John Allen

Born: 1944-12-04

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.


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The Dismissal

as Prime Ministerial Aide
Released: 1983-03-06

The drama surrounding the dismissal of Mr. Gough Whitlam as the Labor Prime Minister of...

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Vietnam

as TDT Reporter
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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The Odd Angry Shot

as Lieut. Golonka
Released: 1979-03-01

A group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter...

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The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas

as Mr. Paulikowski
Released: 1996-12-17

The made for television movie Munster's Scary Little Christmas, created three decades after the...

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Grievous Bodily Harm

as Stansfield
Released: 1988-10-26

A schoolteacher (John Waters) becomes obsessed with the idea that his wife (Joy Bell) did not...

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The Riddle of the Stinson

as Claude Smyth
Released: 1988-07-25

A true story. In 1937, a routine passenger and mail flight crashes during bad weather on a...

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Now and Forever

as Martin Harrington
Released: 1983-06-23

A couple's seemingly "perfect" marriage is shaken when the husband is charged with rape.

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Police State

as Ralph Devlin
Released: 1989-06-15

An account of events in Queensland from 1959 to 1988 as disclosed by the Fitzgerald inquiry....

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E Street

as Crown Prosecutor
First aired: 1989-01-24

An Australian television soap opera, set in a tough fictional inner-city district called...

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Police Rescue

as Vale
First aired: 1991-02-14

Police Rescue was an Australian television series The series dealt with the New South Wales...

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Captain James Cook

as Tobias Furneaux
First aired: 1988-04-16

Based on Captain James Cook's three voyages. It was on his first voyage, in 1770 (while in the...

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The Dismissal

as PM's Head of Department
First aired: 1983-03-06

The sensational dismissal of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam's Labor Government by the Queens...

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A Town Like Alice

as Bill Holland
First aired: 1981-07-12

Set against the brutal chaos of World War II, a love story begins that will take two lovers...

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1915

as Reg Hurst
First aired: 1982-06-27

1915 is a 1982 Australian mini series about two friends who wind up serving in World War One.

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