Ian McFadyen

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Ian McFadyen
Born (1948-07-08) 8 July 1948 (age 77)
Pascoe Vale, Victoria, Australia [1]
Occupations
  • Television actor
  • director
  • producer
  • writer
Spouses
  • Jo McFadyen,
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(divorced)​
Website http://members.ozemail.com.au/~imcfadyen

Ian McFadyen (born 8 July 1948) is an Australian television writer, actor, director and producer. He is best known as the creator and producer of the Australian television series The Comedy Company , which he also directed and wrote episodes for, and performed in, which ran from 16 February 1988 to 11 November 1990. One of McFadyen's most memorable characters on the show was "David Rabbitborough", a parodic impersonation of British naturalist David Attenborough. [2]

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McFadyen hosted the Australian version of Cluedo , and was the creator of the Network Ten sketch comedy show The Wedge . [3] In 2009, he played a vampire in an advertisement for Australian lotteries. [4] He also wrote "The Bounty Hunter", episode 4 for the new Doctor Who spin-off TV series K-9 . In 1983 he played the part of Detective Mears in the iconic Australian TV series Prisoner .

McFadyen is the author of the book Mind Wars: The Battle for Your Brain, published by Allen & Unwin. [5] He also co-wrote the satirical novel Going Out Backwards (2015) with Ross Fitzgerald. [6]

Filmography

Producer

YearTitleRoleType
1985The Eleventh HourProducerTV series
1988 The Comedy Company ProducerTV series
1989The Great TV Game ShowExecutive ProducerTV series, 16 episodes
1990The Big TimeProducerTV series, 2 episodes
1990Larger than LifeProducerTV series
1990-92 Let the Blood Run Free Executive ProducerTV series, 26 episodes
1992-93 Bingles Executive ProducerTV series, 23 episodes
1993-94 Newlyweds Executive ProducerTV series, 52 episodes
2002 The Comedy Company: So ExcellentProducerTV documentary
2006 The Wedge Co-Executive Producer / ProducerTV series, 26 episodes
2010The VergeExecutive ProducerTV series

Actor/performer

YearTitleRoleType
1982 Snow: The Movie IanTV movie
1984...And Where Lies the Justice?TV movie
1984 Special Squad EvansTV series
1983-84 Prisoner Joe Timmons / Det. Fred MearsTV series
1985 Glass Babies Dr. B. BombarTV movie
1985 One Summer Again Theodore FinkTV miniseries
1985The Eleventh HourVariousTV series
1986 Malcolm Model Shop SalesmanFeature film
1988 Boulevard of Broken Dreams Hotel ClerkFeature film
1988 A Cry in the Dark (aka Evil Angels)Attorney GeneralFeature film
1988 The Bit Part Commercial Director
1988 The Comedy Company David Rabbitborough / IanTV series
1991 All Together Now Simon CarpenterTV series
1996 The Genie from Down Under Lord "Bubbles" Uppington-SmytheTV series
1998The Genie from Down Under 2Lord "Bubbles" Uppington-SmytheTV series
2004FlushedThe Narrator (voice)Short film
2011DartworthDarren 'The Spider' Twine
2018 Bluey Bob (voice)Animated TV series

Screenwriter

YearTitleRoleType
1983 Home WriterTV series, 4 episodes
1984The KeepersWriterTV series
1984The CleaningWriterShort film
1984 Infinity Limited WriterTV series, 5 episodes
1985The Eleventh HourWriterTV series
1988 The Bit Part Writer
1988 The Comedy Company WriterTV series
1992 Bingles WriterTV series
1993 The Feds: Terror WriterTV movie
1993-94 The Newlyweds Writer (34 episodes)
-Additional Writer (1 episode)
-Creator (1 episode)		TV series
2001 Wicked! WriterTV series
2002The Vector FileScreenplay / StoryTV movie
2006 The Wedge WriterTV series, 26 episodes
2010The VergeWriterTV series
2011WAC! World Animal ChampionshipsWriterTV series

Director

YearTitleRoleType
1980Alive and KickingDirectorDocumentary short
1988 The Comedy Company DirectorTV series
2002BinglesDirectorTV series
2002 The Comedy Company: So ExcellentDirectorTV movie documentary
2010The VergeSpecial Guest DirectorTV series

Appearances

YearTitleRoleType
1992 Cluedo HostTV series, 23 episodes
2005-10 20 to 1 HimselfTV series, 5 episodes
2015-17 Stop Laughing... This is Serious HimselfTV series, 4 episodes

Production assistant

YearTitleRoleType
1970 Nothing Like Experience Production AssistantStudent film

References

  1. ↑ McFadyen, Ian: "Fond memories of a lost frontier", The Age , 1 November 1983.
  2. ↑ Lallo, Michael: The Life of Mammals, The Age , 7 July 2008.
  3. ↑ Dale, David: Humiliation becomes family fun Archived 30 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine , The Sydney Morning Herald Entertainment Blog, 5 December 2005.
  4. ↑ Butler, Dianne: Ian McFadyen's new role as Dracula in Halloween lottery ads, The Courier Mail , 26 October 2009.
  5. ↑ Bestsellers from Melbourne, New Scientist , 13 January 2001.
  6. ↑ Atfield, Cameron (29 November 2015). "A professor and a comedian walk into an authoring partnership..." Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 December 2016.


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