John Meillon
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
60
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-05-01 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Acting

2005

Over There as Not available

1989

Tripe as Father

1988

Crocodile Dundee II as Walter Reilly

1988

Outback Bound as Nobby

1987

Bullseye as Merritt

1986

Crocodile Dundee as Walter Reilly

1986

The Blue Lightning as Dr. William Giles

1986

Frenchman's Farm as Bill Dolan

1986

King Solomon's Mines as Captain John Good (voice)

1985

The Dunera Boys as Brig. Templeton

1985

The Man in the Iron Mask as Porthos

1984

The Wild Duck as Old Ackland

1984

The Camel Boy as (voice)

1983

Scales of Justice as Barnes

1983

The Dismissal as Sir John Kerr

1982

Heatwave as Freddy Dwyer

1978

Father, Dear Father as George Randall

1978

Shimmering Light as Eric Stuart

1977

The Picture Show Man as Maurice 'Pop' Pym

1977

Born to Run as Delaney

1976

The Fourth Wish as Casey

1975

Ride a Wild Pony as Charles E. Quayle

1975

Sidecar Racers as Ocker

1974

The Cars That Ate Paris as The Mayor

1974

The Dove as Tim

1973

The Evil Touch as Not available

1972

Sunstruck as Not available

1971

Wake in Fright as Charlie

1971

Walkabout as Man

1969

Riptide as Luke Russell

1968

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo as Nimble Norris

1968

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo as 'Nimble' Norris

1966

My Name's McGooley, What's Yours? as Not available

1966

They're a Weird Mob as Dennis

1965

The Troubleshooters as Conway

1965

Dead Man's Chest as Johnnie Gordon

1965

Sucker Bait as Dr. Sheffield

1964

633 Squadron as Flight Lieutenant Gillibrand

1964

Guns at Batasi as Aussie

1963

The Running Man as Jim Jerome

1963

Cairo as willy

1962

Man of the World as Not available

1962

The Longest Day as RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)

1962

Billy Budd as Neil Kincaid, Maintopman

1962

The Valiant as Bedford

1962

Death Trap as Ross Williams

1961

Watch It, Sailor! as Albert Tufnell

1961

Offbeat as Johnny Hemick

1960

The Sundowners as Bluey Brown

1959

No Hiding Place as Not available

1959

The Third Man as Bill

1959

One Step Beyond as Henry Soames

1959

On the Beach as Ralph Swain

1957

Rope as Not available

1956

Armchair Theatre as Michael Beckford

1956

Armchair Theatre as Harry Hopkins