Ralph Cotterill

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Ralph Cotterill
Born26 March 1932
Yorkshire, England
DiedMay 7, 2023(2023-05-07) (aged 91)
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
OccupationActor

Ralph Cotterill (March 26, 1932 - May 7, 2023) was an English-born Australian actor. Born in Yorkshire, Cotterill arrived in Australia in 1973 while touring with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He went on to have a long career in Australia, both on stage and screen. [1]

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Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1974 Essington TV movie
1976 Deathcheaters Uncivil servantFeature film
1977 Journey Among Women Corporal PorteousFeature film
1980 The Chain Reaction GrayFeature film
1981 Alison's Birthday Brian HealeyFeature film
1981 The Survivor SlaterFeature film
1982 Prisoners HolmbyFeature film
1984 Where the Green Ants Dream FletcherFeature film
1984 Starship (aka 2084 or Lorca and the Outlaws)Captain JewittFeature film
1985 Burke and Wills Charley GrayFeature film
1986 Shark's Paradise Dr BaxterTV movie
1987 Howling III Professor SharpeFeature film
1987 The Lighthorsemen General Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein Feature film
1989 Sons of Steel KarzoffFeature film
1993 Bad Boy Bubby PopFeature film
1995 The Beat Manifesto DarcyShort film
2005 The Proposition Dr BantreyFeature film
2007 December Boys ShellbackFeature film
2013 The Great Gatsby Gatsby's fatherFeature film (scenes cut)

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1972 Behind the Legend Hal GyeTV anthology series
1977 Beyond Reasonable Doubt Prison Officer LangeDocumentary series
1981 Punishment Russell DavisTV series
Five Mile Creek Dr GluckTV series
1988 All the Way Mr BowerTV series
1992 Ultraman: Towards the Future Captain Arthur GrantTV series
2006 The Timeless Land FinnTV miniseries

References

  1. Mack, Andrew (7 June 2023), "Character actor in roles ranging from King Lear to A Country Practice", The Sydney Morning Herald