Chris Haywood

Chris Haywood
Haywood in July 2012
Born	Chris Haywood c. 1948 Billericay, Essex, England
Alma mater	East 15 Acting School
Years active	1972–present
Spouse	Wendy Hughes [1]
Children	5 [2]

Chris Haywood (born c. 1948) is an English-born Australian actor, writer and producer, with close to 500 screen performances to his name. Haywood has also worked as a casting director, art director, sound recordist, camera operator, gaffer, grip, location and unit manager.

Early life and education

Haywood was born around 1948 ^[3] in Billericay, Essex, England.^{[ citation needed ]} He spent his early childhood in Chelmsford before moving to High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire where he attended Royal Grammar School from 1959 to 1965. He then started working in the cellars of a local wine shipper before gaining a place at E15 Acting School. After graduating in 1970 he emigrated to Australia. ^[3]

Career

Soon after arriving in Sydney, Haywood became involved with the Nimrod Theatre Company, helping to build the premises with scrap timber. ^[3]

He was the artistic director of the Pros and Cons Playhouse at Parramatta Gaol from 1979 to 1981, and established the drama service on Kiribati National Radio. ^[4]

His acting career encompasses roles in many films and television series.

Haywood is^{[ when? ]} the Patron of the Friends of Waverley Library, where he inaugurated The Nib Literary Award, now known as the Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award. The prize is an annual award of $40,000 given for the quality of research for a published work of literary merit written by an Australian writer and published in the previous 12 months.^{[ citation needed ]}

Haywood is now^{[ when? ]} the Deputy Captain of VRA Hawkesbury^{[ clarification needed ]} and coxswain of their rescue boat. He is also currently^{[ when? ]} working as a coxswain in the Australian pearling industry ^{[ citation needed ]} for Broken Bay Pearl Farm. ^[5]

Television

TV credits as an actor include: Homicide , Essington , Against the Wind , Five Mile Creek , Return to Eden , Waterfront, A Good Thing Going , Boys From The Bush , Water Rats , Farscape , McLeod's Daughters , All Saints , Stingers , Grass Roots , Home & Away , The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce and The Pacific . Haywood appeared in Neighbours as Walter Mitchell in June 2013. ^[6]

TV credits as a writer: Alvin Purple additional material (1976).^{[ citation needed ]}

Personal life

Haywood was married to actress, Wendy Hughes, c. 1980 and they had a child. ^{[7] [8]} They had met while filming Newsfront (1978), their relationship developed soon after. ^[9] In April 1980 Haywood and Hughes portrayed "screen parents" in a childbirth film, For a Child Called Michael, shown to expecting parents at Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne. ^[10] The couple separated in 1982. ^[11]

Awards

His performances have been honoured with three Awards from the Australian Film Institute (from a total of eight nominations) for his roles in the feature films A Street to Die and Emerald City , and for television in Stingers as well as the Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Kiss or Kill and the Asian Film Festival Award for In Search of Anna . He garnered three Logie Awards for his work on television-for Essington , A Good Thing Going and Janus . He won the Best Actor award at the Tampa Bay Film Festival in Florida.^{[ when? ][ citation needed ]}

