
John Meillon
Personal Information
- Occupation: Actor
- Birthday: 01 May, 1934
- Death day: 11 Aug, 1989 ( 35 years old )
- Place of birth: Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Also known as:
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
Credits
- 2025 - Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee ( movie ) as Self
- 2005 - Over There ( tv )
- 1989 - Tripe ( movie ) as Father
- 1988 - Outback Bound ( movie ) as Nobby
- 1988 - Crocodile Dundee II ( movie ) as Walter Reilly
- 1988 - The Everlasting Secret Family ( movie ) as The Judge
- 1987 - Bullseye ( movie ) as Merritt
- 1986 - Crocodile Dundee ( movie ) as Walter Reilly
- 1986 - The Blue Lightning ( movie ) as Dr. William Giles
- 1986 - Frenchman's Farm ( movie ) as Bill Dolan
- 1986 - King Solomon's Mines ( movie ) as Captain John Good (voice)
- 1985 - The Man in the Iron Mask ( movie ) as Porthos
- 1985 - The Dunera Boys ( movie ) as Brig. Templeton
- 1984 - The Camel Boy ( movie ) as (voice)
- 1984 - The Wild Duck ( movie ) as Old Ackland
- 1983 - Scales of Justice ( tv ) as Barnes
- 1983 - The Dismissal ( tv ) as Sir John Kerr
- 1982 - Heatwave ( movie ) as Freddy Dwyer
- 1978 - Shimmering Light ( movie ) as Eric Stuart
- 1978 - Father, Dear Father ( tv ) as George Randall
- 1977 - Born to Run ( movie ) as Delaney
- 1977 - The Picture Show Man ( movie ) as Maurice 'Pop' Pym
- 1976 - The Fourth Wish ( movie ) as Casey
- 1975 - Ride a Wild Pony ( movie ) as Charles E. Quayle
- 1975 - Sidecar Racers ( movie ) as Ocker
- 1974 - The Cars That Ate Paris ( movie ) as The Mayor
- 1974 - The Dove ( movie ) as Tim
- 1973 - The Evil Touch ( tv )
- 1972 - Sunstruck ( movie )
- 1971 - Wake in Fright ( movie ) as Charlie
- 1971 - Walkabout ( movie ) as Man
- 1969 - Riptide ( tv ) as Luke Russell
- 1968 - Skippy the Bush Kangaroo ( tv ) as Nimble Norris
- 1968 - Skippy the Bush Kangaroo ( tv ) as 'Nimble' Norris
- 1966 - My Name's McGooley, What's Yours? ( tv )
- 1966 - They're a Weird Mob ( movie ) as Dennis
- 1965 - Sucker Bait ( movie ) as Dr. Sheffield
- 1965 - Dead Man's Chest ( movie ) as Johnnie Gordon
- 1965 - The Troubleshooters ( tv ) as Conway
- 1964 - Guns at Batasi ( movie ) as Aussie
- 1964 - 633 Squadron ( movie ) as Flight Lieutenant Gillibrand
- 1963 - The Running Man ( movie ) as Jim Jerome
- 1963 - Cairo ( movie ) as willy
- 1962 - Billy Budd ( movie ) as Neil Kincaid, Maintopman
- 1962 - Death Trap ( movie ) as Ross Williams
- 1962 - Man of the World ( tv )
- 1962 - The Longest Day ( movie ) as RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
- 1962 - The Valiant ( movie ) as Bedford
- 1961 - Watch It, Sailor! ( movie ) as Albert Tufnell
- 1961 - The Long and the Short and the Tall ( movie ) as Pte. Smith
- 1961 - Offbeat ( movie ) as Johnny Hemick
- 1960 - The Sundowners ( movie ) as Bluey Brown
- 1959 - On the Beach ( movie ) as Ralph Swain
- 1959 - The Third Man ( tv ) as Bill
- 1959 - No Hiding Place ( tv )
- 1959 - One Step Beyond ( tv ) as Henry Soames
- 1957 - Rope ( movie )
- 1956 - Armchair Theatre ( tv ) as Michael Beckford
- 1956 - Armchair Theatre ( tv ) as Harry Hopkins
- 1954 - The Wonderful World of Disney ( tv ) as Delaney