Barry Quin

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Barry Quin
Born
Barry Quin

1949 (age 75–76)
England, United Kingdom
Education Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
OccupationActor
Years active1968–1989; 1992–present
Spouse
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(m. 1979;div. 1989)​

Barry Quin (born 1949) credited also as Barry Quinn, is a British-Australian actor and briefly producer who has appeared on stage and in television and film. He is best known for his role as an original cast member of TV series Prisoner , playing Dr. Greg Miller.

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Biography

A graduate of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, Quin was primarily a stage actor in his early career. After a small role in the British television series Just William in 1977, he had bit parts in the UK sitcom Two's Company and US drama series Charlie's Angels .

He was touring Australia as part of a stage production of Othello when he met his future wife Peta Toppano. While auditioning for Prisoner , Toppano suggested Quin for the role of Greg Miller, when she learned the producer was looking for an actor to play a young prison doctor. Both their characters were introduced with the storyline of the two having had a prior relationship as old university sweethearts. Shortly after the series debuted, they were married in April 1979. [1] The two remained on the series until the end of the 1979 season, when they were written out for their characters too, to be married.

In 1980, he would star in the television miniseries Lucinda Brayford co-starring Wendy Hughes and Sam Neill and, the following year, in Sara Dane . He appeared in a number of television series including MPSIB and Carson's Law . Although having minor roles in I Can't Get Started and Departure, he had moderate success as Lt. Zachariah Hicks in the 1987 television miniseries Captain James Cook , followed by Emma: Queen of the South Seas (1987) and Cappuccino (1989), in which he was also credited as an associate producer.

After Darlings of the Gods (1989), Quin took a leave of absence from acting, coinciding with his divorce from Peta Toppano. He returned to acting three years later with a guest appearance on Police Rescue and Mission Top Secret . Before long, he began playing recurring characters on Big Sky and Mirror, Mirror II . He also made guest appearances on Murder Call , Water Rats , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World , The Secret Life of Us , Love My Way and All Saints .

In April 2002, Quin also returned to the stage performing as Gordon in David Williamson's Soulmates at the Sydney Opera House. After a cameo appearance as a news anchorman in Superman Returns (2006), He made several appearances as Geoff Olivetti in Home and Away between 2006 and 2009.

Quin also played the character Professor Sorvad in the 2011 Australian comedy movie Dealing with Destiny .

He also played Phil in two episodes of the YouTube web series The Horizon in 2013. [2]

Filmography

Film

YearProductionRoleType
1977No Appointment NecessaryNicholas HodgekissFilm
1985 I Can't Get Started JohnFeature film
1986 Departure JackFeature film
1988Emma: Queen of the High SeasThe Hon. W.H. Lyttelton
1989 Darlings of the Gods Dan CunninghamTV movie
1989 Cappuccino LarryFeature film
1993Corrupt JusticeJulian RobertsTV movie
2003 Subterano Feature film
2006 Superman Returns News Anchor #5Feature film
2008 Disgrace Desmond SwartsFeature film
2011 Dealing with Destiny Professor SovadFeature film
2013Battle GroundDr. Bennett
2014 John Doe: Vigilante Dr Keith SimmsFeature film
2017 Dance Academy: The Movie Competition JudgeFeature film
2017 2.22 Samuel KeiferFilm
2018Skinford: Chapter TwoThe Tailor

Television

YearProductionRoleType
1972 Kate Tony GrahamTV series, 9 episodes
1973 Harriet's Back in Town Tarquin MelvilleTV series, 8 episodes
1973Crime of PassionMarcel VerenneTV series
1975Ten from the TwentiesHugh GarthorneTV series
1977 Just William Ward HadlowTV series
1977 Jubilee Francis ConsidineTV series
1978 Two's Company GregTV series
1978 Charlie's Angels Ed JarvisTV series
1979 Salvage 1 EngineerTV series
1979 Skyways Jeremy DrakeTV series
1979-80 Prisoner Dr. Greg MillerTV series
1980 Lucinda Brayford Hugo BrayfordTV miniseries
1981 Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls MessengerTV miniseries
1982 Sara Dane Richard BarwellTV miniseries
1983 Carson's Law TV series
1982-83 MPSIB S.C. Gary ManoreTV series
1988 Australians Private KingsleyTV series
1988 Captain James Cook Lt. HicksTV miniseries
1992 Police Rescue Mr. ScanlonTV series
1995 G.P. David HardingTV series
1995 Mirror, Mirror Gervaise de LuttrelleTV series
1995 Mission Top Secret ThorntonTV series
1997 Big Sky Simon KrogerTV series
1998 Murder Call Dr. Charles StarkTV series
1997-2001 Water Rats Raffe Johanssen / David FaradayTV series
2001Ihaka: Blunt InstrumentAndrewTV movie
2002 The Lost World Lionel HuxleyTV series
2004 Jessica McDonaldTV miniseries
2005 The Secret Life of Us Hunter DaviesTV series
2006 Love My Way DerekTV series
2002-09 All Saints Dr. Simon Byrne / Andy's FatherTV series
2006-09 Home and Away Dr Phillip Grigg / Dr. Geoff OlivettiTV series
2009The HorizonPhilTV series
2010 Rake DaltonTV series
2017 A Place to Call Home Neil O'SullivanTV series

Personal life

Quin was married to his Prisoner co-star Peta Toppano in 1979, but they divorced after ten years. He has since remarried.

References

  1. ↑ Kingsley, Hillary (January 2000). "Prisoner Press Clippings – 'Prisoner'". Wentworth Web: an Unofficial Prisoner Cell Block H website. Archived from the original on 1 October 2005.
  2. ↑ "Two Sleeps Until The Horizon". www.dnamagazine.com.au. 30 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
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