Paul Cronin

Paul Cronin (8 July 1938 – 13 September 2019)

As a young man Cronin moved to Melbourne where he worked in a variety of jobs. After actively seeking an acting career, he performed in various Crawford Productions including Division 4 and Homicide. Cronin appeared as motorcycle policeman Gary Hogan in the Crawford Productions drama Matlock Police (1971–1976), followed by its spin-off Solo One (1976). He played the central character of Dave Sullivan in the popular soap opera The Sullivans from 1976 to 1983.

In 1986 Cronin led a consortium with

Biography

Cronin was born on 8 July 1938 in Jamestown, South Australia, and grew up in a farming family.^[4] After leaving school, Cronin became a farmer himself. He married Helen Kinnear in 1959. The couple had four daughters: twins Katherine and Jane, followed by Susanne and Juliana.^[1][5] Cronin was educated at Rostrevor College.^[6]

As an athlete he had participated in the

Cronin eventually moved to Melbourne where he worked as a truck driver and a draftsman.^[9] It was at this time that he acted in various Crawford Productions including Division 4 and Homicide.^[8]

His wife Helen Margaret Kinnear died in 2013.^[8][10]

Career

After playing several small roles, in 1971, Cronin appeared as motorcycle policeman Gary Hogan in the Crawford Productions drama Matlock Police (1971–1976).^[4] After that series ended he continued the role in the spin-off Solo One (1976), a series continuing Hogan's motorcycle police officer exploits.^[11][7]

After Matlock Police came the central character of Dave Sullivan, a family patriarch in the soap opera The Sullivans.

In the 1980s he appeared in a series of television advertisements against drunk driving with a tagline question "Would you let a friend drive home if he's had too much to drink?".^[9]

In 1998 Cronin replaced Channel Nine voice-over man Pete Smith as the alternative co-host on radio 3AW's Nightline and Remember When programs.^[12]

In 2008, he was the host of the fourth series of