Dennis Miller (Australian actor)

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| name = Dennis Miller

| birth_place = Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

| birth_date = 1937

| death_date = 2 October 2022 (aged 84-85)

| occupation = Actor

| known_for = Bellbird (TV series) (TV series) as Constable Des Davies
Blue Heelers (TV series) Sgt. Pat Doyle (recurring)

| spouse = {{marriage|Elspeth Ballantyne|1968|1977|end=divorced}}

| years_active= 1958-2000

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Dennis Miller, (1937 - 2 October 2022) was an Australian stage, television and film actor, best known for roles in TV movies and series.{{cite web|url=http://aso.gov.au/people/Dennis_Miller/|title=Dennis Miller|work=Australian Screen|publisher=National Film and Sound Archive|accessdate=10 September 2010}} Miller started in the industry in 1958 and has acted in numerous television shows, he remained especially known for the ABC rural series Bellbird and recurring role on Blue Heelers as Ex-Sergeant Pat Doyle (1994–2000).{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0588223/|title=Dennis Miller (II)|work=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=10 September 2010}}

Biography

Miller born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1937, is notable for roles in serials such as Homicide, Matlock Police, The Flying Doctors, G.P., Stingers, A Country Practice and Water Rats and Elly & Jools.

He appeared in numerous films both theatrically released and made-for-TV, including The Everlasting Secret Family,{{cite news |last1=Maslin |first1=Janet |title=Reviews/Film; An Australian Tale of Sex And the Power It Confers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/17/movies/reviews-film-an-australian-tale-of-sex-and-the-power-it-confers.html |accessdate=12 August 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=1989}}{{cite web |title=The Everlasting Secret Family (1987) |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7953e12e |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617150927/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7953e12e |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 June 2017 |publisher=bfi.org.uk |accessdate=12 August 2018}} television movies, and miniseries, including A Cry in the Dark, Hoodwink, Scales of Justice, Kangaroo Palace, Stir, Starstruck and Colour in the Creek.

Personal life

He was married to actress Elspeth Ballantyne from 1968 to 1977. They had two children.

He retired from the industry in 2000. He died from undisclosed causes on October 2, 2022.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Type

1959

| Outpost

| Corporal Mitch Mitchell

| TV film

1960

| Uncle Martino

| Michel

| TV film

1960

| Eye of the Night

| Ian Arnott

| TV film

1962

| Manhuel

| TV film

1962

| The One Day of the Year

| Hughie

| TV film

1963

| A Piece of Ribbon

| TV film

1963

| And the Big Men Fly

| Achillies Jones

| TV film

1965

| Romanoff and Juliet

| Soldier

| TV film

1965

| Otherwise Engaged

| Tom

| TV film

1968

| Cobwebs in Concrete

| Scott Harland

| TV film

1971

| Stork

| University Lecturer

| Feature film

1973

| Alvin Purple

| Mr. Horwood

| Feature film

1973

| President Wilson in Paris

| Colonel House

| TV film

1973

| Brumby Innes

| Brumby Innes

| TV film

1974

| The End Product

| Craven

| TV film

1975

| The Great Macarthy

| MacGuinness

| Feature film

1976

| Mad Dog Morgan

| Prison Boat Guard

| Feature film

1976

| Eliza Fraser

| Frans Cook

| Film

1976

| Murcheson Creek

| TV film

1979

| The Last of the Knucklemen

| Horse

| Feature film

1979

| The Journalist

| Junior Interviewer

| Feature film

1980

| Stir

| Redford

| Feature film

1981

| Hoodwink

| Ralph

| Film

1982

| Heatwave

| Mick Davies

| Feature film

1982

| Starstruck

| Lou

| Feature film

1982

| A Most Attractive Man

| Mick

| Film

1983

| Buddies

| Andy

| Film

1983

| Platypus Cove

| Sergeant Don Bailey

| TV film

1984

| Silver City

| Max

| Film

1985

| I Live with Me Dad

| Joe Kazzirak

| TV film

1986

| Frog Dreaming (aka The Quest)