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Character	Notes
2025	Darby and Joan	Shane Cozens	1 episode
2018	Reef Break	Australian Diplomat	1 episode
2018	Harrow	Connelly	1 episode
2017	Wolf Creek	Tom	Episode: "Journey"
2017	The Letdown	Gene	2 episodes
2016	Secret City	Lloyd Rankin	2 episodes
2016	Black Comedy	Elenco Invitado	Episode # 2.5
2012–16	Rake	Juez Beirworth	3 episodes
2013	Redfern Now	Doctor	Episode: "Dogs of War"
2013	Neighbours	Walter Mitchell / Dave	10 episodes
2013	Top of the Lake	Jock	Miniseries, Episode # 1.2
2010-18	Rake	Judge / Judge Beinworth / Prosecution	4 episodes
2010	The Pacific	John Leckie	Miniseries, 2 episodes
2009	My Place	Mr. O'Sullivan	2 episodes
2007	Home and Away	Bruce Campbell	31 episodes
2007	The Starter Wife	Mr. Lewis	Episode: "Hour 1"
2006	Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King	Dr. Bogner	Episode: "The Road Virus Heads North"
2004	Stingers	Stevey Dawes	Episode: "Brave New World"
2004	Through My Eyes	Des Sturgess Q.C.	Miniseries
2004	Salem's Lot	Uncredited	Miniseries
2003	Fat Cow Motel	Rey Roy	Episode #1.9
2000–03	Grass Roots	George Hasnakov	18 episodes
2002	All Saints	Peter Buchanan	12 episodes
2001	The Day of the Roses	Informant	Miniseries
2001	Mcleod's Daughters	Bob	3 episodes
2001	BackBerner	Stanley Trundle	Episode #1.130
1999–2000	Farscape	Sorcerer Maldis	2 episodes
1999	Wildside	Jim Summers	Episode # 2.17
1996–98	House Gang	Mike	10 episodes
1998	Good Guys Bad Guys	Frank Conroy	Episode: "You Say Etics, I Say Ethics"
1997	Murder Call	Jack Telfer	Episode: "Hot Shot"
1997	Frontier	Ward Stephen	Miniseries
1996	Water Rats	Peter Anderson	Episode: "Wrecked"
1996	Sun on the Stubble	Conductor del Tren	Miniseries
1996	Naked: Stories of Men	Bish	Episode: "Fisherman's Wake"
1996	Pacific Drive	Bill Garland
1996	Snowy River: The McGregor Saga	Morell	2 episodes
1994–95	Janus	Michael Kidd	24 episodes
1995	Fire	Detective Ron Chandler	Episode: "Glory Days"
1993	The Feds: Betrayal	Daniel "Mac" McIntyre	TV miniseries
1993	G.P.	Jack Molineaux	Episode: "One Perfect Day"
1991–92	Boys from the Bush	Dennis Tontine	19 episodes
1986	Cyclone Tracy	Steve	Miniseries
1984	Waterfront	Ernie	Miniseries
1984	Five Mile Creek	McCrea	Episode: "Home and Away"
1984	Carson's Law	Frank White	1 episode
1984	The Explorers	King	1 episode
1983	Return to Eden	Jason Peebles	2 episodes
1982	A Country Practice	Duke	2 episodes
1981	Women of the Sun	Alf	Miniseries, episode: "Maydina the Shadow"
1981	Holiday Island	Cosmos	Episode: "Mother's Revenge"
1980	The Timeless Land	Johnny	Miniseries
1979	Patrol Boat	Parkes	Episode: "Follow the Leader"
1979	Jokes	Various characters
1978-81	Cop Shop	Various characters	9 episodes
1978	Glenview High	Blue	Episode "Easy Money"
1978	Against the Wind	John Leary	Miniseries, episode: "The Tree of Liberty"
1977	Bluey	Chris	Episode: "The Wrong Coffin"
1976	The Sullivans
1976	Alvin Purple	Rod "Spike" Morley	13 episodes
1976	Rush	Crew	Episode: "La Belle France"
1976	Homicide	Greg Ferguson	Episode: "Third Generation"
1976	Luke's Kingdom	Arthur Cage	Miniseries, 1 episode
1975	Shannon's Mob	Richard Pollard	Episode: "Mixed Doubles"
1975	Matlock Police	Pete Williams	Episode: "The Contessa"
1975	Quality of Mercy	Kurt	Episode: "Send Him on His Way Rejoicing"
1975	The Explorers	Performer	1 episode
1975	Division 4	Bogey	1 episode
1972	The Aunty Jack Show	Gorilla / American at party	2 episodes

