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Frank Gallacher
Born(1943-04-07)7 April 1943
Victoria
, Australia
NationalityBritish
Australian
OccupationActor
Years active1967–2009

Frank Gallacher (7 April 1943 – 23 February 2009) was a Scottish-Australian actor.

Early life

Gallacher was born in

Queensland Theatre Company.[1]

Career

In 1977, Gallacher was in Melbourne, performing in David Williamson's play The Club, and he remained with the Melbourne Theatre Company from then on. In 2005, he played Lear in the MTC production of King Lear.[1]

He was well known in the 1970s for his television roles in Shannon's Mob and The Lost Islands.

His film roles included Proof (1991), Dark City (1998), Till Human Voices Wake Us (2002), Peter Pan (2003), One Perfect Day (2004) and December Boys (2007).[2]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1979
The John Sullivan Story
 Stipra TV film
1981 The Homicide Squad Det Sgt Jerry Harris TV film
1982 Heatwave Dick Molnar Feature film
1983 Goodbye Paradise Keith Feature film
1988 Raw Silk Johnson TV film
1989 The Humpty Dumpty Man Gerry Shadlow TV film
1991 Proof Vet Feature film
1991 Deadly Mick Thornton Feature film
1993 Hammers Over the Anvil Mr. Thomas the Preacher Feature film
1992 A Royal Commission into the Australian Economy Malcolm Turnbull TV film
1993 Kill or Be Killed Gary Feature film
1994 Dallas Doll Stephen Sommers Feature film
1996 Mr. Reliable Don Ferguson Feature film
1996 Cody: Fall from Grace Duncan White TV film
1997 Amy Dr Urquhart Feature film
1997 One Way Ticket Macca TV film
1998 Dark City Chief Inspector Stromboli Feature film
2000 Muggers Det. Sgt. Kernahan Feature film
2001 Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story Schenk TV movie
2001 Like It Is Doc Keenan Short film
2002 Black and White Justice Reed Feature film
2002 Till Human Voices Wake Us Maurie Lewis Feature film
2003 Ain't Got No Jazz David Mann Short film
2003 Peter Pan Alsatian Fogarty (Pirate Crew) Feature film
2004 One Perfect Day Malcolm Feature film
2006 Stepfather of the Bride Ian Feature film
2007 Curtin Jack Beasley TV film
2007 December Boys Father Scully Feature film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1967 Bellbird TV series
1973 Boney Barman TV series, 1 episode
1973 Number 96 Hank TV series, 1 episode
1973 Seven Little Australians Postman TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1974 Division 4 Glen Evans / Joe Bianchi TV series, 2 episodes
1974 Matlock Police Martin Ross-Smith TV series, 1 episode
1974 Silent Number Barney TV series, 1 episode
1975 Ben Hall 'Goobang' Mick Connolly TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1975 Homicide Sydney Green TV series, 1 episode
1975-76 Shannon's Mob Michael Jamieson TV series, 13 episodes
1976 Rush James McNeilly TV series, 1 episode
1976 Bluey Jules TV series, 1 episode
1976 The Outsiders Sgt Peter Blakely TV series, 1 episode
1976 The Lost Islands Quig, Quad's henchman TV series, 24 episodes
1978 Against the Wind Will Price TV miniseries, 11 episodes
1979 Prisoner Paul Bentley TV series, 2 episodes
1979 Twenty Good Years Geoff Wilson TV series, 1 episode
1980 Locusts and Wild Honey Jan TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1980 Young Ramsay Dave Foster TV series, 1 episode
1980 Secret Valley Dan McCormack TV series, 1 episode
1980 The Coast Town Kids Len Wolding TV pilot
1980 Water Under the Bridge Luigi Mazzini TV miniseries, 1 episode
1980 The Last Outlaw Detective Ward TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1978-81 Cop Shop Robert Harris / Stephen Morris / Vitoria Rossi / Robert Clements / Vince Reed / John Maynard TV series, 9 episodes
1981 Bellamy Flanagan TV miniseries, 1 episode
1982 Winner Take All Mangione TV miniseries, 10 episodes
1983 Carson's Law Dr Hellman TV series, 2 episodes
1983 All the Rivers Run Mac TV miniseries, 6 episodes
1983 Under Capricorn Quaife TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1984 Waterfront Paddy Ryan TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1984 A Country Practice Reggie Russell TV series, 2 episodes
1984 Banjo's Australia Reader TV special
1986 A Fortunate Life Bill Oliver TV ministry, 1 episode
1986 The Flying Doctors Harry Morgan TV series, 1 episode
1986 The Great Bookie Robbery Inspector Castleway TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1987 The Shiralee Beauty TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1988 Rafferty's Rules Louis D'Oering TV series, 1 episode
1991 Boys from the Bush Gavin TV series, 1 episode
1991 Brides of Christ Irish Dean TV miniseries, 1 episode
1992 Cluedo Detective Sergeant Bogong TV series, 21 episodes
1993
Seven Deadly Sins
 Elliot TV series, 1 episode
1995 The Damnation of Harvey McHugh Sergeant Dale TV miniseries, 1 episode
1995 Janus Haines TV series, 1 episode
1995
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga
 Grady Hocking TV series, 1 episode
1996 The Bite Larry Schofield TV series, 2 episodes
1998 The Violent Earth Father Moissan TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1998 Driven Crazy Morris TV series, 1 episode
1998 Small Tales and True Professor Francis Goodrich TV series, 1 episode
1994-2001 Blue Heelers Don 'Pop' Watson / Geoff Garrick TV series, 3 episodes
2000-04 Stingers William Franks / Jack Conrad TV series, 2 episodes
2001 Horace and Tina Horace TV series, 26 episodes
2002 Marshall Law Frank Dellabosca TV miniseries, 8 episodes
2004 Fergus McPhail MacCorkindale TV series, 1 episode
2005 MDA Dr. Rupert Carr TV series, 4 episodes
2006 Two Twisted Pierce Bristow TV series
2007 All Saints Bruce Campion TV series, 1 episode
2009 Tangle Pat Mahady TV series, season 1, 7 episodes

