Career
He is perhaps best known for his role in Home and Away as the original character of foster and (later adoptive) father Tom Fletcher between 1988 and 1990, (with a brief guest appearance in 2008) opposite co-star Vanessa Downing who played his wife Pippa Fletcher before the role was recast with Debra Lawrance Playing the pivotal role of the foster father, at the beginning of the series Oakley was considered by producers as the most important member of the older cast [1] .
He appeared in the ABC series Something in the Air as controversial politician Doug Rutherford between 2000 and 2002.
His other notable roles include The Sullivans appearing in both the television series and film version as Major. Barrington.
Oakley appeared in feature film roles including in 1977 in his native New Zealand in the movie Sleeping Dogs starring Sam Neill, and in Australia in Sara Dane , Women of the Sun , TheFar Country, Travelling North . The Last of the Ryans My Year Without Sex but has also appeared in numerous telemovies and mini-series including the 12-part serial The Damnation of Harvey McHugh . [2] [3] [4]
Other TV credits include: Cop Shop , Prisoner, A Country Practice , The Flying Doctors , Good Guys Bad Guys , Blue Heelers , The Young Doctors and Neighbours .
He featured in the stage productions of My Fair Lady , The NightWatchman, Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker, and The Golden Dragon by contemporary German playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig. He also appeared in the television series Underbelly and Winners and Losers .
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