Films

Year	Title	Character	Notes
2024	The Way, My Way	Bill
2022	The Aussie Boys	Jack
2021	Love You Like That	Bede
2020	Sweet River	Nigel	Feature film
2020	Groundhog Night	Ralph	Short film
2019	Dirt Music	Warwick	Feature film
2019	The Projectionist	Jack	Short film
2018	Skewwhiff	Bill	Short film
2017	Third World Man	Clinton Finch	Short film
2017	Boar	Jack	Short film
2017	Australia Day	Dr Ian Norris	Feature film
2016	The Dam	Jack	Short film
2016	Gangster Drag	Jimmy	Short film
2015	The Spa	Don	Short film
2014	Wedding of the Year	Bede	Feature film
2014	The Bugle's Call	Bluebroker	Short film
2014	Love is Now	Ben	Feature film
2013	Return to Nim's Island	Grant	Feature film
2013	Spirit Harbour	Cyril	Short film
2013	The Interviewer	Paul Dexter	Short film
2012	Hanyut	Captain Ford	Feature film
2012	Dangerous Remedy	Sir Arthur Rylah	TV movie
2011	Swerve	Armstrong	Feature film
2011	Busong: Palawan Fate	Landowner
2011	Sleeping Beauty	Man	Feature film
2010	Savages Crossing	Chris	Feature film
2010	Beneath Hill 60	Colonel Wilson Rutledge	Feature film
2009	The Boys Are Back	Tom	Feature film
2009	False Witness	Browning	TV movie
2009	Correspondence	Quentin Samuels	Short film
2008	The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce	Robert Knopwood	Feature film
2008	The View from Greenhaven	Dashiell	Feature film
2008	Salvation	Architect	Feature film
2008	A Pretty Penny	Jack	Short film
2008	The Weight of Sunken Treasure	Michael Dooley	Short film
2008	You Better Watch Out	Santa	Short film
2007	The Tank		Short film
2007	Swing	Mr Doyle	Short film
2006	Solo	Arkan	Feature film
2006	Vend	Mechanic 1	Short film
2006	The Water Diary	Lunch Guest	Short film
2006	Jindabyne	Gregory	Feature film
2006	Hotel Vladivostok	Man	Short film
2005	Jewboy	Sam	Feature film
2005	Adrift	Albert	Short film
2004	BlackJack: Sweet Science	Wayne Tippet	TV movie
2004	The Widower	Neville
2004	Human Touch	Edward	Feature film
2003	Lennie Cahill Shoots Through	Twink	Feature film
2003	Paradise Found	Charles Arnaud	Feature film
2003	Subterano	Cleary	Feature film
2002	Stuffed Bunny	Father of Marcus	Short film
2002	The Nugget	Doug	Feature film
2002	Black and White	Detective Sergeant Karskens	Feature film
2001	My Husband, My Killer	George Cannellis	TV movie
2001	The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky	Oscar	Feature film
2001	One Night the Moon	Sergeant	Short film
2000	The Monkey's Mask	Dad Fitzpatrick	Feature film
2000	Innocence	Minister	Feature film
2000	Muggers	George Roy Rogers	Feature film
1999	Molokai: The Story of Father Damien	Clayton Strawn	Feature film
1999	Change of Heart	Harry
1997	Oscar and Lucinda	Mr. Judd	Feature film
1997	Fable	Flagg	Short film
1997	Blackrock	Detective Sergeant Wilansky	Feature film
1997	Kiss or Kill	Detective Hummer	Feature film
1997	One Way Ticket	Bertie	TV movie
1996	Lust and Revenge	George Oliphant	Feature film
1996	Shine	Sam	Feature film
1996	Cabbie of the Year		Short film
1995	Singapore Sling: Old Flames	Sonny
1994	Muriel's Wedding	Ken Blundell	Feature film
1994	Exile	Sacerdote	Feature film
1994	Bernie's Magic Moment	Bernie	Short film
1993	Touch Me	Claude	Short film
1992	Alex	Mr. Jack	Film
1992	The Nun and the Bandit	Michael Stanley	Film
1992	The Last Man Hanged	Sheriff	TV movie
1991	A Woman's Tale	Jonathan	Feature film
1991	Sweet Talker	Gerald Bostock	Feature film
1990	Quigley Down Under	Major Ashley-Pitt	Feature film
1990	Aya	Mac	Feature film
1990	Golden Braid	Bernard	Feature film
1990	Call Me Mr. Brown	Peter Macari	Feature film
1990	Plead Guilty, Get a Bond		Short film
1989	Island	Janis	Feature film
1988	Emerald City	Mike McCord	Feature film
1988	The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey	Arno	Feature film
1988	Manifesto	Wango	Feature film
1988	Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train	Stationmaster	Feature film
1988	A Day and a Half		Short film
1988	The First Kangaroos	James Giltinan	Feature film
1987	The Tale of Ruby Rose	Henry Rose	Feature film
1987	Don Quixote of La Mancha	Voice	Animated TV movie
1987	The Bit Part	Michael Thornton	Feature fun
1986	Call Me Mr. Brown		Feature film
1986	Dogs in Space	Man	Feature film
1986	Malcolm	Willy	Feature film
1986	King Solomon's Mines	Voice	Animated TV movie
1986	Double Sculls	Paul Weber	Feature film
1985	Burke & Wills	Tom McDonagh	Feature film
1985	Wills & Burke	Constable	Spoof film
1985	A Street to Die	Col Turner	Feature film
1985	The Coca-Cola Kid	Kim	Feature film
1984	Strikebound	Wattie Doig	Feature film
1984	Razorback	Benny Baker	Feature film
1984	The Great Gold Swindle	Peter Duvnjak	Feature film
1983	The Return of Captain Invincible	Maitre D'	Feature film
1983	Man of Flowers	David	Feature film
1982	Lonely Hearts	Detective	Feature film
1982	The Clinic	Dr. Eric Linden	Feature film
1982	Running on Empty	Fotógrafo	Feature film
1982	The Man from Snowy River	Curly	Feature film
1982	Heatwave	Peter Houseman	Feature film
1982	Attack Force Z	"Sparrer" Bird	Feature film
1982	With Prejudice	Rogerson	Feature film
1982	Freedom	Phil	Feature film
1981	Wrong Side of the Road	Policeman	Feature film
1981	Maybe This Time	The Salesman	Feature film
1980	Breaker Morant'	Corporal Sharp	Feature film
1980	Dead Man's Float	Thug	Feature film
1979	Kostas	Martin	Feature film
1978	In Search of Anna	Jerry	Feature film
1978	Newsfront	Chris Hewitt	Feature film
1978	A Good Thing Going	Terry	TV movie
1977	Out of It	Warren
1976	Deathcheaters	Carnicero	Feature film
1976	The Trespassers	Sandy	Feature film
1975	Ivanhoe	Voice	Animated TV movie
1975	The Removalists	Rob	Feature film
1975	The Great Macarthy	Warburton	Feature film
1974	The Cars That Ate Paris	Darryl	Feature film
1974	Essington	Squires	TV movie
1972	The Money Game	The Worker (voice)	TV movie

