John Frawley (actor)
{{Short description|Australian actor}}
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{{infobox person
| name = John Frawley
| birth_place = Australia
| birth_date = 18 August 1929
| death_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| death_date = 3 March 1999 (aged 69)
| occupation = Actor
}}
John Frawley (18 August 1929 – 3 March 1999) was an Australian actor with a number of stage television and film credits to his name.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba35ceb39|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717204704/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba35ceb39|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2019|title=John Frawley|website=BFI}}{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/xaz/john-frawley|title=John Frawley | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}
Career
Frawley started his professional career in 1948 in a film roleand worked in theatre from 1955, including a lengthy tour of Twelfth Night, later he acted in King Lear{{cite web|url=https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/226157|title=John Frawley}} and after a television career in the United Kingdom during the 1960s, which included episodes of The Prisoner and The Avengers, Frawley appeared mainly in Australian films during the 1970s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/john-frawley-p124478/other_appearances|title=John Frawley | TV, Documentary and Other Appearances|website=AllMovie}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/john-frawley-p124478/filmography|title=John Frawley | Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}} He returned to television in the 1980s and 1990s, including appearances in Prisoner (a.k.a. Prisoner: Cell Block H) and Brides of Christ.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wwwentworth.co.uk/epis608.htm|title=Prisoner: Cell Block H - episode 608|website=www.wwwentworth.co.uk}}
Selected filmography
=Film=
- Flynn (1996) as Headmaster
- Dallas Doll (1994)
- Backstage (1988)
- Call Me Mr. Brown (1986) as Captain Howson
- The Humpty Dumpty Man (1986)
- Annie's Coming Out (1984) as Harding
- Harlequin (1980) as Dr Lovelock
- The Timeless Land (1980) as Governor King
- Blue Fin (1978)
- The Night, the Prowler (1978)
- The Last Wave (1977) as Policeman
- Eliza Fraser (1976) as Brown
- The Trespassers (1976)
- The Devil's Playground (1976) as Brother Celian
- The Great Macarthy (1975) as Webster
=Television=
- Brides of Christ (1991)
- Marion (1974) as Jamie Finnegan
- Prisoner (aka Prisoner: Cell Block H)
- Behind the Legend (1973) as Thomas Blamey
- The Prisoner (1960s)
- The Avengers (1960s)
References
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Books:
- William K Halliwell, The Filmgoer's Guide to Australian Films, Angus & Robertson Publishers (1985) {{ISBN|0-207-15138-5}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0292420|name=John Frawley}}
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Category:Australian male television actors
Category:Australian male film actors
Category:Australian male stage actors
Category:Male actors from Melbourne
Category:20th-century Australian male actors
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