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Bill Hunter Biography (1940-)

Born in 1940, in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia; married Rhoda Roberts (an actress), 1993 (divorced, 1999).

Nationality

Australian

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

1940

Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Officer, Ned Kelly (also known as Ned Kelly, Outlaw), United Artists, 1970
• Cornish, 27a, 1974
• Barman, Stone, 1974
• Peterson, The Man from Hong Kong (also known as The Dragon Flies and Zhi dao huang long), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975
• Sergeant Smith, Mad Dog Morgan (also known as Mad Dog), Cinema Shares International, 1976
• Youlden, Eliza Fraser (also known as The Adventures of Eliza Fraser), 1976
• Jack King, Backroads, 1977
• Bosun, Weekend of Shadows, 1978
• Len Maguire, Newsfront, New Yorker Films, 1978
• Peter, In Search of Anna, 1978
• Brady, Hard Knocks, 1980
• Eddie Bell, Dead Man's Float, Greg Lynch, 1980
• Stephen, ... Maybe This Time, 1980
• Brady, Sam, 1980
• Major Barton, Gallipoli, Paramount, 1981
• Walker, Far East, 1982
• Robert Duncan, Heatwave, New Line Cinema, 1982
• Eddie Bell, Smuggler's Cove, 1983
• Tupper/coach, The Return of Captain Invincible (also known as Legend in Leotards), Jensen Farley Pictures, 1983
• Detective Fitzpatrick, Street Hero, 1984
• Harry, The Hit, Island Alive, 1984
• Colonel Chinstrap, An Indecent Obsession, 1985
• Browning, Rebel, 1985
• Sergeant Bluey Adams, The Leonski Incident, 1985
• Mr. Bibby, A Fortunate Life, 1985
• O'Reilly, Sky Pirates, 1986
• Detective Sergeant "Bluey" Adams, Death of a Soldier, 1986
• McNeill, Call Me Mr. Brown, 1986
• Whitstead, Rikky and Pete, 1988
• Sergeant Jack Welles, Fever, 1988
• Frank Mullens, Mull (also known as Mullaway), 1989
• Vernon Giles, Deadly, 1991
• Barry Fife, Strictly Ballroom, Filmayer, 1992
• Beth's father, The Last Days of Chez Nous, 1992
• Police Commissioner Godfrey Andrews, Shotgun Wedding, 1993
• Managing director, The Custodian, 1993
• Wilson, Broken Highway, 1993
• Bob, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Gramercy Pictures, 1994
• Bill Heslop, Muriel's Wedding, Miramax, 1994
• Berriman, Everynight ... Everynight, 1994
• Commissioner Hawkes, Race the Sun, TriStar, 1996
• Vincent Pierce, River Street, 1997
• Bob, Road to Nhill, 1997
• Voice of Brendan, 15 Amore, 1998
• Elderly man, Emmanuelle: First Contact, New Horizons Home Video, 2000
• Television Appearances
• Miniseries
• Alan Gilchrist, 1915, E! Entertainment Television, 1982
• Rex Conner, The Dismissal, 1983
• Timothy Hayes, Eureka Stockade, 1984
• A Fortunate Life, 1985
• Dusty Miller, The Flying Doctors, 1985
• Angus McDonald, Blue Murder, 1995
• Thomas Murray-Prior, Frontier: Stories from Australia's ForgottenWar, PBS, 1997
• Captain Boomer, Moby Dick, The Learning Channel, 1998
• Campbell, The Violent Earth, The Discovery Channel, 1998
• Paul Scanlon, A Difficult Woman, 1998
• Prime Minister Seaton, On the Beach, Showtime, 2000
• Episodic
• Himself, While You're Down There, 1986
• Vin Miller, "My Own Sweetheart," SeaChange, 1998
• Detective, "Crime Pizza," Pizza, 2000
• Series
• Captain Pollock, Spyforce, 1971
• George Lucas, Prisoner (also known as Caged Women and Prisoner: Cell Block H), syndicated, 1979
• Other Television Appearances
• Title role, Cassidy, 1989
• Father O'Neill, The Leaving of Liverpool, 1992
• Ocker Tyron, Stark, 1993
• Secretary General Chartwell, Space: Above and Beyond (pilot), TheDiscovery Channel, 1995
• Cooper, The Echo of Thunder (movie), CBS, 1998
• Also appeared as Inspector Keith "Crusher" Carroll in "The Right Stuff,"an episode of Police Rescue.