| Mr. Cannon

| Feature film

1986

| Shark's Paradise

| Inspector Rossiter

| TV film

1988

| The Everlasting Secret Family

| Eric the Chauffeur

| Feature film

1988

| Touch the Sun: Peter and Pompey

| Maxie Barbuto

| TV film

1988

| The Riddle of the Stinson

| Flight Captain Rex Boyden

| TV film

1988

| A Cry in the Dark (aka Evil Angels)

| Sturgess

| Feature film

1988

| Emerald City

| Malcolm Bennett

| Film

1988

| Barracuda (aka The Rocks)

| Detective Snr. Constable Abbottson

| TV film

1993

| Broken Highway

| Max O'Donnell

| Film

1996

| The Last of the Ryans

| Harold

| TV film

1997

| Kangaroo Palace

| Mr. Turner

| TV film

1997

| One Way Ticket

| Alf

| TV film

=Television=

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Type

1966

| Australian Playhouse

| The Boundary Driver/Fred Taylor

| TV series

1967

| Adventures of the Seaspray

| Fred

| TV series

1967

| Love and War

| Lieutenant

| TV miniseries, episode: "Man of Destiny"

1968

| Contrabandits

| Steve Chambers

| TV series

1968-74

| Bellbird

| Constable Des Davies

| TV series, 991 episodes

1969

| Good Morning, Mr. Doubleday

| Ex-boyfriend

| TV series

1969

| Riptide

| Jeff Challis

| TV series

1970-73

| Homicide

| Gary Simms/Ronald Parker

| TV series

1971

| Division 4

| Constable Shaw

| TV series

1974

| And the Big Men Fly

| Moola Barnes

| TV series

1974

| Rush

| Brady

| TV series

1974

| Number 96

| Peter Wilson

| TV series

1975

| Silent Number

| Byron

| TV series

1975

| Scattergood: Friend of All

| TV series

1972-76

| Matlock Police

| Norm Moore / Ted Sanders / Bernie Clay

| TV series

1981

| I Can Jump Puddles

| Gunner

| TV miniseries

1982

| Spring and Fall

| Phil

| TV series

1982

| MPSIB

| Barney Blake

| TV series

1983

| The Dismissal

| Gordon Scholes / The Second Speaker

| TV miniseries

1983

| Scales of Justice

| Detective Sgt. Draffin

| TV miniseries

1982-84

| A Country Practice

| Merve Winters / Ben Prescott / Ron Barnes

| TV series

1984

| The Cowra Breakout

| Mick Murphy

| TV miniseries

1984

| Special Squad

| Finch

| TV series

1984

| Carson's Law

| Frank Stirling

| TV series

1985

| Colour in the Creek

| John Fletcher

| TV miniseries

1985

| Winners

| Ron Guthrie

| TV series

1986

| The Great Bookie Robbery

| Edwards

| TV miniseries

1987

| The Petrov Affair

| Eddie War

| TV miniseries

1988

| The Dirtwater Dynasty

| Hasky Tarbox

| TV miniseries

1988

| All the Way

| Ray Scott

| TV miniseries

1988

| Rafferty's Rules

| Ronald Harvey

| TV series

1988

| The Magistrate

| Roger Davies

| TV miniseries

1990

| The Paper Man

| George Slater

| TV miniseries

1990

| Elly & Jools

| Feral O'Farrell

| TV miniseries

1991

| The Flying Doctors

| Greg Carpenter

| TV series

1991

| Boys from the Bush

| Gabby

| TV series

1991

| Col'n Carpenter

| TV series

1991

| Chances

| Eddie Reynolds

| TV series

1995

| G.P.

| Arthur Hardigan

| TV series

1995

| Blue Murder

| Detective Inspector Bruce Kerrison

| TV miniseries

1997

| Good Guys Bad Guys

| Rufus King

| TV series

1999

| Stingers

| Detective Inspector Malcolm Harris

| TV series

1994-2000

| Blue Heelers

| Detective Pat Doyle

| TV series

References

Category:Australian male television actors

Category:Male actors from Hobart

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)