Andrew McFarlane (Australian actor)

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Andrew McFarlane
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Occupation(s)Actor, television presenter
Years active1971–present

Andrew McFarlane is an Australian actor with many stage, television, and film credits.

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Early life and education

McFarlane was born in Albany, Western Australia. After the family moved to Melbourne he attended Camberwell Grammar School and was involved in school plays and school cadets. He has long been open about his homosexuality. [1] [2]

Career

After making his TV debut in Crawfords police dramas Homicide and Matlock Police , he won a recurring role on Division 4 before joining World War II soap opera The Sullivans as oldest son John Sullivan. [3]

He left the series after eighteen months and in the storyline John was reported missing in action – the writers left his final fate unresolved in the hope McFarlane would return to the show. McFarlane returned to the role in the TV movie The John Sullivan Story. [4] The role gained McFarlane a Sammy Award for best supporting actor in a TV series in 1977. [5]

He later took the lead role in the miniseries The Flying Doctors , reprising the role in the ongoing series that followed. Again he left the series after 16 episodes at the height of its popularity. However, he returned in the fifth season for another 37 episodes. He also appeared in Rafferty's Rules as "Police Prosecutor Gibson". McFarlane has since played the father of Tasha Andrews in soap opera Home and Away and in 2005 played Bobby Hoyland in the soap opera Neighbours . [3]

He has been a Play School presenter since 2000 [6] and was also one of Governor Phillip's people on Australian History on ABC. He acted in the TV series Spellbinder as Brian Reynolds, Paul's father and played Hugh Delaney in the miniseries The Alice .[ citation needed ]

In 2009 he portrayed prominent Australian anti-drugs campaigner and murder victim Donald Mackay in the series Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities . [6] He appeared in a musical for the first time in 2010 in Fame – The Musical at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney. [7]

McFarlane had regular or leading roles in television series Love Child (2014), Devil's Playground and Glitch (both 2015).[ citation needed ]

Awards

YearAwardWorkResult
1977 Sammy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a TV series The Sullivans Won
2014 ASTRA Award for Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor – Male Devil's Playground Won
2015 AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama Devil's Playground Nominated
2023Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Mainstage Production, Sydney Theatre Awards [8] Hubris & HumiliationWon

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1976 Break of Day Tom CooperFeature film
1977 Born to Run (aka Ride a Wild Pony)Doone BoydTV film
1979 The John Sullivan Story John SullivanTV film
1981 Doctors & Nurses MilliganFeature film
1985 I Can't Get Started FreddyFeature film
1988 Boulevard of Broken Dreams Jonathan LovellFeature film
1988 Barracuda (aka The Rocks)Det Sgt Mark CastelloTV film
1999AirtightConradTV film
1996 Little White Lies Mark LynchFeature film
2002 Heroes' Mountain Mike SodergrenTV film
2003TemptedMikeTV film
2004 The Alice Hugh DelaneyTV film
2007 Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance Trevor MorganFeature film
2008 Emerald Falls Dr. Henry ForbesTV film
2008Dream LifeDanielTV film
2009Bourke BoyJohnShort film
2012Shadow ValleyPastor ToddShort film
2015 Truth Dick HibeyFeature film
2018 Riot Neville WranTV film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1974 Matlock Police Ben ReidTV series.
Episode: Poppy & the Closet Junkie
1974 Rush DrakeTV series.
Episode: Lament the Days That Are Gone By
1974–75 Division 4 Constable Roger WilsonTV series - recurring role
1976–77 The Sullivans John SullivanTV series - recurring role
1978 Case for the Defence JohnnyTV series.
Episode: Made for Each Other
1979–1983 Patrol Boat Lieutenant David KeatingTV series - main role
1982 1915 Robert GillenMiniseries
1986–1991 The Flying Doctors Dr. Tom CallaghanTV series - main role
1993 Time Trax George WhitmanTV series.
Episode: Fire & Ice
1993 Paradise Beach GordonTV series
1993 G.P. Malcolm HendersonTV series.
Episode: Living with the Past
1994 Halifax f.p. Owen ToserTV series.
Episode: Acts of Betrayal
1995–97 Spellbinder Dr Brian ReynoldsTV series - main role
1997 Heartbreak High Jeff ScheppersTV series - recurring role
1998 The Violent Earth Tom SuttonMiniseries
1998 The Day of the Roses Public ServantMiniseries
1999 All Saints David MillerTV series.
Episodes: Truth & Consequences: Part 1 & 2
1999 Murder Call Adrian MacKerrasTV series.
Episode: Dead Offerings
1999 Blue Heelers Mark PowersTV series.
Episode: The Price of Silence
2000 Water Rats Patrick KernaghanTV series.
Episode: A Day to Remember (Break Your Heart
2001 Water Rats Doug McLarenTV series.
Episode: The Marrying Kind
2004 Through My Eyes John Phillips Q.C.Miniseries.
1.1, 1.2
2004 Home and Away Ian OsbourneTV series.
Episodes: 1.3849, 1.3868
2005 Neighbours Bobby HoylandTV series - recurring role
2005 Blue Water High WarrenTV series.
Episode: Timing Is Everything
2005–06 The Alice Hugh DelaneyMiniseries - main role
2009 Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities Donald Mackay TV series.
Episodes: Aussie Bob & Kiwi Terry, Bad Habits, Business as Usual
2012 Guess How Much I Love You Big Nutbrown Hare / Otter (voice)TV series.
Episode: Treasure Hunt
2012Singapore 1942 End of EmpireLt. Colonel Ian StewartDocumentary
2014 Love Child Jim MillarTV series.
Episodes 1.1, 1.2, 1.7
2014 Janet King Keith NelsonTV series.
Episodes: Overtime, An Achilles Heel, The Greatest Good
2014 A Place to Call Home Dr. MilsonTV series - recurring role
2014 Devil's Playground Father AndrassiTV miniseries.
ASTRA Award for Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor – Male
2015 Glitch Vic EastleyTV series - regular role
2016 Black Comedy GuestTV series.
Episode: 2.4
2016 Cleverman Geoff MatthewsTV series - main role
2016 The Code NeilTV series - regular role
2016 Hyde & Seek Stuart FlanaganTV series - regular role
2017 Newton's Law Eric WhitleyTV series - main role
2017PulseMack2 episodes
2017 Seven Types of Ambiguity Donald SheereTV series
2019 Secret City Air Chief Marshal Wes LockwoodTV series - supporting role
2020 Between Two Worlds Gareth KönigTV series - 3 episodes
2022It's Fine I'm FineHenry
2023Mother & SonPrincipal Worstin1 episode

