John Hargreaves | |
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| Born | John William Hargreaves 28 November 1945 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 8 January 1996 (aged 50) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation | Actor |
John William Hargreaves (28 November 1945 – 8 January 1996) was an Australian actor. He won three Australian Film Institute Awards and was nominated six times. [1]
Hargreaves was educated at Marist College Kogarah. [2] He taught in Mendooran, New South Wales, but moved to Sydney in the 1960s. He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1970. [3]
Hargreaves was mainly a film actor, but is well-remembered by Australian audiences for the title role in the TV drama Young Ramsay in the 1970s and worked in a number of stage productions. Hargreaves had roles in The Removalists , Don's Party , The Odd Angry Shot , and Malcolm . He played the love interest of Nicole Kidman's character in Emerald City .
In 1994 he became the first actor to receive the Byron Kennedy Award. [4]
Although he had exclusively heterosexual relationships while young, by the early 1980s Hargreaves acknowledged and embraced his homosexuality. Between 1984 and 1988, he partnered with French actor Vincent Perrot. [4] [5]
Hargreaves contracted HIV about 1994 and died of AIDS-related complications in a hospice in Sydney on 8 January 1996. [4] Pallbearers at Hargreaves' funeral included actors Sam Neill and Bryan Brown.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | They're a Weird Mob | Youth reading paper at train station (uncredited) | Feature film |
| 1974 | Essington | TV movie | |
| 1975 | Last Rites | Bennett | TV movie |
| 1975 | Sunday Too Far Away | Uncredited | Feature film |
| 1975 | The Removalists | Constable Neville Ross | Feature film |
| 1976 | Mad Dog Morgan | Baylis | Feature film |
| 1976 | Don's Party | Don Henderson | Feature film |
| 1976 | Death Cheaters | Steve Hall | Feature film |
| 1978 | A Good Thing Going | Phil Harris | TV movie Logie Award for Best Actor in a miniseries/telemovie |
| 1978 | Long Weekend | Peter | Feature film Nominated – Sitges Film Festival award for Best Actor |
| 1978 | Little Boy Lost | Jacko Walls | Feature film |
| 1979 | The Odd Angry Shot | Bung | Feature film |
| 1979 | Banana Bender | Tom Hardy | TV movie |
| 1981 | The Killing of Angel Street | Elliott | Feature film |
| 1981 | Hoodwink | Martin Stang | Feature film Nominated – Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| 1982 | Beyond Reasonable Doubt | Arthur Allan Thomas | Feature film |
| 1983 | Careful, He Might Hear You | Logan | Feature film Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role |
| 1984 | The Great Gold Swindle | Ray Mickelberg | TV movie |
| 1984 | My First Wife | John | Feature film Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| 1986 | Double Sculls | Sam Larkin | Feature film |
| 1986 | Comrades | Convict | Animated film |
| 1986 | Sky Pirates | Lt. Harris | Feature film |
| 1986 | Malcolm | Frank Baker | Feature film Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role |
| 1987 | The Place at the Coast | Neil McAdam | Feature film |
| 1987 | Cry Freedom | Bruce Haigh | Feature film (based on Australian diplomat Bruce Haigh) |
| 1988 | Boundaries of the Heart | Andy Ford | Feature film |
| 1988 | Emerald City | Colin Rogers | Feature film Nominated – Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| 1990 | Sweet Revenge | Jim Harris | Feature film |
| 1993 | Blackfellas | Detective Maxwell | Feature film |
| 1994 | No Worries | Clive Ryan | Film |
| 1994 | Country Life | Jack Dickens | Film Byron Kennedy Award Nominated – Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| 1995 | Hotel Sorrento | Dick Bennett | Feature film |
| 1996 | Lust and Revenge | Gallery Sleaze | Feature film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1969 | Pastures of the Blue Crane | TV series | |
| 1972 | Over There | Robert Kirby | TV series |
| 1972 | Behind the Legend | Tom Roberts | TV series |
| 1972–74 | Matlock Police | Doug Thompson / Peter Smith / Roy Jones | TV series, 3 episodes: "Everybody Else Has Everything", "The Last Laugh", "A Weekends Entertainment" |
| 1973 | Division 4 | Jackson/John | TV series, 2 episodes: "Wasteground", "A Wild Wild Rose" |
| 1973 | Spyforce | Captain/Navigator | TV series, 2 episodes: "The Trail", "The Journey" |
| 1974 | And the Big Men Fly | Achilles Jones | TV series |
| 1974–76 | Homicide | Billy Day / David Taylor / Kevin Watson / Steve Brennan | TV series, 4 episodes: "Cowboy Billy Day", "You Hear about the Slasher", "The Egotist", "On The Run" |
| 1975 | Silent Number | Terry Lucas | TV series, 1 episode: "His Own Private War" |
| 1976 | Power Without Glory | Bill Evans | TV miniseries |
| 1976 | Bluey | Eric Yates | TV series, 1 episode: "One Man Band" |
| 1977–80 | Young Ramsay | Peter Ramsay | TV series |
| 1982 | Last Breakfast in Paradise | ||
| 1983 | Scales of Justice | Constable Borland | TV miniseries |
| 1983 | The Dismissal | Dr. Jim Cairns | TV miniseries |
| 1983 | Carson's Law | TV series | |
| 1988 | The Heroes | Ted Carse | TV miniseries |
| 1988 | Opération Mozart | Harrington | TV short |
| 1988 | The Alien Years | William | TV miniseries |
| 1991 | Marie Curie, une femme honourable | Rutherford | TV miniseries |
| 1992 | The Leaving of Liverpool | Harry | TV miniseries |
| 1992 | Rome Roméo | David Waldberg | |
| 1993 | G.P. | Dr. Oliver Loyd | TV series, 1 episode: "Infected" |
| 1995 | Blue Murder | Chester Porter QC | TV miniseries |
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