Danny Adcock

Danny Adcock
Born	1948 Sydney, New South Wales
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1969-present
Notable work	The Moodys

Danny Adcock is an Australian actor. ^[1]

Career

Film and television

Adcock has worked extensively in television. After scoring a handful of guest roles, he landed his first film role as a policeman in the Ozploitation film The Cars That Ate Paris . Further small screen guest appearances included Matlock Police , Division 4 , Homicide , Skyways and Cop Shop , Rafferty's Rules , A Country Practice , The Flying Doctors , Water Rats , All Saints , Home and Away , Bullpitt! and Redfern Now .

He had regular or recurring roles in the first season of Patrol Boat (1979), ^[2] Arcade (1980), ^[3] The Bush Gang (1981), Prisoner (1982–1983), Sons and Daughters (1983–1984), the second season of Fire (1996), ^[4] Blue Heelers (2004–2005), The Jesters (2011), A Moody Christmas (2012) ^[5] and The Moodys (2014). ^[6] His most recent television roles have been in The Tourist and Grey Nomads (both 2022).

Adcock's film credits include We of the Never Never (1982), Early Frost (1982), Fran (1985), Resistance (1992) and more recently Ladies in Black (2018).

On 29 October 2024, Adcock was named as part of the cast for the film Scoby. ^[7]

Stage

He has also appeared in numerous theatre roles throughout his career, including Hallow Ground (Belvoir Street Theatre, 2000), ^[8] The Seed (Company B, Belvoir Street, 2007–2008), ^{[9] [10]} Moby Dick (Seymour Centre, 2018), ^[11] What's Art Got to Do With It? The Dobell Case (Warners Bay Theatre, 2022), ^[12] The Marvellous Boy (Griffin Theatre Company at Stables Theatre, 2005), ^{[13] [14]} and Da (Crossroads, 1989). ^[15]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	Riptide	Donald	1 episode
1971	Spyforce	Radio Operator	1 episode
1972	Over There
	Boney	Tony Carr
1974	Ryan	Harry Fisher	1 episode
1971–1975	Matlock Police	Various roles	7 episodes
	Division 4	Various roles	6 episodes
1970–1976	Homicide	Various roles	7 episodes
1976	King’s Men		1 episode
1977	Beyond Reasonable Doubt	Leith Ratten	Miniseries, 1 episode
	Straight Enough		TV movie
1978	Young Ramsay	Ben Salter	1 episode
1979-1981	Skyways	Nigel Poulter	1 episode
1979	Patrol Boat	Petty Officer 'Buffer' Johnston	13 episodes
1980	Arcade	Duncan Adams / Kitty's Visitor	35 episodes
1981	The Bush Gang	Mr Marsh	5 episodes
	Kingswood Country	Fire Chief	1 episode
1982	Deadline	ASIO agent	TV movie
1979–1982	Cop Shop	Gary Locke / Freddie Singer / Vincie Hill / Jerry Turner / Ron Jarrett	9 episodes
1982–1983	Prisoner	Geoff Carlson	11 episodes
1982–1992	A Country Practice	Antec Strzelecki / Brian Padgett / Tommy Ambrose / Graham Randall / Detective Donnolly	10 episodes
1983	The Coral Island	Tod Salter	Miniseries, 2 episodes
1983–1984	Sons and Daughters	Joe Parker	8 episodes
1984	The Secret Discovery of Australia	Mendoca's Mate	TV movie
1984	The Keepers		1 episode
1988	Australians	Arthur Higgins / Harry Seekamp	Anthology docudrama series, episode 5: "Lottie Lyell", episode 6: "Lola Montez"
	True Believers	Lloyd Ross	Miniseries, 6 episodes
1988–1989	Rafferty's Rules	Mick Robbins / George Healy	2 episodes
1991	E Street	Charlie Simmons	4 episodes
1992	The Flying Doctors	Cliff Bishop	1 episode
1994	Cody: A Family Affair	Collins	TV movie (season 1, episode 1)
1995	Snowy River: The Mcgregor Saga	Jarrod Banks	1 episode
1996	Fire	Firefighter Danny 'Nugget' Hunt	13 episodes
1998	Bullpitt!	Telstra Supervisor Terry	1 episode
1998	Home and Away	Gordon Macleay
1999	Water Rats	Rhys 'Kegs' Keegan	1 episode
	Halifax f.p.	Athol Callaghan	1 episode
	Airtight	Studds	TV movie
2001	All Saints	Alan Slater	1 episode
2001	BackBerner	Tom McLachlan
2000; 2002	Farscape	Co-Kura Strappa / T'raltixx	5 episodes
2004	Stingers	Damien Broadbent	1 episode
2004–2005	Blue Heelers	Barry Baxter	8 episodes
2006	Home and Away	Prosecutor/Crown Dennis Gillan
2007	One of the Lucky Ones	Judge	TV movie
	Constructing Australia	John Bradfield	1 episode
2010–2011	Home and Away	Bishop Pitt	Recurring role
2010	Rescue: Special Ops	Graham Starkey	1 episode
2011	Jesters	Bob	8 episodes
2011	Tough Nuts 2	George Freeman
2012	Redfern Now	Foreman	1 episode
2012	A Moody Christmas	Kevin	Miniseries, 6 episodes
2013	Legally Brown Show	Various roles
2014; 2016	The Moodys	Kevin Moody	Miniseries, 8 episodes [16] [17]
2015	Devil’s Playground	Father Drake	Miniseries, 1 episode
2017	The Warriors	Onion	Miniseries, 2 episodes
2017	The Obscure	Graeme
2019	Les Norton	Mousey	1 episode
2022	The Tourist	Ralph	Miniseries, 5 episodes
2022	Grey Nomads	Ernie Rouche	Web series, 6 episodes

