Andrew Clarke (actor)

Andrew Clarke
Born	1954 (age 69–70) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation	Actor

Andrew Clarke (born 1954) is an Australian actor most known for his television work. Andrew Clarke was one of the most popular Australian actors in the 1980s and 1990s. He is also a two-time

winner.

Career

Andrew Clarke began his career in theatre. His theatre credits include Macbeth, The Winter's Tale, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Cherry Orchard, Long Day's Journey into Night, The Glass Menagerie, The Devil's Advocate, Waiting for Godot and Under Milk Wood.

He has had several high-profile roles in television movies, series and mini-series, including starring in the popular series Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River ("Snowy River: The McGregor Saga") as Matt McGregor for four seasons from 1993-1996. He also starred in an episode of Halifax f.p. in 1999.

Other television roles included a short stint in

, which was short-lived and ran for one season with 39 episodes.

Other major roles have been in the 1985 mini-series

.

Clarke had a starring role as sleuth

. It did not make the fall schedule; instead, CBS decided to show it and have viewers call in and vote to put it on the schedule. About 44,000 people called in, with more than 40,000 of them voting in favour of the show. These numbers did not sway CBS, especially since the show did not fare well against whatever was playing on the other two networks that night, and it declined to purchase any future episodes.

Clarke also appeared in the movie

Clarke portrayed Horatio Wills, father of cricketer and Australian rules football pioneer Tom Wills, in a documentary about the latter's life. It was first screened publicly in 2014 and had its television debut in 2016.

Clarke played football at a high level, is a keen tennis player and runs. He was romantically involved with Victoria Tennant, an actress and former wife of actor Steve Martin in the mid nineties.^[3]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Type
1981	Cop Shop	Max Saunders / Mervyn Young	TV series, 12 episodes
1981	The Sullivans	Detective King	TV series, 4 episodes
1982	Prisoner	Geoff Maynard	TV series, 5 episodes
1982	Sara Dane	Arrogant Officer	TV miniseries, 1 episode
1982	Taurus Rising	Mike Brent	TV series
1983	A Country Practice	Des Ward	TV series, 2 episodes
1983-84	Sons and Daughters	Terry Hansen	TV series, 99 episodes
1985	Anzacs	Martin Barrington	TV miniseries, 5 episodes
1985	A Thousand Skies	Charles Ulm	TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1986	The Fast Lane	Bill	TV series, 1 episode
1986	Sword of Honour	Tony Lawrence	TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1987	The Saint in Manhattan	Simon Templar	TV pilot
1989	Rafferty's Rules	Peter Rudd	TV series , 1 episode
1989	E Street	Dr Ben Stewart	TV series, 1 episode
1989, 1990	Mission: Impossible	Carter / Captain O'Neill	TV series, 2 episodes
1990	Flair	Philip Harmon	TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1991	The Private War of Lucinda Smith	Lieutenant Andrews	TV miniseries
1991	For the Love of Mike	Geoffrey Masters	TV series, 1 episodes
1991-92	The Girl from Tomorrow	Mr James Rooney	TV miniseries, 24 episodes
1992	The Adventures of Skippy	Sonny Hammond	TV series, 39 episodes
1994-96	Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River (aka "Snowy River: The McGregor Saga")	Matt McGregor	TV series, 4 seasons, 65 episodes
1995	Frontline	Ed Forbes, the Executive Producer	TV series, 1 episode
1998	State Coroner	Colin Docker	TV series, 14 episodes
1999	Halifax f.p.	Gary Preston	TV series, 1 episode
2000	SeaChange	Dave Drury	TV series, 1 episode
2001	Crash Zone	Keenan Reid	TV series, 1 episode
2001	Blonde	Laurence Olivier	TV miniseries
2001-03	Always Greener	Derek Unn	TV series, 38 episodes
2002	Blue Heelers	Digby Riggs	TV series, 1 episode
2004	Fergus McPhail	Ben Cameron	TV series, 2 episodes
2005	Neighbours	Alex Kinski	TV series, 11 episodes
2011	Killing Time	Geoff Flatman	TV series, 1 episode
2011	Wild Boys	Trooper 2	TV series, 2 episodes
2014	The Doctor Blake Mysteries	Brendan Ross	TV series, 1 episode
2015	Glitch	Don Sharp	TV series, 1 episodes

Film

Year	Title	Role	Type
1981	The Homicide Squad	Detective Ambrose Alexander	TV movie
1987	Les Patterson Saves the World	Neville Thonge	Feature film
1987	The Last of the Mohicans	Voice	Animated TV movie
1988	Outback Bound	Bill Wellesley	TV movie
2000	Her Iliad	Frank	Short film
2001	Dalkeith	Judge Proctor	Feature film
2012	6 Plots	Gary Hart	Feature film
2016	Tom Wills	Horatio Wills	TV movie

Theatre

Year	Title	Role
	Macbeth
	The Winter's Tale
	Arsenic and Old Lace
	The Cherry Orchard
	Long Day's Journey into Night
	The Glass Menagerie
	The Devil's Advocate
	Waiting for Godot
	Under Milk Wood

Awards

Andrew Clarke has won two

Logie Awards.^[2]

The awards were for:

• Most Popular Actor in a miniseries for his role in Anzacs^[1]
• Most Popular Actor in a miniseries for his role in
  Sword of Honour

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Anzacs review
2. ^ ^{a b} 1986 - Andrew Clarke Archived 1 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ Smarty pants

External links

• Andrew Clarke at
  IMDb