Martin Vaughan

Born: 1931-06-05

Martin Vaughan (5 June 1931 – October 2022) was an Australian stage, television and film actor and musician. He is best known for appearing in the film Phar Lap as trainer Harry Telford and the lead role in the award-winning 26-part 1976 television miniseries Power Without Glory. Vaughan had a supporting role in the ABC series Rake, which was his final TV appearance. He retired in 2013 and spent the last decade of his life writing.


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Picnic at Hanging Rock

as Ben Hussey
Released: 1975-09-02

In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day,...

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Phar Lap

as Harry Telford
Released: 1983-08-11

Phar Lap, the big bold chestnut reigned as the king of the turf in the depression that gripped...

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Australian Rules

as Darcy
Released: 2002-03-05

Friends Gary Black (Nathan Phillips) and Dumby Red (Luke Carroll) are on the same football team...

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The Dam

as John
Released: 2016-08-17

A lifelong friendship is under siege when two mature Australian men visit the monolithic dam...

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The Magic Pudding

as Parrot (voice)
Released: 2000-12-14

Meet Albert, The Magic Pudding, Bunyip Bluegum, a splendid young koala and his seafaring friends...

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We of the Never Never

as Dan
Released: 1982-11-04

Based on the well-loved Australian classic by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn, this is the remarkable true...

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Alison's Birthday

as Mr. Martin
Released: 1981-05-01

During a Ouija board session with her teenaged friends, 16-year-old Alison gets a message from...

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Snowblind

as Grandfather
Released: 2014-02-10

Jack is utterly fed up with living at home. He longs for love, freedom and the music by KISS.

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Kokoda Crescent

as Eric
Released: 1989-06-01

The grandson of a war veteran is found dead from an overdose of heroin. He and his old army...

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The Winds of Jarrah

as Ben
Released: 1983-06-01

Australia 1946. A young woman escapes from an unhappy affair to become tutor to three children...

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Encounters

as uncredited
Released: 1993-01-01

Madaline is troubled by the recurring visions of her past. The comfort of her envious life and...

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No Mail

as Tom Short
Released: 2006-11-01

Small minds in a small town attempt to ostracize the local Muslim postman and their actions...

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Constance

as Alexander Elsworthy
Released: 1985-05-30

Constance is a bored, movie-loving schoolteacher in post-WW2 New Zealand who begins to fantasize...

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Danger Down Under

as Ginger McDowell
Released: 1988-03-14

The story of an American horse-breeder living in Australia who is the single father of three sons.

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Just Out Of Reach

as Father
Released: 1979-10-01

This short feature film begins with a suicide attempt by Cathy, and then follows by telling her...

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Billy and Percy

as Billy Hughes
Released: 1974-07-10

Australian docudrama based on the relationship between Prime Minister Billy Hughes and his...

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The Sparks Obituary

as Sparks
Released: 1978-01-02

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Emmerdale: The Dingles Down Under

as Crocodile Dingle
Released: 1997-11-17

When a young, wealthy Australian crashes (literally) into their lives and whisks them off to...

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Liebermans in the Sky

as Izzy Lieberman
Released: 2009-05-29

Alan Lieberman, a beleaguered water bed salesman, is having the worst day of his life.

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You and Me and Uncle Bob

as Bob
Released: 1992-02-02

Two children who play cupid to an unlikely older couple: a chorus girl and an unemployed butcher.

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Backs to the Blast: An Australian Nuclear Story

as Narrator
Released: 1981-06-01

A document of Australia's nuclear industrial history, from uranium mining and its toxic legacy...

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They Don't Clap Losers

as Martin
Released: 1975-07-10

Two single parents meet when their children appear in juvenile court.

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The Flying Doctors

as Ted Hudson
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 "Davo" Davidson
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 Whistler
First aired: 1986-05-15

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

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Cops L.A.C.

as Tim
First aired: 2010-09-02

Cops L.A.C. is a 2010 Australian television police drama, which screened on the Nine Network....

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Salem's Lot

as Ed 'Weasel' Craig
First aired: 2004-06-20

A dark terror has come to the picture-perfect town of Jerusalem's Lot, and it's up to a writer...

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Power Without Glory

as John West
First aired: 1976-06-21

Award-winning historical drama series which traces the life of John West from his impoverished...

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headLand

as Curly
First aired: 2005-11-15

Headland is an Australian drama television series produced by the Seven Network which ran from...

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