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John Meillon

John Meillon

Birthday: 1934-05-01 | Place of Birth: Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

​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

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2012
Wake in Fright

as    Charlie

1989
The Everlasting Secret Family

as    The Judge

1988
Crocodile Dundee II

as    Walter Reilly

1986
Frenchman's Farm

as    Bill Dolan

1986
The Blue Lightning

as    Dr. William Giles

1986
Crocodile Dundee

as    Walter Reilly

1976
The Cars That Ate Paris

as    The Mayor

1971
Walkabout

as    Man

1965
Dead Man's Chest

as    Johnnie Gordon

1964
633 Squadron

as    Flight Lieutenant Gillibrand

1962
1961
Offbeat

as    Johnny Hemick

1960
The Sundowners

as    Bluey Brown

1959
On the Beach

as    Ralph Swain