Stage

As actor

Year Title Role Notes
1970 Wait Until Dark SGIO Theatre
1971 The Wind in the Sassafras Trees SGIO Theatre
1971 The Legend of King O'Malley New South Wales, Playhouse Canberra, Queensland, SGIO Theatre
1972 Lock Up Your Daughters SGIO Theatre
1972 Assault with a Deadly Weapon SGIO Theatre
1972 The Schoolmistress SGIO Theatre
1972 Twelfth Night Sir Toby Belch SGIO Theatre
1972 The Ruling Class SGIO Theatre
1972 Rooted Attic Theatre, Toowoomba
1973 Goldilocks and the Four Bears R. Certificate Ensemble Theatre
1973–74 A Hard God Nimrod Street Theatre, Playhouse Canberra
1974 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Roo SGIO Theatre[3]
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Randle McMurphy SGIO Theatre
1975–76 An Evening with Robert Burns SGIO Theatre, Playhouse Adelaide
1976 The Last of the Knucklemen Mad Dog Playhouse Adelaide, Maitland Town Hall, Port Pirie Town Hall, Whyalla Institute, Port Lincoln Civic Hall, Cowell Institute, Port Augusta College, Woomera Village Theatre, Peterborough Town Hall, Gladstone Hall, Clare Town Hall
1976 Cowboys #2 Playhouse Adelaide
1976 Old King Cole Faz Playhouse Adelaide
1977 Revenge Adam Hepple Sheridan Theatre, Adelaide
1977 The Club Ted Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
1977 Cop Out Linton Doyle Russell Street Theatre
1979 Thérèse Raquin Laurent ABC Radio Melbourne
1979 Paradise Disdained Commisar ABC Radio Melbourne
1978 Mixed Doubles Stables Theatre
1979 Resting Place Stables Theatre
1979 Night Stables Theatre
1979 The Lawyer Stables Theatre
1979 The Vicar Stables Theatre
1979 Dirty Linen McTeazle, M.P. Playbox Theatre, Melbourne
1979 America Hurrah Stables Theatre
1980 The Seagull Trigorin Monash University
1980 Piaf Leplee Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
1983 Antony and Cleopatra Mark Antony Playbox Theatre, Melbourne
1984 A Fortunate Life Playhouse, Melbourne
1984 Pax Americana Playhouse, Melbourne
1984 The Curse of the Werewolf Playhouse, Melbourne
1985 Visions Russell Street Theatre
1985 A Midsummer Night's Dream Theseus / Oberon Sidney Myer Music Bowl
1985 Glengarry Glen Ross Russell Street Theatre
1985 Benefactors Russell Street Theatre
1987 Shimada Russell Street Theatre
1987 Twelfth Night Orsino Playhouse, Melbourne
1987–88 The Rivers of China Gurdjieff Wharf Theatre, Playhouse, Melbourne
1987 The Three Musketeers Athos Playhouse, Melbourne
1988 Tristram Shandy – Gent Dr Slop / Samson / German Scholar Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
1988 Serious Money Russell Street Theatre, Wharf Theatre
1988 The Proposal 
& A Respectable Wedding || || Russell Street Theatre
1989 Mother Courage Bridge Theatre, Coniston
1989 Macbeth Playhouse, Melbourne
1989 Dreams in an Empty City Playhouse, Melbourne
1989 Burn This Pale Russell Street Theatre
1990 The Tempest Playhouse, Melbourne
1990 A Christmas Carol Russell Street Theatre
1991 The Crucible Playhouse, Melbourne
1991 Uncle Vanya Russell Street Theatre
1991 The Cherry Orchard University of Wollongong
1992 Othello Playhouse, Melbourne
1992 A View from the Bridge Eddie Carbone Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
