Andrew McFarlane (Australian actor)
| Andrew McFarlane | |
|---|---|
| Born |
6 June 1951 Albany, Western Australia |
| Occupation | actor |
Andrew McFarlane (born 6 June 1951) is an Australian actor with many stage and screen credits.[1]
Personal life
McFarlane was born in Albany, Western Australia. After the family moved to Melbourne he attended Camberwell Grammar School and was involved in school plays and school cadets. He has long been open about his homosexuality.[2][3]
Career
After making his TV debut in Crawfords police dramas Homicide and Matlock Police, he won a recurring on Division 4 before joining World War II soap opera The Sullivans as initially intellectual oldest son John Sullivan.[4] He left the series after eighteen months and in the storyline John was reported missing in action - the writers left his final fate unresolved in the hope McFarlane would return to the show. McFarlane returned to the role in the TV movie The John Sullivan Story.[1] The role gained McFarlane a Sammy Award for best supporting actor in a TV series in 1977.[5]
He later took the lead role in the miniseries The Flying Doctors, reprising the role in the ongoing series that followed. Again he left the series after 16 episodes at the height of its popularity. However, he returned in the fifth season for another 37 episodes. He also appeared in Rafferty's Rules as "Police Prosecutor Gibson". McFarlane has since played the father of Tasha Andrews in soap opera Home and Away and in 2005 played Bobby Hoyland in the soap opera Neighbours.[4]
He has also been a Play School presenter since 2000 [6] and was also one of Governor Phillip's people on Australian History on ABC. He acted in the TV series Spellbinder as Brian Reynolds, Paul's father and played Hugh Delaney in the miniseries The Alice. In 2009 he portrayed prominent Australian anti-drugs campaigner and murder victim Donald Mackay in the series Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities.[6]
McFarlane appeared in a musical for the first time in 2010 in Fame - the Musical at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney.[7]
McFarlane had regular or leading roles in television series Love Child in 2014, Devil's Playground and Glitch in 2015.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Break of Day | Tom Cooper | |
| 1981 | Doctors & Nurses | Milligan | |
| 1985 | I Can't Get Started | Freddy | |
| 1988 | Boulevard of Broken Dreams | Jonathon Lovel | |
| 1999 | Little White Lies | Mark Lynch | |
| 2007 | Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance | Trevor Morgan | |
| 2009 | Bourke Boy | John | Short |
| 2012 | Shadow Valley | Pastor Todd | Short |
| 2015 | Truth | Dick Hibey |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Matlock Police | Ben Reid | "Poppy and the Closet Junkie" |
| 1974 | Rush | Drake | "Lament the Days That Are Gone By" |
| 1974-75 | Division 4 | Const. Roger Wilson | Recurring role |
| 1976-77 | Sullivans, TheThe Sullivans | John Sullivan | Recurring role |
| 1977 | Born to Run | Doone Boyd | TV film |
| 1978 | Case for the Defence | Johnny | "Made for Each Other" |
| 1979 | John Sullivan Story, TheThe John Sullivan Story | John Sullivan | TV film |
| 1979-83 | Patrol Boat | Lt. David Keating | Main role |
| 1982 | 1915 | Robert Gillen | TV miniseries |
| 1986-91 | Flying Doctors, TheThe Flying Doctors | Dr. Tom Callaghan | Main role |
| 1988 | Rocks, TheThe Rocks | Det. Sgt. Mark Castelli | TV film |
| 1993 | Time Trax | George Whitman | "Fire and Ice" |
| 1993 | Paradise Beach | Gordon | TV series |
| 1993 | G.P. | Malcolm Henderson | "Living with the Past" |
| 1994 | Halifax f.p. | Owen Toser | "Acts of Betrayal" |
| 1995-97 | Spellbinder | Brian | Main role |
| 1997 | Heartbreak High | Jeff Scheppers | Recurring role |
| 1998 | Violent Earth, TheThe Violent Earth | Tom Sutton | TV miniseries |
| 1998 | Day of the Roses, TheThe Day of the Roses | Public Servant | TV miniseries |
| 1999 | All Saints | David Miller | "Truth and Consequences: Part 1 & 2" |
| 1999 | Murder Call | Adrian MacKerras | "Dead Offerings" |
| 1999 | Blue Heelers | Mark Powers | "The Price of Silence" |
| 1999 | Airtight | Conrad | TV film |
| 2000 | Water Rats | Patrick Kernaghan | "A Day to Remember (Break Your Heart)" |
| 2001 | Water Rats | Doug McLaren | "The Marrying Kind" |
| 2002 | Heroes' Mountain | Mike Sodergren | TV film |
| 2003 | Tempted | Mike | TV film |
| 2004 | Through My Eyes | John Phillips Q.C. | "1.1", "1.2" |
| 2004 | Alice, TheThe Alice | Hugh Delaney | TV film |
| 2004 | Home and Away | Ian Osbourne | "1.3849", "1.3868" |
| 2005 | Neighbours | Bobby Hyland | Recurring role |
| 2005 | Blue Water High | Warren | "Timing Is Everything" |
| 2005-06 | Alice, TheThe Alice | Hugh Delaney | Main role |
| 2008 | Emerald Falls | Dr. Henry Forbes | TV film |
| 2008 | Dream Life | Daniel | TV film |
| 2009 | Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities | Donald Mackay | "Aussie Bob & Kiwi Terry", "Bad Habits", "Business as Usual" |
| 2012 | Guess How Much I Love You | Big Nutbrown Hare / Otter (voice) | "Treasure Hunt" |
| 2012 | Singapore 1942 End of Empire | Lt. Col. Ian Stewart | Documentary |
| 2014 | Love Child | Jim Millar | "1.1", "1.2", "1.7" |
| 2014 | Janet King | Keith Nelson | "Overtime", "An Achilles Heel", "The Greatest Good" |
| 2014 | Place to Call Home, AA Place to Call Home | Dr. Milson | Recurring role |
| 2014 | Devil's Playground | Father Andrassi | TV miniseries ASTRA Award for Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor - Male |
| 2015 | Glitch | Vic Eastley | Regular role |
| 2016 | Black Comedy | Guest | "2.4" |
| 2016 | Cleverman | Geoff Matthews | Main role |
| 2016 | Code, TheThe Code | Neil | Regular role |
| 2016 | Hyde & Seek | Stuart Flanagan | Regular role |
References
- 1 2 Andrew McFarlane (IMDB)
- ↑ Playing it straight, 5 October 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2015
- ↑ "What I Know About Women", Sunday Life magazine, The Sunday Age, 21 June 2015, p. 30
- 1 2 1977 – Andrew McFarlane Archived 1 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ http://www.crawfords.com.au/awards/awards_sullivans.shtml
- 1 2 Andrew McFarlane (Donald Mackay)
- ↑ http://mosman-daily.whereilive.com.au/lifestyle/story/andrews-shot-at-fame/