John Frawley

Born: 1929-08-18

John Frawley (18 August 1929 – 3 March 1999) was an Australian actor with a number of stage television and film credits to his name. Frawley started his professional career in 1948 in a film role and worked in theatre from 1955, including a lengthy tour of Twelfth Night, later he acted in King Lear and after a television career in the United Kingdom during the 1960s, which included episodes of The Prisoner and The Avengers, Frawley appeared mainly in Australian films during the 1970s. He returned to television in the 1980s and 1990s, including appearances in Prisoner (a.k.a. Prisoner: Cell Block H) and Brides of Christ.


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The Last Wave

as Policeman
Released: 1977-12-15

Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of Aboriginal people...

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Harlequin

as Dr. Lovelock
Released: 1980-03-28

Up-and-coming senator Nick Rast's young son is terminally ill with leukemia. A mysterious faith...

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Panhandle

as Cowhand (uncredited)
Released: 1948-02-22

An ex-gunfighter woos two women while avenging his brother, victim of a crooked gambler.

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The Adventures of Eliza Fraser

as Brown
Released: 1976-12-16

An old captain & his young wife share a lot of adventures after they're shipwrecked and...

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The Devil's Playground

as Brother Celian
Released: 1976-08-12

A powerful drama relating the intimate aspect of teenage boys and their priest/educators behind...

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The Humpty Dumpty Man

as Gordon Morris
Released: 1986-01-01

A story of intrigue, power, politics and murder set in Australia's national capital, Canberra.

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Annie's Coming Out

as Harding
Released: 1984-09-27

It tells the story of a young female social worker who begins work at a hospital for retarded...

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Call Me Mr. Brown

as Captain Howson
Released: 1985-12-31

Based on the 1971 true story known as "The Great Plane Robbery", this tele-movie tells the story...

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The Night, the Prowler

as Humphrey Bannister
Released: 1978-06-15

Felicity Bannister is a young woman living in the shadow of her overpowering mother. Her...

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The Great MacArthy

as Webster
Released: 1975-08-04

Macarthy is a country town football champ who is kidnapped in a neon lit helicopter by tyrant...

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The Avengers

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-01-07

The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....

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The Saint

as The Doctor
First aired: 1962-10-04

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...

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The Flying Doctors

as Dr. Frank Turner
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 Dr. Turner
First aired: 1986-05-15

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

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The Prisoner

as Flowerman
First aired: 1967-09-29

After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but...

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Out of This World

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-06-30

Out of This World is a British science fiction anthology television series made by ABC...

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Brides of Christ

as Bishop
First aired: 1991-09-04

Diane, a young woman growing up in Australia in the mid 1960s, walks away from her fiancé to...

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The Boy in the Bush

as Mr. George
First aired: 1984-02-09

n the 1880s, Jack Grant, a young Englishman, has been sent by his parents to make a new life in...

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Cash and Company

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-05-26

Cash and Company was an Australian television period adventure series, set during the Victorian...

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