1. John Meillon was an Australian character actor known for dramatic as well as comedy roles.
13 Facts About John Meillon
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John Meillon portrayed Walter Reilly in the films Crocodile Dundee and Crocodile Dundee II.
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John Meillon appeared in several Australian New Wave films including Wake in Fright and The Cars That Ate Paris.
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John Meillon 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.
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John Meillon joined the John Alden Shakespeare Touring Company when he was sixteen.
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John Meillon appeared in a number of early Australian TV plays.
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John Meillon claimed that he learned discipline while working in theatre, and that television was not a good medium for training.
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John Meillon was featured in two episodes of Skippy in 1968 and 1969, appearing as 'Nimble Norris'.
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John Meillon was appointed an OBE in the 1979 Queen's Birthday Honours, for service to theatre.
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John Meillon married actress Bunny Gibson on 5 April 1972; they had a son.
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John Meillon continued to frequent the bar over the following decade, including visiting in the week before his death.
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John Meillon died from cirrhosis at Neutral Bay, Sydney, on 11 August 1989.
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John Meillon was posthumously awarded the Raymond Longford Lifetime Achievement Award.