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Dennis Miller (Australian actor)

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Dennis Miller
Born
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
OccupationActor
Years active1958-2000
Known forBellbird (TV series) (TV series) as Constable Des Davies
Blue Heelers (TV series) Sgt. Pat Doyle (recurring)
Spouse
(m. 1968; div. 1977)

Dennis Miller, is an Australian former stage, television and film actor, best known for roles in TV movies and series.[1] Miller started in the industry in 1958 and has acted in numerous television shows, he remained especially known for the ABC rural series Bellbird and recurring role on Blue Heelers as Ex-Sergeant Pat Doyle (1994–2000).[2]

Biography

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Miller born in Hobart, Tasmania in c. 1937, is notable for roles in serials such as Homicide, Matlock Police, The Flying Doctors, G.P., Stingers, A Country Practice and Water Rats and Elly & Jools.

He appeared in numerous films both theatrically released and made-for-TV, including The Everlasting Secret Family,[3][4] television movies, and miniseries, including A Cry in the Dark, Hoodwink, Scales of Justice, Kangaroo Palace, Stir, Starstruck and Colour in the Creek.

Personal life

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He was married to actress Elspeth Ballantyne from 1968 to 1977. They had two children.

He retired from the industry in 2000.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Type
1959 Outpost Corporal Mitch Mitchell TV film
1960 Uncle Martino Michel TV film
1960 Eye of the Night Ian Arnott TV film
1962 Manhuel TV film
1962 The One Day of the Year Hughie TV film
1963 A Piece of Ribbon TV film
1963 And the Big Men Fly Achillies Jones TV film
1965 Romanoff and Juliet Soldier TV film
1965 Otherwise Engaged Tom TV film
1968 Cobwebs in Concrete Scott Harland TV film
1971 Stork University Lecturer Feature film
1973 Alvin Purple Mr. Horwood Feature film
1973 President Wilson in Paris Colonel House TV film
1973 Brumby Innes Brumby Innes TV film
1974 The End Product Craven TV film
1975 The Great Macarthy MacGuinness Feature film
1976 Mad Dog Morgan Prison Boat Guard Feature film
1976 Eliza Fraser Frans Cook Film
1976 Murcheson Creek TV film
1979 The Last of the Knucklemen Horse Feature film
1979 The Journalist Junior Interviewer Feature film
1980 Stir Redford Feature film
1981 Hoodwink Ralph Film
1982 Heatwave Mick Davies Feature film
1982 Starstruck Lou Feature film
1982 A Most Attractive Man Mick Film
1983 Buddies Andy Film
1983 Platypus Cove Sergeant Don Bailey TV film
1984 Silver City Max Film
1985 I Live with Me Dad Joe Kazzirak TV film
1986 Frog Dreaming (aka The Quest) Mr. Cannon Feature film
1986 Shark's Paradise Inspector Rossiter TV film
1988 The Everlasting Secret Family Eric the Chauffeur Feature film
1988 Touch the Sun: Peter and Pompey Maxie Barbuto TV film
1988 The Riddle of the Stinson Flight Captain Rex Boyden TV film
1988 A Cry in the Dark (aka Evil Angels) Sturgess Feature film
1988 Emerald City Malcolm Bennett Film
1988 The Rocks Detective Snr. Constable Abbottson TV film
1993 Broken Highway Max O'Donnell Film
1996 The Last of the Ryans Harold TV film
1997 Kangaroo Palace Mr. Turner TV film
1997 One Way Ticket Alf TV film

Television

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Year Title Role Type
1966 Australian Playhouse The Boundary Driver/Fred Taylor TV series
1967 Adventures of the Seaspray Fred TV series
1967 Love and War Lieutenant TV miniseries, episode: "Man of Destiny"
1968 Contrabandits Steve Chambers TV series
1968-74 Bellbird Constable Des Davies TV series, 991 episodes
1969 Good Morning, Mr. Doubleday Ex-boyfriend TV series
1969 Riptide Jeff Challis TV series
1970-73 Homicide Gary Simms/Ronald Parker TV series
1971 Division 4 Constable Shaw TV series
1974 And the Big Men Fly Moola Barnes TV series
1974 Rush Brady TV series
1974 Number 96 Peter Wilson TV series
1975 Silent Number Byron TV series
1975 Scattergood: Friend of All TV series
1972-76 Matlock Police Norm Moore / Ted Sanders / Bernie Clay TV series
1981 I Can Jump Puddles Gunner TV miniseries
1982 Spring and Fall Phil TV series
1982 M.P.S.I.B Barney Blake TV series
1983 The Dismissal Gordon Scholes / The Second Speaker TV miniseries
1983 Scales of Justice Detective Sgt. Draffin TV miniseries
1982-84 A Country Practice Merve Winters / Ben Prescott / Ron Barnes TV series
1984 The Cowra Breakout Mick Murphy TV miniseries
1984 Special Squad Finch TV series
1984 Carson's Law Frank Stirling TV series
1985 Colour in the Creek John Fletcher TV miniseries
1985 Winners Ron Guthrie TV series
1986 The Great Bookie Robbery Edwards TV miniseries
1987 The Petrov Affair Eddie War TV miniseries
1988 The Dirtwater Dynasty Hasky Tarbox TV miniseries
1988 All the Way Ray Scott TV miniseries
1988 Rafferty's Rules Ronald Harvey TV series
1988 The Magistrate Roger Davies TV miniseries
1990 The Paper Man George Slater TV miniseries
1990 Elly & Jools Feral O'Farrell TV miniseries
1991 The Flying Doctors Greg Carpenter TV series
1991 Boys from the Bush Gabby TV series
1991 Col'n Carpenter TV series
1991 Chances Eddie Reynolds TV series
1995 G.P. Arthur Hardigan TV series
1995 Blue Murder Detective Inspector Bruce Kerrison TV miniseries
1997 Good Guys Bad Guys Rufus King TV series
1999 Stingers Detective Inspector Malcolm Harris TV series
1994-2000 Blue Heelers Detective Pat Doyle TV series

References

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  1. ^ "Dennis Miller". Australian Screen. National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Dennis Miller (II)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  3. ^ Maslin, Janet (1989). "Reviews/Film; An Australian Tale of Sex And the Power It Confers". NYTimes. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  4. ^ "The Everlasting Secret Family (1987)". bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 17 June 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2018.