Ian Gilmour (actor)

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Ian Gilmour
Born
New Zealand
Occupation(s)Actor and director

Ian Gilmour is a New Zealand-born actor and director who has worked mostly in Australia.

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Career

Television

He has acted in several Australian television series, most notably as Kevin Burns in Prisoner in 1980. Other credits include The Box , Chopper Squad , Kingswood Country , Waterloo Station , A Country Practice and The Flying Doctors . [1]

Film

Film credits include: The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith , The Odd Angry Shot , Silver City , The Coca-Cola Kid , Malpractice and A Cry in the Dark .

Directing

He subsequently moved away from acting to become a director. His directorial credits in television include: The Flying Doctors , Heartbreak High , Water Rats , McLeod's Daughters , Flipper and Home and Away .

He made a film in 2006 called Magma: Volcanic Disaster about a volcanic disaster.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1978 The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith EddieFeature film
1978 Mouth to Mouth TimFeature film
1979 The Odd Angry Shot ScottFeature film
1979Now and ThenGarryFilm
1979 Just Out of Reach SteveFeature film
1982 Going Down ShadowFeature film
1982 A Dangerous Summer Steve AdamsFeature film
1983 Undercover SimmoFeature film
1984 One Night Stand Sharon's Ex-boyfriendFeature film
1984 Silver City BarmanFeature film
1985 The Coca-Cola Kid MarjorieFeature film
1985 The Boy Who Had Everything PollockFeature film
1987Room to MoveSecond PolicemanTV movie
1988 The First Kangaroos Steamship OfficialFeature film
1988 Evil Angels (aka A Cry in the Dark)John BucklandFeature film
1989 Malpractice Dr Frank HarrisonFeature film
2012 Careless Love DetectiveFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1975 Close to Home Alan HearteTV series, 782 episodes
1977 The Sullivans Young GermanTV series, 4 episodes
1978 Chopper Squad JeffTV series, 1 episode
1979 Ride on Stranger FreddyTV miniseries, 1 episode
1979 A Place in the World TV miniseries
1979-80 Cop Shop Brett Summers / Russell Hewitt / David GriffinTV series, 6 episodes
1980 Lawson's Mates JimTV series, 1 episode
1980 Spring & Fall Phil O'DonohueTV series, 1 episode
1980 Prisoner Kevin BurnsTV series, 22 episodes
1982 Kingswood Country Troy BridgesTV series, 1 episode
1983 Waterloo Station TV series
1982-87 A Country Practice Commercial Director / Donald Cook / SpikeTV series, 6 episodes
1987 The Flying Doctors Colin NeilsonTV series, 1 episode
1989 E Street Terry O'BrienTV series, 1 episode

Personal life

Gilmour lives in Sydney, Australia with his wife and son.

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References

  1. Albert Moran and Chris Keating The A to Z of Australian Radio and Television , p. 345, at Google Books