John Frawley (actor)
Australian actor
John Mortimer Frawley (18 August 1929 – 3 March 1999) was an Australian character actor with numerous stage, television and film credits to his name, he also worked in the United Kingdom.
He is not to be confused with another actor named John Frawley who had an uncredited role in the Lesley Selander 1948 US western film Panhandle (film).
Early career
Frawley started his professional career in theatre productions from 1955, including a lengthy national tour of Shakespeares Twelfth Night and later performed in King Lear.
He started his television career in the United Kingdom during the 1960s, which included appearing in episodes of The Prisoner and espionage series The Avengers.
Films
Frawley appeared in several small roles in Australian films during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. His film roles of the 1970s included football comedy The Great Macarthy (1975) starring John Jarratt. the Fred Schepisi coming of age drama The Devil's Playground and adventure film Eliza Fraser (both 1976).
Others were mystery drama The Last Wave (1977) alongside Richard Chamberlain, thriller The Night the Prowler and family film Blue Fin (both 1978).
His 1980's films included the horror film Harlequin (1980) with Robert Powell, Annie's Coming Out (1984), Call Me Mr. Brown (1986) and comedy Backstage (1988) with Laura Branigan.
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