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Birthday: May 01, 1934
Place of Birth: Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Billy Budd Neil Kincaid, Maintopman 1962
They're a Weird Mob Dennis 1966
Wake in Fright Charlie 1971
Sidecar Racers Ocker 1975
Crocodile Dundee II Walter Reilly 1988
Crocodile Dundee Walter Reilly 1986
The Picture Show Man Maurice 'Pop' Pym 1977
Walkabout Man 1971
633 Squadron Flight Lieutenant Gillibrand 1964
The Cars That Ate Paris The Mayor 1974
Heatwave Freddy Dwyer 1982
Ride a Wild Pony Charles E. Quayle 1975
Offbeat Johnny Hemick 1961
The Dove Tim 1974
Frenchman's Farm Bill Dolan 1986
The Wild Duck Old Ackland 1984
The Camel Boy (voice) 1984
Rope 1957
Sunstruck 1972
The Valiant Bedford 1962
The Fourth Wish Casey 1976
Bullseye Merritt 1987
Guns at Batasi Aussie 1964
Shimmering Light Eric Stuart 1978
The Sundowners Bluey Brown 1960
Dead Man's Chest Johnnie Gordon 1965
Death Trap 1962
Outback Bound Nobby 1988
The Blue Lightning Dr. William Giles 1986
Sucker Bait Dr. Sheffield 1965
Tripe Father 1989
On the Beach Ralph Swain 1959
King Solomon's Mines Captain John Good (voice) 1986
The Man in the Iron Mask Porthos 1985
The Dunera Boys Brig. Templeton 1985
Cairo willy 1963
The Dismissal Sir John Kerr 1983
The Everlasting Secret Family The Judge 1988
Watch It, Sailor! Albert Tufnell 1961
The Longest Day RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited) 1962
The Long and the Short and the Tall Pte. Smith 1961
Born to Run Delaney 1977
The Running Man Jim Jerome 1963
Series Cast Year
The Evil Touch 1973
Over There 2005
Man of the World 1962
My Name's McGooley, What's Yours? 1966
One Step Beyond Henry Soames 1959
No Hiding Place 1959
The Third Man Bill 1959
Riptide Luke Russell 1969
Scales of Justice Barnes 1983
The Wonderful World of Disney Delaney 1954
The Troubleshooters Conway 1965
Armchair Theatre Harry Hopkins 1956
Armchair Theatre Michael Beckford 1956
Father, Dear Father George Randall 1978
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo 'Nimble' Norris 1968
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo Nimble Norris 1968
The Dismissal Sir John Kerr 1983
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