Gil Tucker

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Gil Tucker
Born (1947-08-23) 23 August 1947 (age 76)
Occupation Television actor

Gil Tucker (born 23 August 1947) is an Australian television actor, most remembered for his role as Constable Roy Baker in the television crime drama Cop Shop . [1]

Tucker co-starred as Max Buckley in 1988's House Rules . [2] He portrayed Martin Chester in soap opera Neighbours in 1999. [3] In 2007 to 2009 he played the part of the coroner on City Homicide . [4]

Since 1988, Tucker has run a herb and fruit supply business to the hospitality trade around Melbourne. [1] [5]

In 2020 Tucker is starring in the play The Curtain in Melbourne.

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References

  1. 1 2 Stars you grew up with - Gil Tucker from Cop Shop, 702 ABC Sydney, 18-May-2011
  2. Hooks, Barbara (8 July 1988), "'House Rules' starter is worth bearing with", The Age
  3. Dasey, Annette (16–29 October 1999). "Your faithfully". Inside Soap . Attic Futura (UK) Ltd (138): 27.
  4. "Crimes and consequences". The Age . Fairfax Media . Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  5. "Australian Herb & Fruit Supplies - About us". Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.