Brian Thomas Wenzel was an Australian actor, comedian, director and singer.
19 Facts About Brian Wenzel
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Brian Wenzel was in the entertainment business itinerantly for some 60 years, including circus, stage, television and film.
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Brian Wenzel was briefly a cast member of Rove Live in 2009.
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Brian Wenzel grew up in Western suburbs of Adelaide including Mile End, Thebarton.
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Brian Wenzel subsequently appeared in numerous stage roles, musicals, pantomime and children's theatre, including productions of Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, The Imaginary Invalid and Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.
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Brian Wenzel worked with the Adelaide Festival of Arts and the South Australian Theatre Company.
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In 1972, he and his wife Linda moved to Sydney in order for Brian Wenzel to do full-time acting.
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Brian Wenzel appeared in the series from its inception in 1981, winning a Silver Logie for his role.
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Brian Wenzel had a guest role playing a NSW Police officer in the series Home Sweet Home with John Bluthal.
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Brian Wenzel became very popular with the NSW Police due to his role as Sgt Gilroy.
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Brian Wenzel was once presented with a leather police jacket from former commissioner John Avery as the fictional country town of Wandin Valley was located in New South Wales.
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Brian Wenzel did not reprise his role as Frank Gilroy when A Country Practice was revived for a single season in 1994.
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Brian Wenzel appeared in many Australian films during the 1970s and 1980s, including Caddie, The Odd Angry Shot and Alison's Birthday.
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Brian Wenzel appeared in the 2014 crime thriller John Doe: Vigilante.
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Brian Wenzel was a semi-recurring presence on the Rove McManus light entertainment series Rove Live in 2009.
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The advertisement created much controversy and Brian Wenzel was featured on A Current Affair, defending the advertisement and stating that he was "an actor and this is what I do" and being thrown into the spotlight after almost 15 years out of it.
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Brian Wenzel was married to his English-born wife Linda Brian Wenzel for 70 years.
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Brian Wenzel was an Australia Day ambassador for the state of Victoria and a lifelong supporter of the Carlton Football Club.
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Brian Wenzel went into an Adelaide nursing home in September 2022 with dementia, and died on 6 May 2024, at the age of 94.