Name
John Meillon
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1934-05-01
Deathday
1989-08-11 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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.
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- 1962 Billy Budd as Neil Kincaid, Maintopman
- 1966 They're a Weird Mob as Dennis
- 1971 Wake in Fright as Charlie
- 1975 Sidecar Racers as Ocker
- 1988 Crocodile Dundee II as Walter Reilly
- 1986 Crocodile Dundee as Walter Reilly
- 1977 The Picture Show Man as Maurice 'Pop' Pym
- 1971 Walkabout as Man
- 1964 633 Squadron as Flight Lieutenant Gillibrand
- 1974 The Cars That Ate Paris as The Mayor
- 1982 Heatwave as Freddy Dwyer
- 1975 Ride a Wild Pony as Charles E. Quayle
- 1961 Offbeat as Johnny Hemick
- 1974 The Dove as Tim
- 1986 Frenchman's Farm as Bill Dolan
- 1984 The Wild Duck as Old Ackland
- 1984 The Camel Boy as (voice)
- 1957 Rope
- 1972 Sunstruck
- 1962 The Valiant as Bedford
- 1976 The Fourth Wish as Casey
- 1987 Bullseye as Merritt
- 1964 Guns at Batasi as Aussie
- 1978 Shimmering Light as Eric Stuart
- 1960 The Sundowners as Bluey Brown
- 1965 Dead Man's Chest as Johnnie Gordon
- 1962 Death Trap as Ross Williams
- 1988 Outback Bound as Nobby
- 1986 The Blue Lightning as Dr. William Giles
- 1965 Sucker Bait as Dr. Sheffield
- 1989 Tripe as Father
- 1959 On the Beach as Ralph Swain
- 1986 King Solomon's Mines as Captain John Good (voice)
- 1985 The Man in the Iron Mask as Porthos
- 1985 The Dunera Boys as Brig. Templeton
- 1963 Cairo as willy
- 1988 The Everlasting Secret Family as The Judge
- 1961 Watch It, Sailor! as Albert Tufnell
- 1962 The Longest Day as RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
- 1961 The Long and the Short and the Tall as Pte. Smith
- 1977 Born to Run as Delaney
- 1963 The Running Man as Jim Jerome
- 2025 Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee as Self
- 1975 Inn of the Damned as George Parr
- 1973 The Evil Touch ( 1 episode )
- 2005 Over There ( 0 episode )
- 1966 My Name's McGooley, What's Yours? ( 88 episodes )
- 1959 One Step Beyond ( 1 episode ) as Henry Soames
- 1959 No Hiding Place ( 2 episodes )
- 1959 The Third Man ( 1 episode ) as Bill
- 1969 Riptide ( 1 episode ) as Luke Russell
- 1983 Scales of Justice ( 3 episodes ) as Barnes
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Michael Beckford
- 1965 The Troubleshooters ( 1 episode ) as Conway
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 2 episodes ) as Delaney
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Harry Hopkins
- 1978 Father, Dear Father ( 1 episode ) as George Randall
- 1968 Skippy the Bush Kangaroo ( 1 episode ) as Nimble Norris
- 1968 Skippy the Bush Kangaroo ( 1 episode ) as 'Nimble' Norris
- 1983 The Dismissal ( 3 episodes ) as Sir John Kerr
- 1962 Man of the World ( 1 episode ) as Major Teong
- 1961 Drama 61-67 ( 1 episode ) as Jim Driscoll
- 1961 Drama 61-67 ( 1 episode ) as Teddy
- 1965 Out of the Unknown ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Sheffield
- 1960 Armchair Mystery Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Malory
- 1959 Edgar Wallace Mysteries ( 1 episode ) as Johnnie Gordon
- 1961 A Chance of Thunder ( 6 episodes ) as Martin
- 1980 Timelapse ( 12 episodes ) as Premier Dakin
