Dundee II
1988
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as Walter Reilly
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Age: 54
The Everlasting Secret Family
1988
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as The Judge
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Age: 53
Bullseye
1987
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as Merritt
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Age: 53
Crocodile Dundee
1986
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as Walter Reilly
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Age: 52
The Man in the Iron Mask
1985
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as Porthos
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Age: 51
The Dunera Boys
1985
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as Brig. Templeton
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Age: 51
Shimmering Light
1978
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as Eric Stuart
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Age: 44
The Cars That Ate Paris
1974
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as The Mayor
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Age: 40
The Dove
1974
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as Tim
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Age: 40
Sunstruck
1972
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as
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Age: 38
Wake in Fright
1971
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as Charlie
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Age: 37
They're a Weird Mob
1966
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as Dennis
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Age: 32
Sucker Bait
1965
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as Dr. Sheffield
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Age: 31
Dead Man's Chest
1965
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as Johnnie Gordon
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Age: 31
Guns at Batasi
1964
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as Aussie
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Age: 30
633 Squadron
1964
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as Flight Lieutenant Gillibrand
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Age: 29
The Running Man
1963
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as Jim Jerome
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Age: 29
Cairo
1963
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as willy
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Age: 29
Billy Budd
1962
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as Neil Kincaid, Maintopman
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Age: 28
Death Trap
1962
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as Ross Williams
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Age: 28
The Longest Day
1962
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as RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
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Age: 28
The Valiant
1962
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as Bedford
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Age: 28
Watch It, Sailor!
1961
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as Albert Tufnell
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Age: 27
The Long and the Short and the Tall
1961
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as Pte. Smith
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Age: 26
Offbeat
1961
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as Johnny Hemick
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Age: 26
The Sundowners
1960
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as Bluey Brown
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Age: 26
On the Beach
1959
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as Ralph Swain
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Age: 25