John Meillon
Age: N/A | From: Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 31
TV Involvements: 5
Most Famous Work
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
Most Famous Work
One Step Beyond
(1959) Henry Soames
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
(1968) 'Nimble' Norris
Riptide
(1969) Luke Russell
The Longest Day
(1962) RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
Walkabout
(1971) Man
Wake in Fright
(1971) Charlie
On the Beach
(1959) Ralph Swain
633 Squadron
(1964) Flight Lieutenant GillibrandActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | N/A | |
| 1989 | Father | |
| 1988 | Nobby | |
| Walter Reilly | ||
| The Judge | ||
| 1987 | Merritt | |
| Bill Dolan | ||
| 1986 | Walter Reilly | |
| Dr. William Giles | ||
| Captain John Good (voice) | ||
| 1985 | Porthos | |
| Brig. Templeton | ||
| 1984 | (voice) | |
| Old Ackland | ||
| 1983 | Barnes | |
| Sir John Kerr | ||
| 1982 | Freddy Dwyer | |
| 1978 | Eric Stuart | |
| 1977 | Delaney | |
| Maurice 'Pop' Pym | ||
| 1976 | Casey | |
| 1975 | Charles E. Quayle | |
| Ocker | ||
| 1974 | The Mayor | |
| Tim | ||
| 1973 | N/A | |
| 1972 | N/A | |
| 1971 | Charlie | |
| Man | ||
| 1969 | Luke Russell | |
| 1968 | Nimble Norris | |
| 'Nimble' Norris | ||
| 1966 | N/A | |
| Dennis | ||
| 1965 | Johnnie Gordon | |
| 1964 | Aussie | |
| Flight Lieutenant Gillibrand | ||
| 1963 | Jim Jerome | |
| willy | ||
| 1962 | Neil Kincaid, Maintopman | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited) | ||
| Bedford | ||
| 1961 | Albert Tufnell | |
| Pte. Smith | ||
| Johnny Hemick | ||
| 1960 | Bluey Brown | |
| 1959 | Ralph Swain | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Henry Soames | ||
| 1957 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
