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John Meillon

​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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Born:
May 1, 1934 In Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Movie/TV Credits:
43
First Appeared:
In the movie On the Beach 1959-12-16
Latest Project:
Movie Tripe 1989-01-28
Known For
Filmography
Movie Tripe Father 1989-01-28
Movie The Everlasting Secret Family The Judge 1988-03-10
Movie Outback Bound Nobby 1988-10-11
Movie Crocodile Dundee II Walter Reilly 1988-05-19
Movie Bullseye Merritt 1987-06-01
Movie King Solomon's Mines Captain John Good (voice) 1986-01-01
Movie Crocodile Dundee Walter Reilly 1986-09-26
Movie Frenchman's Farm Bill Dolan 1986-02-17
Movie The Blue Lightning Dr. William Giles 1986-05-07
Movie The Dunera Boys Brig. Templeton 1985-10-03
Movie The Man in the Iron Mask Porthos 1985-12-31
Movie The Camel Boy (voice) 1984-05-08
Movie The Wild Duck Old Ackland 1984-03-05
Movie The Dismissal Sir John Kerr 1983-03-06
Series Scales of Justice Barnes 1983-09-20
Movie Heatwave Freddy Dwyer 1982-03-08
Movie Shimmering Light Eric Stuart 1978-12-12
Movie The Picture Show Man Maurice 'Pop' Pym 1977-05-05
Movie Born to Run Delaney 1977-10-13
Movie The Fourth Wish Casey 1976-07-16
Movie Sidecar Racers Ocker 1975-04-30
Movie Ride a Wild Pony Charles E. Quayle 1975-11-02
Movie The Dove Tim 1974-06-16
Movie The Cars That Ate Paris The Mayor 1974-10-10
Movie Sunstruck 1972-12-22
Movie Walkabout Man 1971-07-01
Movie Wake in Fright Charlie 1971-07-21
Series My Name's McGooley, What's Yours? 1966-09-01
Movie They're a Weird Mob Dennis 1966-08-18
Movie Dead Man's Chest Johnnie Gordon 1965-10-27
Movie 633 Squadron Flight Lieutenant Gillibrand 1964-04-06
Movie Guns at Batasi Aussie 1964-10-30
Movie Cairo willy 1963-07-17
Movie The Running Man Jim Jerome 1963-10-01
Movie The Valiant Bedford 1962-06-13
Movie The Longest Day RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited) 1962-09-25
Movie Death Trap 1962-10-01
Movie Billy Budd Neil Kincaid, Maintopman 1962-11-12
Movie Offbeat Johnny Hemick 1961-01-01
Movie The Long and the Short and the Tall Pte. Smith 1961-02-28
Movie Watch It, Sailor! Albert Tufnell 1961-08-14
Movie The Sundowners Bluey Brown 1960-12-08
Movie On the Beach Ralph Swain 1959-12-16