Brian Hannan

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Brian Hannan
Born
Australia
OccupationActor
Years active1960 to 1980

Brian Hannan is an Australian actor.

Hannan began his career on stage. Stage shows include The No Hopers (1961). [1] [2] The Bones of My Toe (1963) [3] [4] and Bread and Butter (1970). [5] [6]

He appeared in filmed for TV plays such as The Sweet Sad Story of Elmo and Me in 1965. [7] [8] and Man of Destiny in 1967. [9]

Hannan appeared in stage musicals with the J. C. Williamson Theatres in the 1960s, [10] including Camelot (1963) [11] Hello, Dolly! (1965) [12] [13] [14] The Boys from Syracuse (1966) [15] [16] The Fantasticks (1966) [17] [18] and Half a Sixpence (1967). [19] [20]

On screen he has played a main role on Bellbird as Roger Green, [21] and had a stint on Prisoner beginning 1981. [10] He starred in the comedy sketch series Don't Ask Us . [22] [23] He voice acted in animated films such as The Phantom Treehouse . [24]

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References

  1. ↑ The No-Hopers, AusStage
  2. ↑ Bisset, Winifred (6 September 1961), "'The No Hopers'", The Australian Women's Weekly
  3. ↑ The Bishop's Candlestick / The Bones of My Toe / The Oak Settle, AusStage
  4. ↑ Armstrong, Madeline (31 August 1963), "Unlucky Partners", The Bulletin
  5. ↑ Bread and Butter, AusStage
  6. ↑ Hutton, Geoffrey (9 July 1970), "The X-ray on man", The Age
  7. ↑ The Sweet Sad Story of Elmo and Me, AusStage
  8. ↑ Howard, John (30 July 1965), "Budding Pinter in our midst", The Canberra Times
  9. ↑ "Plays with themes of love and war", The Canberra Times, 4 September 1967
  10. 1 2 Murphy, Jim (3 June 1981), "Brian knows his work inside out", The Australian Women's Weekly
  11. ↑ Camelot, AusStage
  12. ↑ Hello, Dolly!, AusStage
  13. ↑ "Hello, Dolly!", The Australian Women's Weekly, 5 May 1965
  14. ↑ Rolfe, Patricia (10 April 1965), "A Tasteless Confection", The Bulletin
  15. ↑ The Boys From Syracuse, AusStage
  16. ↑ Costantino, Romola (7 February 1966), "Lively romp at the Royal", The Sydney Morning Herald
  17. ↑ The Fantasticks, AusStage
  18. ↑ Rolfe, Patricia (17 September 1966), "Not our cup of tea", The Bulletin
  19. ↑ Half a Sixpence, AusStage
  20. ↑ Hewitt, Hope (16 November 1967), "Good work Mr Kipps", The Canberra Times
  21. ↑ Musgrove, Nan (22 May 1974), "Some surprises in store for "Bellbird"", The Australian Women's Weekly
  22. ↑ Niell, Kristine (4 June 1979), "Comedy has some promise", The Sydney Morning Herald
  23. ↑ Marshall, Ian (21 November 1980), "Comedy has some promise", The Age
  24. ↑ Morris, Jill (8 January 1985), "Film animation not so easy", The Age
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