Ross Thompson (actor)

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Ross Thompson
Born~1947 [1]
Melbourne, Australia
OccupationActor

Ross Thompson is an Australian actor.

Major screen roles he has played include Bellbird as Terry Hill, [2] The Chain Reaction as Heinrich Schmidt, Punishment as prison warder Mike Rogers [3] Carson's Law as Robert Carson, [4] In 1966 he starred in two Australian plays on television, The Pigeon which was filmed for ABC TV's Australian Playhouse [5] and Point of Departure from Wednesday Theatre . [1] [6]

Thompson has a long theatre career [7] working on the likes of The Promise (1968, Independent Theatre) [8] [9] [10] The Steal Away Home (1988, Studio Theatre), [11] [12] The Freedom of the City (1992, National (St Kilda)), [13] [14] Remember Ronald Ryan (1994, Merlyn Theatre) [15] [16] and Abide With Me (1999, La Mama) [17] [18]

References

  1. 1 2 P., J. (20 June 1966), "Wartime romance", The Sydney Morning Herald
  2. ↑ Musgrove, Nan (22 May 1974), "Some surprises in store for "Bellbird"", The Australian Women's Weekly
  3. ↑ Manning, Fiona (1 October 1980), "Ross Thompson's a devil for punishment!", The Australian Women's Weekly
  4. ↑ Stoddart, Patrick (6 February 1984), "Series about female lawyer in the 1920s", The Canberra Times
  5. ↑ Musgrave, Nan (4 May 1966), "Brave, new venture", The Australian Women's Weekly
  6. ↑ "no title", The Age, 23 June 1966
  7. ↑ Ross Thompson, AusStage
  8. ↑ ""The Promise"", The Australian Jewish Times, 11 April 1968
  9. ↑ Kippax, H. G. (3 April 1968), "A comedy from Russia", The Sydney Morning Herald
  10. ↑ The Promise, AusStage
  11. ↑ Weiniger, Peter (11 February 1988), "Lament for a lost home and a lost land", The Age
  12. ↑ Steal Away Home / The Serpent's Fall, AusStage
  13. ↑ Radic, Leonard (8 May 1992), "When a civil protest turns into tragedy", The Age
  14. ↑ The Freedom of the City, AusStage
  15. ↑ Kohn, Peter (7 October 1994), "Prison drama set around Ryan's hanging", The Australian Jewish News
  16. ↑ Remember Ronald Ryan, AusStage
  17. ↑ Ross, Dina (4 June 1999), "Cliffhanger that never takes the plunge", The Age
  18. ↑ Abide With Me, AusStage
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