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	The Cars That Ate Paris	Police Man	Feature film
1976	Lost in the Wild (aka Barney)	Trooper Hayes	Feature film
1978	The Sparks Obituary		Short film
1980	The Earthling	Bus Driver	Feature film
1982	We of the Never Never	Brown	Feature film
	On the Run	Jingles	Feature film
	Going Down	Supporter from the Dance	Feature film
	Early Frost	John Meadows	Feature film
	Kitty and the Bagman	Thomas	Feature film
1985	Fran	Ray	Feature film
1990	Quigley Down Under	Mitchell	Feature film
1992	Resistance	James Dean	Feature film
1997	Joey	ASIO Detective	Feature film
2004	Get Rich Quick	Inspector Higgs	Feature film
2005	A Family Legacy	Bilko	Short film
2007	The Bridge	John Bradfield	Feature film
2009	Wall Boy	Youth Worker 2	Short film
	Lonely	Detective Lunn	Short film
2010	Stay Awake	Dad	Short film
2015	The Kangaroo Guy	Trevor	Short film
2018	Under the Hammer	Mr Hansen	Short film
	Ladies in Black	Doctor	Feature film
	The Obscure	Graeme	Short film
TBA	Scoby	TBA	Film

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Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1967	Camino Real	Casanova (Act I) / The Dreamer (Act III)	UNSW with NIDA
	The Insect Play	Mr. Beetle / Yellow Leader
	Yerma	Victor
	Alfie	Mr Smith	Jane St Theatre with NIDA
	Liliom	Linzman / Magistrate
1970s	Macbeth		Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre [19]
1972	Here We Go Round the Prickly Pear		NSW tour with Pageant Theatre in Education
1974	The Cradle of Hercules		Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre
1975	Girls' Night Out		Jools Theatre Restaurant, Sydney
	The Cake Man		Black Theatre Arts & Culture Centre, Sydney with National Black Theatre
1976	Equus		Seymour Centre, Sydney with Old Tote Theatre
1977	A Night on the Box		No 86 Theatre Restaurant, Sydney
	The Plough and the Stars	Lieutenant Langon / Sergeant Tinley	Playhouse, Perth, Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre
1979	The Western Show	Mortimus	Kirribilli Pub Theatre, Sydney
1980	The 1984 Show	Rudolph
	The Vampire Show	Bertie	Bronte Inn, Sydney, Kirribilli Pub Theatre, Sydney
1983	Translations		Sydney Opera House with Ensemble Theatre
1985	Rents		Wharf Theatre, Sydney, Playhouse, Adelaide, Universal Theatre, Melbourne with The Gordon Frost Organisation
1988	The Keepers		Belvoir Street Theatre with Aboriginal National Theatre Trust
1989	Da		Crossroads Theatre, Sydney [20]
1990	Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme		Crossroads Theatre, Sydney with O'Punksky's for Sydney Festival
	Faith Healer		Crossroads Theatre, Sydney
1992	Prelude to Joyce's Artist		Crossroads Theatre, Sydney with O'Punksky's
	Us or Them		Bondi Pavilion, Sydney
1993	The Resuscitation of 'The Little Prince who Couldn't Laugh' as Performed by 'Young Mo' at the Height of the Great Depression of 1929		Crossroads Theatre, Sydney
	Coriolanus		Sydney Opera House with STC
1994	Big Toys		Marian St Theatre, Sydney
	Goodworks		Q Theatre, Sydney
1997	Taking Sides	Major Arnold	Marian St Theatre, Sydney with Northside Theatre Company
1998	Diving for Pearls	Den	Ensemble Theatre, Sydney
2000	Faith Healer	Teddy	Ensemble Theatre, Sydney with O'Punksky's
	Hallow Ground		Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney [21]
2001	Hamlet	Polonius	Pork Chop Productions
2002	Gagarin Way		Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney
2003	The Cavalcaders	The Barbershop Quartet	Ensemble Theatre, Sydney with O'Punksky's
2004	The Woman with Dog’s Eyes	Malcolm Boyce	Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company
2005	The Marvellous Boy	Malcolm Boyce
2007–2008	The Seed	Danny Maloney	Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney
2008	The Pig Iron People	Jack Howard	Sydney Opera House with STC
2009	The Removalists	Sergeant Dan Simmonds	Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC
2011	Blood Wedding	Father	STC
2012	A Picasso	Pablo Picasso	Ensemble Theatre, Sydney
2015	Orphans	Harold	Old Fitz Theatre [22]
2015–2020	The Dapto Chaser	Errol Sinclair	Old Fitz Theatre, Stables Theatre, Sydney, Dendy Cinemas, Newtown & online with Apocalypse Theatre Company & Griffin Independent
2017; 2022	This Much is True	Cass	Old Fitz Theatre, Sydney, [23] Riverside Theatres Parramatta with Red Line Productions
2018	Moby Dick	Captain Ahab	Seymour Centre, Sydney
2022	What's Art Got to Do With It? The Dobell Case		Warners Bay Theatre [24]
2024	The President	Masseur / Officer / Attendant / Butcher	Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney with STC & Gate Theatre Dublin [25]

