Terry Gill

Terry Gill
Born	(1939-10-25)25 October 1939 England
Died	25 February 2015(2015-02-25) (aged 75) Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Occupations	Actor producer director writer theatre owner
Years active	1967–2011
Spouse	Carole Ann Gill (1962–2015, his death)
Children	2

Terry Gill (25 October 1939 – 25 February 2015) was an

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Early life

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Born in England, Gill never knew his father.^[2] He immigrated to Australia with his actress wife Carole Ann Gill.

Career

Gill was a recurring cast member in the women's prison drama Prisoner^[3] as Det. Insp. Jack Grace, a regular cast member as Sgt. Jack Carruthers in The Flying Doctors^[4] and played another recurring role in Blue Heelers as Superintendent Clive Adamson. He appeared in a guest role on Neighbours.

Gill appeared in Crocodile Dundee as the leader of a group of kangaroo shooters whom Dundee (Paul Hogan) fights in the Walkabout Creek Hotel bar, and later uses a dead kangaroo as a cover to shoot at the shooters and scare them. He portrayed Santa Claus on Australian TV's annual Carols by Candlelight for 27 years^[2] (in later years alongside well-known children's entertainers Hi-5 and Australian TV icon Humphrey B. Bear).^[1]

For many years, Gill and his wife Carol Ann ran The Tivoli^[2] theatre restaurant in Melbourne,^[3][5] producing pantomimes and theatre shows featuring many well-known Australian performers.

Personal life

Gill was married to Carole Ann Gill (née Aylett) for 52 years^[5] (until his death). They had two children.^[2]

He suffered a mild stroke in late 2014.^[2] After suffering from lung cancer, he died in the inner Melbourne suburb of Richmond on 25 February 2015.^[2]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

• Terry Gill at
  IMDb