As crew

Year	Title	Notes
2015	Force of Destiny	Art Director
2015	The Crater	Casting Director
2001	The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky	Assistant to the Director & Manager
1991	The Media Project	Producer
1989	Island	Assistant to the Light Technician
1986	Malcolm	Manager
1976	Alvin Purple	Writer (episode "Ciao Alvin")

Theatre

Year	Play	Character	Director	Theatre	Notes [12]
2014	Bingo UNIT	The Judge	John Baylis	Chifley Theatre SA, Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre SA	-
2010	Hippolytos Raised	-	-	Roundhouse Theatre	with Travis Ash, Stephanie Bennett, Charlotte Green & Pierce Wilcox
2010	Quack	Dr Littlewood	Chris Mead	Griffin Theatre Company at Stables Theatre	with Jeanette Cronin, Charlie Garber & Aimee Horne
2008	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Big Daddy	Gale Edwards	MTC at Victorian Arts Centre	with Martin Henderson, Gary Files, Essie Davis & Rebekah Stone [13]
2004	Victory: Choices in Reaction	Mobberley	Judy Davis	STC	with Peter Carroll, Judy Davis, Marta Dusseldorp & Colin Friels
2000	A Cheery Soul	-	Neil Armfield	Company B and STC at Drama Theatre	with Vanessa Downing, Rohan Nichol, Robyn Nevin & Geoff Morrell
1997	Black Mary	Fred Britten	Angela Chaplin	Company 8 at Wilson Street	with Lillian Crombie, Jerome Ehlers, Margaret Harvey & Irma Woods
1993–1994	The Rise and Fall of Little Voice	Ray Say	Wayne Harrison	Playhouse, The Wharf Theatre	with Magda Szubanski, Angela Toohey & Felix Williamson
1993	Summer of the Aliens	Eric / Mr Ervin	Angela Chaplin	STC at Wharf Theatre	with Toni Collette, Penny Cook & Damon Herriman
1980	She'll Be Right	-	Chris Haywood	Parramatta Correctional Centre	with Laurence Bettarel
1978	Smiles and Piles	-	Ken Boucher	Kirribilli Pub Theatre	with Sean Scully, Julie McGregor, Mary Lou Stewart & Peter Corbett
1977	Going Home	Jim	Richard Wherrett	Nimrod	with Gary Day, James Elliott, Nancye Hayes & Catherine Wilkin
1977	Yamashita	-	-	The Playhouse	-
1976	The Recruiting Officer	-	Kenneth Horler	Nimrod	with Carol Burns, Peter Carroll, Max Cullen, Lynette Curran, John Gaden, Ivar Kants, Barry Otto, & Chris Haywood
1975	The Ride Across Lake Constance	-	Richard Wherrett	-	with Christine Amor, Peter Carroll & Kate Fitzpatrick
1975	Ginge's Last Stand	Tiger Brown	Kenneth Horler	Nimrod	with Peter Carroll, Bill Charlton, Kate Fitzpatrick & Robyn Nevin
1974	My Foot, My Tutor	Warden / Ward	Richard Wherrett	Nimrod	with Peter Carroll
1974	Well Hung	-	Kenneth Horler	Nimrod	with Peter Carroll, Peter Corbett & Tony Llewellyn-Jones
1974	Kookaburra	Steve	Richard Wherrett	Russell Street Theatre	with Peter Carroll, Maggie Dence, Robyn Nevin & Tony Llewellyn-Jones
1973	Kookaburra	Steve	Simon Hopkinson	Nimrod	with Jenny Brown, Peg Christensen & Lloyd Cunnington
1973	Who?	-	-	The Vic Theatre, The Pram Factory	with Bill Garner & John Smythe
1973	Jumpers	Jumper	Peter James	Russell Street Theatre	with David Clendinning, Peter Flett, Jonathan Hardy & John Wood
1973	Kaspar	Prompter	Richard Wherrett	Nimrod	with Lex Marinos, Berys Marsh, Philip Sayer & Andrew Sharp
1973	The Dumb Waiter	Alex	Charles Kemp	The Pram Factory	with Max Gillies
