Alan Cassell
Born: 1932-02-16 in Manchester, UK
Died: 2017-08-30
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alan Cassell (born 1932) was an Australian actor, born in the UK and best known for his roles in film and television. Cassell was one of the actors who worked in Bruce Beresford's early Australian films. Film credits include:Money Movers, Cathy's Child (for which he was nominated for "Best Actor"), Squizzy Taylor, Breaker Morant, Puberty Blues and The Club. His most recent films are The Honorable Wally Norman and Strange Bedfellows. TV roles include: Taurus Rising, Special Squad, The Flying Doctors, The Power, The Passion, Blue Heelers, SeaChange, Stingers and MDA. Cassell commenced his acting career in WA and worked for many years as a stage Actor. Winning "Best Actor of the Year" for his role in "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" He later worked for the Sydney Theatre Company and the Melbourne Theatre Company. He was in the original cast of "Away" which toured to New York and appeared in "Sweet Bird of Youth" with Lauren Bacall for the Sydney Theatre Company. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Cassell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2004
- Strange Bedfellows as Stan Rogers
2003
- The Honourable Wally Norman as Willy Norman
1994
- Halifax f.p. as Doctor Wallace
- Janus as Chief Justice
1993
1992
- Bony as Sgt. Yeates
1988
- Mission: Impossible as Dr Wolfgang Gerstner
- The Four Minute Mile as Gordon Landy
- Midnight Dancer as Belinda's Father
- Touch the Sun: Princess Kate as Bob McLelland
1987
- Rafferty's Rules as Bill Ryan
- Vietnam as John Gorton
1986
- The Flying Doctors as Robert Freeman
- The Big Hurt
1984
- Special Squad
- The Fire in the Stone as Robbie
- The Settlement as Lohan
1982
- Sara Dane as Governor Phillip
- The Highest Honour as Lieutenant Ted Carse
- Squizzy Taylor as Det. Brophy
- The Dark Room as Ray Sangster
1981
- Puberty Blues as Mr. Vickers
1980
- Breaker Morant as Lord Kitchener
- Harlequin as Mr. Porter
- The Club as Gerry Cooper
1979
- Cathy's Child as Dick Wordley
1978
- Money Movers as Sammy Ross
- The Newman Shame
1975
- Plugg as Herman Cavanagh