John Allen
John Allen (born December 4, 1944) is an Australian actor. After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1969, he initially established himself in theatre, appearing in some eighteen productions at the prestigious Melbourne Theatre Company. This was followed by a number of appearances with the Old Tote Theatre Company in Sydney, culminating with the opening season of the Sydney Opera House and a tour with the Company to London and the West End. After returning to Australia he continued to play a broad range of roles on stage, but also became known for his performances in film and on television. In an acting career spanning nearly four decades he was associated with many notable productions, but retired from performing in 2000.
The Dismissal
as Prime Ministerial AideThe drama surrounding the dismissal of Mr. Gough Whitlam as the Labor Prime Minister of...
Movie pageVietnam
as TDT ReporterThe trials and tribulations of the Goddard family after the entry of Australia into the Vietnam War.
Movie pageThe Odd Angry Shot
as Lieut. GolonkaA group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter...
Movie pageThe Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
as Mr. PaulikowskiThe made for television movie Munster's Scary Little Christmas, created three decades after the...
Movie pageGrievous Bodily Harm
as StansfieldA schoolteacher (John Waters) becomes obsessed with the idea that his wife (Joy Bell) did not...
Movie pageThe Riddle of the Stinson
as Claude SmythA true story. In 1937, a routine passenger and mail flight crashes during bad weather on a...
Movie pageNow and Forever
as Martin HarringtonA couple's seemingly "perfect" marriage is shaken when the husband is charged with rape.
Movie pagePolice State
as Ralph DevlinAn account of events in Queensland from 1959 to 1988 as disclosed by the Fitzgerald inquiry....
Movie pageE Street
as Crown ProsecutorAn Australian television soap opera, set in a tough fictional inner-city district called...
TV Show pagePolice Rescue
as ValePolice Rescue was an Australian television series The series dealt with the New South Wales...
TV Show pageCaptain James Cook
as Tobias FurneauxBased on Captain James Cook's three voyages. It was on his first voyage, in 1770 (while in the...
TV Show pageThe Dismissal
as PM's Head of DepartmentThe sensational dismissal of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam's Labor Government by the Queens...
TV Show pageA Town Like Alice
as Bill HollandSet against the brutal chaos of World War II, a love story begins that will take two lovers...
TV Show page1915
as Reg Hurst1915 is a 1982 Australian mini series about two friends who wind up serving in World War One.
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