John Meillon
Acting
Biography
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
Born: May 1, 1934
Place of Birth: Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known For
Filmography
as Nobby
as Walter Reilly
as The Judge
as Merritt
as Walter Reilly
as Dr. William Giles
as Bill Dolan
as Captain John Good (voice)
as Porthos
as Brig. Templeton
as (voice)
as Old Ackland
as Barnes
as Sir John Kerr
as Freddy Dwyer
as Eric Stuart
as George Randall
as Delaney
as Maurice 'Pop' Pym
as Casey
as Charles E. Quayle
as Ocker
as The Mayor
as Tim
as Charlie
as Man
as Luke Russell
as Nimble Norris
as 'Nimble' Norris
as Dennis
as Johnnie Gordon
as Conway
as Aussie
as Flight Lieutenant Gillibrand
as Jim Jerome
as willy
as Neil Kincaid, Maintopman
as Ross Williams
as Major Teong
as RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
as Bedford
as Albert Tufnell
as Pte. Smith
as Johnny Hemick
as Bluey Brown
as Ralph Swain
as Bill
as Henry Soames
as Michael Beckford
as Harry Hopkins
as Delaney