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotes
1972 A Country Girl Old Tote Theatre Company
1973 The Clandestine Marriage
1973An Eighteenth Century Soirée Old Tote Theatre Company
1973Cooper and BorgesFlook / Cenci Jane St Theatre
1973 Oh, What a Lovely War!
1975Chez Nous Old Tote Theatre Company at Parade Theatre
1975 The Importance of Being Earnest Sydney Opera House
1975 Ivanov Old Tote Theatre Company at Sydney Opera House
1978 The Club GeoffParachute Productions / Playhouse
1979The Day After the FairCharles Bradford Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
1980 Cyrano De Bergerac Christian STC
1981 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Brick Queensland Theatre
1985 The Glass Menagerie Tom Phillip St Theatre
1988 A Chorus of Disapproval Guy Jones Playhouse
1989 The Normal Heart Bruce STC at The Wharf Theatre
1990 A Month in the Country Ratkin Queensland Theatre
1990 A Christmas Carol Marian St Theatre
1991 Henry IV, Part One King Henry STC at The Wharf Theatre, Blackfriars Theatre
1991 King Lear Edgar STC
1992 The Heidi Chronicles Peter Patrone Queensland Theatre
1992 Gulliver's Travels Lemuel Gulliver MTC
1993 Talley's Folly Matt FriedmanLes Currie Entertainment
1993 Taking Steps Roland Playhouse, STCSA
1994 Two Weeks with the Queen Dad / Uncle Bob / Griff / Doctor STC, Cremorne Theatre
1995 Emerald City Colin Ensemble Theatre
1995 Private Lives VictorGary Penny Productions (NZ)
1996 Wait Until Dark RoatMarian St Theatre, Ensemble Theatre
1996 The Rover Wilmore Playhouse, MTC
1996Tales of a Faerie Called AngelMaxLatent Image Productions
1998Blinded by the SunChristopher Playhouse, Ensemble Theatre
1999 Corporate Vibes Michael STC at The Wharf Theatre, Playhouse
2000 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll RooRailway Street Theatre Company
2000 King Lear Edgar STC
2000Mozart by Moonlight
2001 Dinner with Friends GabeMarian St Theatre
2001The GraduateMr Braddock The Really Useful Group
2002 After the Ball Stephen McCrae Ensemble Theatre
2002 Talking Heads Graham Theatre Royal / Hit Productions
2003Myth, Propaganda and Disaster in Nazi Germany and Contemporary AmericaJack Griffin Theatre Company
2006 Losing Louis Reggie Ensemble Theatre
2006 Woman in Mind Doctor Bill STC
2006 Play School Live in ConcertNarratorKids Promotions
2007 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? George Queensland Theatre
2008 Scarlett O'Hara at the Crimson Parrot Steve MTC
2009 Let the Sunshine Ron Ensemble Theatre
2009 Amadeus Antonio Salieri 4MBSFM
2010 West Australian Symphony Orchestra Presenter Kings Park
2010 Fame – The Musical Mr Myers / Resident Director Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Gordon Frost Organisation
2011 Nothing Personal Kelvin Ensemble Theatre
2011 Death and the Maiden Independent Theatre
2012 Arcadia Bernhard Nightingale BSSTC
2012 The Heretic Professor Kevin Maloney MTC
2012I Want to Sleep with Tom Stoppard Tom Tamarama Rock Surfers
2013Dreams in WhiteMichael Devine / Ray Wimple Griffin Theatre Company
2014 The Seagull Doctor Dorn BSSTC
2015 Deathtrap Sidney Bruhl Darlinghurst Theatre
2016 Quartet Reginald Paget Queensland Theatre
2019 Mary Stuart Leicester STC
2020 Family Values Roger Griffin Theatre Company
2022Grand HorizonsUnderstudy STC
2022 Love Letters Andrew Ensemble Theatre
2023Hubris & HumiliationRoland McNamara STC

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