John Meillon

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-05-01 (55 years old)

Deathday

1989-08-11

Place of Birth

Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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 t...

Acting

1962

Billy Budd

as Neil Kincaid, Maintopman

1966

1971

Wake in Fright

as Charlie

1975

1988

Crocodile Dundee II

as Walter Reilly

1986

Crocodile Dundee

as Walter Reilly

1977

The Picture Show Man

as Maurice 'Pop' Pym

1971

Walkabout

as Man

1964

633 Squadron

as Flight Lieutenant Gillibrand

1974

1982

Heatwave

as Freddy Dwyer

1975

Ride a Wild Pony

as Charles E. Quayle

1961

Offbeat

as Johnny Hemick

1974

The Dove

as Tim

1986

Frenchman's Farm

as Bill Dolan

1984

The Wild Duck

as Old Ackland

1984

The Camel Boy

as (voice)

1957

1962

The Valiant

as Bedford

1976

1987

Bullseye

as Merritt

1964

1978

Shimmering Light

as Eric Stuart

1960

The Sundowners

as Bluey Brown

1965

Dead Man's Chest

as Johnnie Gordon

1962

Death Trap

as Ross Williams

1988

1986

The Blue Lightning

as Dr. William Giles

1965

Sucker Bait

as Dr. Sheffield

1989

Tripe

as Father

1959

On the Beach

as Ralph Swain

1986

King Solomon's Mines

as Captain John Good (voice)

1985

The Dunera Boys

as Brig. Templeton

1963

Cairo

as willy

1961

Watch It, Sailor!

as Albert Tufnell

1962

The Longest Day

as RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)

1977

Born to Run

as Delaney

1963

The Running Man

as Jim Jerome

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