Ollie Hall

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Ollie Hall
Full nameOliver Bythe Hall
Date of birth(1952-03-20)20 March 1952
Place of birth Wellington, NSW, Australia
Date of death13 November 2020(2020-11-13) (aged 68)
School The King's School
Occupation(s)Actor / Farmer
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1983 Australia

Oliver Bythe Hall (20 March 1952 — 13 November 2020) was an Australian actor and rugby union player. [1]

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Biography

Born in Wellington, New South Wales, Hall was the son of a grazier and grew up on the family farm. He boarded at The King's School in Sydney and as a First VIII rower won the 1970 Head of the River regatta for the school. After playing his schoolboy rugby in the 2nd XV, Hall joined Yeoval on his return home and his game quickly developed under renowned country rugby coach John Stanbrook, gaining Central West representative selection in 1972. He played his early rugby as a lock before he transitioned in 1978 to the front row. [2]

Hall played rugby in Sydney's Shute Shield competition for Manly and was named "best clubman" in his first season in 1982. He was a member of Manly's 1983 premiership team coached by future Wallabies coach Alan Jones. Three months after making his New South Wales representative debut, against Argentina in Sydney, Hall was one of five Wallabies rookies to achieve selection for the 1983 tour of Italy and France. [3] He played five uncapped matches during the tour. His career was then undone by persistent knee injuries and after numerous surgeries he transitioned into acting. [4]

As an actor, Hall had several film and television roles, mainly in the late 1980s. Most notably, he featured in the 1985 film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome , as a guard to Tina Turner's character. He also had a recurring role as Tiny in the 1987 mini series Fields of Fire . [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
1985 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Aunty's Guard
1986 Dead End Drive-In Frank
1986 Short Changed Officer Collins
1988 Young Einstein Darwin's Bodyguard
1990 Quigley Down Under Carver
1992 Eight Ball Eric Biggs

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 Shout! The Story of Johnny O'Keefe 2 episodes
1986 Shark's Paradise SmithTV Movie
1987 Fields of Fire Tiny2 episodes
1987 The Lizard King FrankTV Movie
1988 Fields of Fire II Tiny2 episodes
1988 Richmond Hill Cuddles1 episode
1988 Act of Betrayal Big Man2 episodes
1988 Joe Wilson Trooper McCaffrey1 episode
1989 The Magistrate Wayne2 episodes
1989 Fields of Fire III Tiny2 episodes

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References

  1. "Rugby community mourning the passing of former Wallaby Ollie Hall". The Scone Advocate . 16 November 2020.
  2. "Oliver Bythe Hall". classicwallabies.com.au.
  3. "Five rookies in Wallabies' side". The Canberra Times . 17 October 1983. p. 18. Retrieved 3 January 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  4. Mann, Geoff (19 November 2020). "Ollie Hall, gentle giant, laid to rest". Dubbo Photo News.
  5. Murphy, Ben (24 June 2016). "Ollie Hall: a man of many talents". The Scone Advocate.