Alan Cassell

Born: 1932-02-16

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alan Cassell (born 1932) was an Australian actor, born in the UK and best known for his roles in film and television. Cassell was one of the actors who worked in Bruce Beresford's early Australian films. Film credits include:Money Movers, Cathy's Child (for which he was nominated for "Best Actor"), Squizzy Taylor, Breaker Morant, Puberty Blues and The Club. His most recent films are The Honorable Wally Norman and Strange Bedfellows. TV roles include: Taurus Rising, Special Squad, The Flying Doctors, The Power, The Passion, Blue Heelers, SeaChange, Stingers and MDA. Cassell commenced his acting career in WA and worked for many years as a stage Actor. Winning "Best Actor of the Year" for his role in "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" He later worked for the Sydney Theatre Company and the Melbourne Theatre Company. He was in the original cast of "Away" which toured to New York and appeared in "Sweet Bird of Youth" with Lauren Bacall for the Sydney Theatre Company. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Cassell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​


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Breaker Morant

as Lord Kitchener
Released: 1980-06-11

During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners....

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Harlequin

as Mr. Porter
Released: 1980-03-28

In this modern-day version of the Rasputin story, David Hemmings plays an up-and-coming senator,...

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Puberty Blues

as Mr. Vickers
Released: 1981-12-10

Two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of Sydney ingratiate themselves with a new...

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Money Movers

as Sammy Ross
Released: 1978-10-24

A group of crooks plan a heist to steal twenty million dollars from a Security Firm counting house.

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Vietnam

as John Gorton
Released: 1987-02-23

The trials and tribulations of the Goddard family after the entry of Australia into the Vietnam War.

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Strange Bedfellows

as Stan Rogers
Released: 2004-04-22

Two 'very straight' old timers have to learn how to pass as a loving gay couple after falsely...

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The Highest Honour

as Lieutenant Ted Carse
Released: 1982-05-15

After a highly successful raid on Singapore Harbour, soldiers of Z Special Unit lead a new...

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The Club

as Gerry Cooper
Released: 1980-09-18

The club buys a talented young player, Geoff, for a record sum of money. The team members do not...

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Plugg

as Herman Cavanagh
Released: 1975-10-30

A sleazy private detective named Horatio Plugg is hired to keep watch over a brothel. Inspector...

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Touch the Sun: Princess Kate

as Bob McLelland
Released: 1988-04-03

Kate McLelland's life is a normal one of a girl her age in the eastern suburbs, until her...

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The Settlement

as Lohan
Released: 1984-07-19

Down-on-their-luck drifters Kearney and Martin wander into the small town of Cedar Creek looking...

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Squizzy Taylor

as Det. Brophy
Released: 1982-07-07

This Australian crime drama chronicles the life of notorious, keen witted, acid tongued 1920s...

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The Honourable Wally Norman

as Willy Norman
Released: 2003-11-12

Wally Norman, runs for election to help save the local meatworks from being shut down.

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The Dark Room

as Ray Sangster
Released: 1982-07-01

A slightly disturbed young amateur photographer finds that his father has been secretly having...

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Midnight Dancer

as Belinda's Father
Released: 1988-08-01

16 year old Australian girl Belinda (Deanne Jeffs) wants to become a ballerina. To makes ends...

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Cathy's Child

as Dick Wordley
Released: 1979-07-05

Cathy Baikas is a woman of Greek heritage who lives in Sydney, Australia with her three-year-old...

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The Big Hurt

as uncredited
Released: 1986-01-01

A reporter looking into the death of a research scientist finds more deaths connected to the...

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The Newman Shame

as uncredited
Released: 1978-01-01

John Brandy (George Lazenby) is an ex-cop on holiday in Singapore with his girlfriend Ginger...

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The Fire in the Stone

as Robbie
Released: 1984-09-17

Teenager Ernie lives with his alcoholic father in the harsh and lawless opal fields of Coober...

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The Flying Doctors

as Robert Freeman
First aired: 1986-05-15

The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved...

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The Flying Doctors

as Charles
First aired: 1986-05-15

The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved...

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Halifax f.p.

as Doctor Wallace
First aired: 1994-10-09

Halifax f.p. is an Australian television crime series produced by Nine Network from 1994 to...

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Blue Heelers

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-09-10

Blue Heelers was one of Australia's longest running weekly television drama series. Blue...

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Mission: Impossible

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-10-23

Mission: Impossible is an American television series that chronicles the missions of a team of...

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Janus

as Chief Justice
First aired: 1994-09-01

Janus is an Australian drama television series screened on the Australian Broadcasting...

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Sara Dane

as Governor Phillip
First aired: 1982-05-31

Sara Dane is a 1982 Australian television miniseries about a woman transported from England to...

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Special Squad

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-09-05

Special Squad was an Australian television series m The series focused on an elite division of...

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