Michael Long (actor)

Long appeared in early television roles in Matlock Police, Homicide, Division 4 and Bluey. Further television credits included Cop Shop, Prisoner (as Mick O'Brien),{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51771555 |title=The Long line of nasties |newspaper=The Australian Women's Weekly |location=Australia |date=25 March 1981 |access-date=12 April 2020 |page=19 (TV WORLD) |via=Trove }} Taurus Rising (as Sam Farrer),{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48081386 |title=Passion and intrigueall in a day's work! |newspaper=The Australian Women's Weekly |location=Australia |date=1 September 1982 |access-date=12 April 2020 |page=43 |via=Trove }} Sons and Daughters (as Stephen Morrell) and Richmond Hill (as Craig Connors).

He appeared in several films including sci-fi thriller The Chain Reaction (1980), gangster drama Squizzy Taylor (1982),{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46449402 |title=Kim plays gangster's moll |newspaper=The Australian Women's Weekly |location=Australia |date=1 July 1981 |access-date=12 April 2020 |page=117 |via=Trove }} the multi-award winning Careful, He Might Hear You (1983) and thriller Dead Calm (1989), the latter alongside Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill and Billy Zane.

Long starred in numerous stage productions throughout his career, including King Lear (1967), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1968), Measure for Measure (1972) and Hedda Gabler (1988), and the 1971 J. C. Williamson's / Harry M. Miller Australian stage production of Conduct Unbecoming playing Subaltern Millington.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44798080 |title=HEIR TO 300-YEAR ACTING TRADITION |newspaper=The Australian Women's Weekly |location=Australia |date=7 July 1971 |access-date=12 April 2020 |page=2 |via=Trove }} He also worked as a stage manager and lighting designer.{{cite web|url= https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/4516 |title= Michael Long |publisher=AusStage}}

He voiced a character in 1973 animated TV movie The Gentlemen of Titipu. He also provided voiceover in television and radio commercials, documentaries and corporate videos, initially working for the ABC. This became his main work, continuing through his illness until a few weeks before his death.

Long died of lung cancer in 1991 at the age of 43.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/120244758/ |title=OBITUARY Michael Long 1947-1991 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=20 April 1991 |accessdate=12 April 2020}}

{{cite web|url= https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/4516 |title= Michael Long |publisher=AusStage}}

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Category:Australian male television actors

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