1973	The Tooth of Crime	Crow	John Bell	Nimrod	with Michael Caton, Tony Llewellyn-Jones & Anna Volska
1971, 1972	The Removalists	-	John Bell	Playbox Theatre	with Martin Harris, Sandra MacGregor, Jacki Weaver & Janie Stewart
1972	On Yer Marx: Housey	-	Aarne Neeme	Nimrod	with Diane Craig, Max Cullen, Nick Enright, John Wood, Chris Haywood, Denny Lawrence, Lex Marinos, Carole Skinner, Terry Bader, Barry Lovett
1972	On Yer Marx: Bigotry V.C.	Super Groover	Aarne Neeme	Nimrod	with Diane Craig, Max Cullen, Nick Enright, John Wood, Chris Haywood, Denny Lawrence, Lex Marinos, Carole Skinner, Terry Bader, Barry Lovett
1972	The Legend of King O'Malley	Andrew Fisher / The Revivalist / Politician	Richard Wherrett	Hunter Theatre, Old Tote Theatre, Richbrooke Theatre, Downstage Theatre, Mercury Theatre, Civic Theatre Fiji	with Elaine Cusick, Angus McLean & Jacki Weaver
-	Rushamon	Bandit	-	St Martin's Theatre	-
-	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Bottom	-	Independent Theatre	-
-	The Government Inspector	Lexia	-	Old Tote Theatre Company	-
-	The Dutch Courtesan	Halifernes Reinesaire	-	Old Tote Theatre Company	-
-	Arturo AI	Fish	-	Old Tote Theatre Company	-
-	The Man of Mode	John Trat	-	Old Tote Theatre Company	-
-	Julius Caesar	Titinius	-	Barn Theatre, Loughton	-
-	Dandy Dick	French Waiter	-	Barn Theatre, Loughton	-
-	The Enemy	Paul	-	Barn Theatre, Loughton	-

References

1. "IF Magazine".
2. "Australian Actor Wendy Hughes Has Died At The Age Of 61". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
3. Cowan, Jane (10 September 2004). "Getting his gear off: actor Chris Haywood". ABC Gold and Tweed Coasts Queensland. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 28 January 2007.
4. "Chris Haywood: Actor" (PDF). Shanahan Management Pty Ltd. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
5. "Our Story". Broken Bay Pearl Farm. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
6. "Chris Haywood ventures into Erinsborough". Neighbours.com.au. Eleven. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
7. Sydcon staff (8 March 2014). "Australian actor Wendy Hughes has died at the age of 61". The Sunday Telegraph . Archived from the original on 15 July 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
8. staff writer (10 March 2014). "Chris Haywood pays tribute to Wendy Hughes". IF Magazine. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
9. Blake, Jason (16 March 2014). "Obituary: Wendy Hughes". Newcastle Herald . Retrieved 10 October 2022.
10. Harris, Tina (9 April 1980). "New Film Prepares Parents for Childbirth". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 47, no. 45. p. 83. Retrieved 10 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.
11. "Going It Alone". The Australian Women's Weekly. Your TV Magazine. Vol. 48, no. 17. 24 September 1980. p. 2. Retrieved 10 October 2022– via National Library of Australia.
12. Ausstage - Theatre - Actor Chris Haywood
13. Cat on a Hat Tin Roof

External links

• Brian McFarlane, Geoff Mayer, Ina Bertrand (Ed.) (1999). The Oxford companion to Australian film. Melbourne, Australia ; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN   0-19-553797-1.
• Chris Haywood at IMDb