John Frawley (actor)

John Frawley
Born	18 August 1929 Australia
Died	3 March 1999 (aged 69) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1948[1]-1996

John Frawley (18 August 1929 – 3 March 1999) was an Australian actor with a number of stage television and film credits to his name.^[2][3]

Career

Frawley started his professional career in 1948 in a film role^[1]and worked in theatre from 1955, including a lengthy tour of Twelfth Night, later he acted in King Lear^[4] 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.^[1][5] He returned to television in the 1980s and 1990s, including appearances in Prisoner (a.k.a. Prisoner: Cell Block H) and Brides of Christ.^[6]

Selected filmography

Film

• Flynn (1996) as Headmaster
• Dallas Doll (1994)
• Backstage (1988)
• Call Me Mr. Brown (1986) as Captain Howson
• The Humpty Dumpty Man (1986)
• Annie's Coming Out (1984) as Harding
• Harlequin (1980) as Dr Lovelock
• The Timeless Land (1980) as Governor King
• Blue Fin (1978)
• The Night, the Prowler (1978)
• The Last Wave (1977) as Policeman
• Eliza Fraser (1976) as Brown
• The Trespassers (1976)
• The Devil's Playground (1976) as Brother Celian
• The Great Macarthy (1975) as Webster

Television

• Brides of Christ (1991)
• Marion (1974) as Jamie Finnegan
• Prisoner (aka Prisoner: Cell Block H)
• Behind the Legend (1973) as Thomas Blamey
• The Prisoner (1960s)
• The Avengers (1960s)

References

1. "John Frawley | TV, Documentary and Other Appearances". AllMovie.
2. "John Frawley". BFI. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019.
3. "John Frawley | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
4. "John Frawley".
5. "John Frawley | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
6. "Prisoner: Cell Block H - episode 608". www.wwwentworth.co.uk.

Books:

• William K Halliwell, The Filmgoer's Guide to Australian Films, Angus & Robertson Publishers (1985) ISBN 0-207-15138-5

External links

• John Frawley at IMDb