Known For
Acting
Born
May 01, 1934
Died
Aug 11, 1989
Place of Birth
Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Credits
65 titles
John Meillon
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Meillon (1 May 1934 – 11 August 1989) was an legendary Australian actor, most widely known outside Australia for his role as Walter Reilly in the films Crocodile Dundee and Crocodile Dundee II. He also voiced Victoria Bitter beer commercials until his death. Meillon was born in Mosman, Sydney. He began his acting career at the age of eleven in the ABC's radio serial "Stumpy", and made his first stage appearance the following year. He joined the Shakespeare Touring Company when he was sixteen. Like many actors of his generation from 1959 to 1965 he worked in England. He had a recurring role in the TV series My Name's McGooley, What's Yours?. He featured in two episodes of "Skippy" in 1968 and 1969 appearing as "Nimble Norris". In 1976 he won the AFI Award for Best Actor for his role of 'Casey' in the film The Fourth Wish (1976). With his rich baritone, Meillon was used extensively in voice over work- the most famous being his work as the "you can get it any old how" Victoria Bitter narrator. He married Australian actress June Salter in 1958. They were divorced in 1971. They had one son, John Meillon, Jr. He then married actress Bunny Gibson ("Rita the Eta Eater") on 5 April 1972: they also had a son. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Meillon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Filmography
Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee
Self
Over There
Tripe
Father
Outback Bound
Nobby
Crocodile Dundee II
Walter Reilly
The Everlasting Secret Family
The Judge
Bullseye
Merritt
Crocodile Dundee
Walter Reilly
The Blue Lightning
Dr. William Giles
Frenchman's Farm
Bill Dolan
King Solomon's Mines
Captain John Good (voice)
The Man in the Iron Mask
Porthos
The Dunera Boys
Brig. Templeton
The Camel Boy
(voice)
The Wild Duck
Old Ackland
Scales of Justice
Barnes
The Dismissal
Sir John Kerr
Heatwave
Freddy Dwyer
Timelapse
Premier Dakin
Shimmering Light
Eric Stuart
Father, Dear Father
George Randall
Born to Run
Delaney
The Picture Show Man
Maurice 'Pop' Pym
The Fourth Wish
Casey
Inn of the Damned
George Parr
Ride a Wild Pony
Charles E. Quayle
Sidecar Racers
Ocker
The Cars That Ate Paris
The Mayor
The Dove
Tim
The Evil Touch
Sunstruck
Wake in Fright
Charlie
Walkabout
Man
Riptide
Luke Russell
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
Nimble Norris
My Name's McGooley, What's Yours?
They're a Weird Mob
Dennis
Sucker Bait
Dr. Sheffield
Dead Man's Chest
Johnnie Gordon
Out of the Unknown
Dr. Sheffield
The Troubleshooters
Conway
Guns at Batasi
Aussie
633 Squadron
Flight Lieutenant Gillibrand
The Running Man
Jim Jerome
Cairo
willy
Billy Budd
Neil Kincaid, Maintopman
Death Trap
Ross Williams
Man of the World
Major Teong
The Longest Day
RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
The Valiant
Bedford