1. John Stuart Gaden was born on 13 November 1941 and is an Australian actor and director known particularly for his stage career, although he has made some film and television appearances.
15 Facts About John Gaden
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John Gaden was born in Sydney where his father owned a successful legal practice, Gadens.
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John Gaden attended Cranbrook School, Sydney, where he performed in various school plays.
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Guthrie was impressed enough with Gaden to recommend him to Robin Lovejoy, who cast him in a production of The Crucible, which resulted in a positive review from The Sydney Morning Herald's theatre critic Harry Kippax, which in turn led to a three-year contract with the Old Tote Theatre Company.
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John Gaden has recorded audiobooks of British children's series Fireman Sam and Australian children's series Magic Mountain.
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John Gaden performed many roles with Sydney's Nimrod Theatre Company in the 1970s.
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From 1986 to 1989 John Gaden was artistic director of the State Theatre Company of South Australia based in Adelaide.
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John Gaden has appeared with the Belvoir St Theatre and the Queensland Theatre Company.
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John Gaden had a strong connection with novelist and playwright Patrick White.
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John Gaden performed in a 1980 ABC TV adaptation of White's play Big Toys, a 1985 production of his play Signal Driver: A Morality Play for the Times and the film of White's novel The Eye of the Storm.
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John Gaden would appear in ABC legal comedy Fisk, John Gaden was announced to return for the third series.
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John Gaden was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 1986 Australia Day Honours for his services to the performing arts.
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John Gaden was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia at the 2018 Australia Day Honours.
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John Gaden was won two Helpmann Awards for Best Male Actor in a Play: in 2001, for Yasmina Reza's The Unexpected Man, and in 2007, for The Lost Echo.
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John Gaden is divorced, and has a son and three grandchildren.