Max Phipps

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Max Phipps
Born
Maxwell John Phipps

18 November 1939
Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
Died6 August 2000(2000-08-06) (aged 60)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Maxwell John Phipps (18 November 1939 – 6 August 2000) was an Australian actor, known for a number of roles in theatre, films and television during the 1960s until the end of the 1990s.

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Life and career

Phipps was born in Dubbo and grew up in Parkes. He started his acting training in Sydney at the age of 21, at the Ensemble Theatre. There he appeared in such productions as Buffalo Skinner, Long Day's Journey into Night , Fortune and Men's Eyes , The Removalists and Rooted . In the Sydney Opera House's inaugural season he played Harry Bustle in What If You Died Tomorrow? . In London he reprised this role, as well as appearing in Don's Party . He played Dr Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show in Melbourne in 1975–77.

His most notable screen roles included Bernie Dump in The Miraculous Mellops , The Toadie in Mad Max 2 (1981), Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in the television mini-series The Dismissal (1983), Sir Frank Packer in True Believers (1988), and Queensland Police Commissioner Terry Lewis in the Four Corners TV documentary drama Police State (1989), which helped to bring about investigations into corruption within that state's police force and political system. He was nominated for an AFI award for his role in Stir (1980). Other films included The Cars That Ate Paris (1974), Thirst (1979), Nightmares (1980), Dead Easy (1982), The Return of Captain Invincible (1983), Savage Islands (1983), which was released in the United States as Nate and Hayes, Sky Pirates (1986) and What the Moon Saw (1990). He appeared as Detective Inspector Mcallister in the Inspector Morse episode "The Promised Land" in 1991, which was set in Australia. Phipps also played the role of Edward "Dinosaur" Spence in the first season of the short lived Australian television series "FIRE" (1995) set in Queensland.

in the early to late 90s He also briefly worked on the ill-fated video game Wizardry: Stones of Arnhem at DirectSoft which was being contracted out to them by Sirtech.

Death

He died from cancer in Sydney in August 2000, survived by his three siblings. He had never married.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1964 Split Level LouisTV movie
1969 You Can't See 'round Corners Keith GraysonFeature film
1974 The Tony Hancock Special Hotel ClerkTV movie
1974 The Cars That Ate Paris MulrayFeature film
1975 Polly Me Love TV movie
1977 Benny Hill Down Under Various rolesTV movie
1979 Temperament Unsuited SupervisorShort film
1979 Thirst Mr. HodgeFeature film
1980 Stir NortonFeature film
1980 Nightmares George D'albergFeature film
1981 Mad Max 2 The ToadieFeature film
1982 Dead Easy FrancisFeature film
1983 The Return of Captain Invincible AdmiralFeature film
1983 Savage Islands Ben Pease Feature film
1983 Who Killed Baby Azaria? Mr. Baker QCTV movie
1985 Emoh Ruo Sam TregadoFeature film
1986 Sky Pirates (aka Nate and Hayes)SavageFeature film
1986 The Blue Lightning Brutus CathcartTV movie
1986 Body Business MaxTV movie
1987 Dark Age John BesserFeature film
1989Police State Queensland Police Commissioner Terry Lewis TV docudrama movie
1989 How Wonderful! The DoctorTV movie
1990 What the Moon Saw Mr. ZacharyFeature film
1990 Sky Trackers Doctor GilesTV movie
1999Without WarningMayberryTV movie

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1964 The Stranger Soshuniss CitizenTV miniseries
1964 Consider Your Verdict TV series, 1 episode
1969 Delta Tony SpencerTV series, 1 episode
1970 Woobinda, Animal Doctor TV series, 1 episode
1971 The Thursday Creek Mob Lieutenant WiggTV series
1971 Dynasty Dr. LoftusTV series, 1 episode
1972 Catwalk Jack WilsonTV series, 1 episode
1972 A Nice Day at the Office Graeme 'Snow' CarterTV series, 1 episode
1972 Boney Morris AnsworthTV series, 1 episode
1972 Snake Gully with Dad and Dave Harry PhealyTV series, 1 episode
1972 Behind the Legend TV series. 1 episode
1973 Ryan BradleyTV series, 1 episode
1975 Shannon's Mob Patrick RyanTV series, 1 episode
1979 Glenview High TV series, 1 episode
1980-81 Cop Shop Glen Anderson / Harry Shelton / Clyde Hewitt / Robert DoyleTV series, 7 episodes
1981 Holiday Island Matthew KramerTV series, 2 episodes
1981 Bellamy EvansTV series, 1 episode
1982 Women of the Sun Doug CutlerTV miniseries, 1 episode
1983 The Dismissal Prime Minister Gough Whitlam TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1983 Carson's Law Inspector CullenTV series, 2 episodes
1984 Special Squad Arthur Lambert / ArthurTV series, 2 episodes
1985 Zoo Family Elephant JimTV series, 1 episode
1986 My Brother Tom J.B.StrappTV miniseries, 1 episode
1988 True Believers Sir Frank PackerTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1988 Rafferty's Rules Vern O'ConnorTV series, 1 episode
1989 Mission: Impossible RudenskyTV series, 16 episode
1989 This Man... This Woman Barry FarmerTV miniseries, 1 episode
1989 E Street Joseph ParkerTV series, 2 episodes
1991 A Country Practice Gordon Barlow / Gus RoachTV series, 4 episodes
1991 Inspector Morse Detective Inspector Glenn McAllisterTV series, episode "The Promised Land"
1991 Screen One RayTV series, 1 episode
1991-92 The Miraculous Mellops Bernie DumpTV series, 20 episodes
1992 G.P. Derek HarwoodTV series, 1 episode
1995 Fire Edward 'Dinosaur' SpenceTV series, 13 episodes
1995 Snowy River: The McGregor Saga Commissioner Henry DengateTV series, 1 episode
1996 Naked: Stories of Men LeonardTV series, 1 episode
1996 Halifax f.p. Detective Inspector DerridaTV series, 1 episode
1997 Bullpitt! ArchbishopTV series, 1 episode
1998 Wildside Sam FarmerTV series, 1 episode
1998-99 All Saints Joe GoretskiTV series, 2 episodes
1999 Big Sky EllisonTV series, 2 episodes
1999Noah's ArkJezerTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1999 Farscape Pa'u TuzakTV series, 1 episode

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