1992–93 Death and the Maiden Roberto Wharf Theatre, Russell Street Theatre, Playhouse Theatre Perth, Space Theatre, Adelaide, Sydney Opera House
1994 Someone Who'll Watch Over Me Edward Russell Street Theatre, West Gippsland Arts Centre, Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Monash University with Melbourne Theatre Company
1994 The Lady from the Sea Russell Street Theatre
1994 A Flea in Her Ear Playhouse, Melbourne
1995 Arcadia Playhouse, Melbourne
1996 Skylight Cremorne Theatre, West Gippsland Arts Centre, Monash University, Space Theatre, Adelaide, The Capital - Bendigo's Performing Arts Centre, Geelong Performing Arts Centre
1996 Miss Bosnia General Jaz Fairfax Studio, Melbourne, West Gippsland Arts Centre, Monash University, Canberra Theatre, The Capital - Bendigo's Performing Arts Centre, Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Gold Coast Arts Centre with Melbourne Theatre Company
1997 Dealer's Choice Fairfax Studio, Melbourne
1997 Wait Until Dark Roat Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
1998 A Doll's House Fairfax Studio, Melbourne
1998 The Piccadilly Bushman Mick O'Shea Malthouse Theatre
1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley Herbert Greenleaf Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
1999 The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Arturo Playhouse, Melbourne
2000 Death of a Salesman Willy Loman Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
2001 Holy Day Wakefield Dunstan Playhouse, Malthouse Theatre
2002 The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union Belvoir Street Theatre
2002 Proof Robert Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
2003–04 Frozen Ralph Fairfax Studio, Melbourne, Wharf 1 Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2003 The Lieutenant of Inishmore Donny Belvoir Street Theatre
2004 A Number Space Theatre, Adelaide, Brisbane Powerhouse
2005 King Lear Lear Malthouse Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
2008 The Soldier's Tale Sacred Heart Chapel, Melbourne

As director

Year Title Role Notes
1986 Glengarry Glen Ross Director Sydney Opera House
1989 The Chocolate Frog and The Old Familiar Juice Director Church Theatre, Hawthorn
1991 A Royal Commission into the Australian Economy Director Universal Theatre, Space Theatre, Adelaide
1991 Sunday Lunch Director Russell Street Theatre
1998 I Do! I Do! Director Capers Cabaret, Hawthorn

[4]

Personal life

Gallacher was married to wife Belinda, and had two children, Conor and Brigid, and a sister Eileen. [5]

Death

Gallacher passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in a Melbourne hospital on 23rd February 2009, at the age of 65.

References

  1. ^ a b "All hail the king". The Age. 6 July 2005. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ISBN 978-0786441747
    .
  3. ^ https://xsentertainme.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/summer-of-the-seventeenth-doll-opens-thursday/
  4. ^ https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/2635
  5. ^ https://www.australianstage.com.au/200902252271/news/industry-news/frank-gallacher-passes-away.html

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