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References

1. Smith, Gary (19 February 2008), "Moving along", The Daily Telegraph
2. Shelley, Garry (25 June 1979). "Patrol Boat ships in and shapes up well". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 22 February 2024– via Newspapers.com.
3. "22 go shopping for TV stardom". The Sun-Herald . 21 October 1979. Retrieved 22 February 2024– via Newspapers.com.
4. Cockington, James (5 February 1996). "Rising from the ashes". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 22 February 2024– via Newspapers.com.
5. Rugendyke, Louise (17 December 2021). "Have yourself a very Australian Christmas with these seasonal screen specials". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 22 February 2024.
6. Idato, Michael (22 February 2014). "Stone dead and dead funny". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 22 February 2024.
7. Slatter, Sean (28 October 2024). "Claudia Dzienny's 'Scoby' commences production in Sydney with writer and star Emma Leonard". IF Magazine. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
8. Hallett, Bryce (27 March 2000). "Play's ground gives way". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 22 February 2024– via Newspapers.com.
9. Dunne, Stephen (22 February 2008). "Germ of an idea grows more powerful, nuanced in retelling". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 22 February 2024.
10. The Seed, AusStage
11. Romei, Stephen (11 August 2018), "More to the tail", The Australian
12. Leeson, Josh (11 June 2022), "Dobell's Archibald controversy artfully re-sketched", The Newcastle Herald
13. Dunne, Stephen (15 October 2005), "A melodrama in need of a speedy disease", The Sydney Morning Herald
14. The Marvellous Boy, AusStage
15. Barnes, Mick (22 January 1989). "Irish influence at the Crossroads". The Sun-Herald . Retrieved 22 February 2024– via Newspapers.com.
16. Knox, David (27 March 2012). "Filming begins on This Christmas | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
17. Knox, David (13 September 2013). "Cameras roll on The Moodys | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
18. https://app.showcast.com.au/profile/DE9FFC7F
19. https://www.sydneychic.com.au/post/sydney-theatre-reviews-happy-endings-com
20. Barnes, Mick (22 January 1989). "Irish influence at the Crossroads". The Sun-Herald . Retrieved 22 February 2024– via Newspapers.com.
21. Hallett, Bryce (27 March 2000). "Play's ground gives way". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 22 February 2024– via Newspapers.com.
22. Bryant, Sarah (7 April 2015). "Five Minutes with Danny Adcock, starring In Orphans". The Brag. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
23. "Theatre Review: This Much is True shines a light on Sydney's underbelly". The AU Review. 17 July 2017.
24. Leeson, Josh (11 June 2022), "Dobell's Archibald controversy artfully re-sketched", The Newcastle Herald
25. "The President | Sydney Theatre Company - Australian Stage Online". australianstage.com.au. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
26. "Danny Adcock theatre credits". AusStage .
27. "Danny Adcock theatre credits". Showcast.

External links

• Danny Adcock at IMDb