Martin Vaughan

Martin Vaughan

Born: June 5, 1931
Died: October 30, 2023
in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Martin Vaughan (5 June 1931 – October 2022) was an Australian stage, television and film actor and musician. He is best known for appearing in the film Phar Lap as trainer Harry Telford and the lead role in the award-winning 26-part 1976 television miniseries Power Without Glory.

Vaughan had a supporting role in the ABC series Rake, which was his final TV appearance. He retired in 2013 and spent the last decade of his life writing.

Movies for Martin Vaughan...

The Dam
Title: The Dam
Character: John
Released: August 17, 2016
Type: Movie
A lifelong friendship is under siege when two mature Australian men visit the monolithic dam that defined their young lives and are confronted by feelings that were impounded long ago, but cannot be contained any longer.
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Snowblind
Title: Snowblind
Character: Grandfather
Released: February 10, 2014
Type: Movie
Jack is utterly fed up with living at home. He longs for love, freedom and the music by KISS.
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Title: Cops L.A.C.
Character: Tim
Released: September 2, 2010
Type: TV
Cops L.A.C. is a 2010 Australian television police drama, which screened on the Nine Network. The series followed the work of officers at the Seaview Local Area Command, a fictitious police response area of the 'State Police' set in harbourside Sydney, New South Wales. The first series premiered on 2 September 2010, in the same timeslot of Network Ten's police drama Rush. On 22 November 2010, the Nine Network cancelled the show due to the high production costs.
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Liebermans in the Sky
Title: Liebermans in the Sky
Character: Izzy Lieberman
Released: May 29, 2009
Type: Movie
Alan Lieberman, a beleaguered water bed salesman, is having the worst day of his life.
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No Mail
Title: No Mail
Character: Tom Short
Released: November 1, 2006
Type: Movie
Small minds in a small town attempt to ostracize the local Muslim postman and their actions divide the town. When the postman's co-workers rally behind him the residents are forced to face the same exclusion they imposed on him.
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Title: headLand
Character: Curly
Released: November 15, 2005
Type: TV
Headland is an Australian drama television series produced by the Seven Network which ran from 15 November 2005 to 21 January 2006. The Seven Network filmed 52 episodes in the first series. Production on the second series had begun before any episodes were aired. Set in a university, Headland premiered in Australia on Tuesday, 15 November 2005 at 7.30pm. On 23 January 2006, the Seven Network officially announced that the series has been cancelled. The show aired on weekdays at 7.30pm in the United Kingdom on E4, re-formatted as half-hour episodes. E4 eventually dropped the show but episodes continued to be broadcast on Channel 4 at 12:30pm, this time in the original hour-long format.
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Title: Salem's Lot
Character: Ed 'Weasel' Craig
Released: June 20, 2004
Type: TV
A dark terror has come to the picture-perfect town of Jerusalem's Lot, and it's up to a writer with a haunted past to uncover the horror that has taken over the town.
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Australian Rules
Title: Australian Rules
Character: Darcy
Released: March 5, 2002
Type: Movie
Friends Gary Black (Nathan Phillips) and Dumby Red (Luke Carroll) are on the same football team in their coastal Australian town. But to local racists, they're a world apart: Gary is white and Dumby is an Aborigine. This becomes an issue when one of the team's Aboriginal players becomes involved in a crime. In response, Dumby is demoted even though he's the star player, and Gary is given his place. Will Gary have the courage to speak out before tragedy results?
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The Magic Pudding
Title: The Magic Pudding
Character: Parrot (voice)
Released: December 14, 2000
Type: Movie
Meet Albert, The Magic Pudding, Bunyip Bluegum, a splendid young koala and his seafaring friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff. Together they fight off the bungled attempts of pudding thieves, Possum and Wombat, and try to solve the mystery of Bunyip's parents' disappearance.
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Emmerdale: The Dingles Down Under
Title: Emmerdale: The Dingles Down Under
Character: Crocodile Dingle
Released: November 17, 1997
Type: Movie
When a young, wealthy Australian crashes (literally) into their lives and whisks them off to Australia, Mandy's thinking wedding bells, Zak looks for his long lost relative Crocodile Dingle, Vic and Terry find someone new to fight over and even Butch finds romance in the most unexpected of places.
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Encounters
Title: Encounters
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Madaline is troubled by the recurring visions of her past. The comfort of her envious life and social position are not enough to shake the haunting memories of her brother’s accidental death that Madaline blames on herself. Nightmares haunt her with images of her brother and also begin to blur with reality. Madaline’s frail state of mind has her believing that her brother has returned to kill her. Her husband disappears and a stranger from Madaline’s past threatens her life. Suspense builds and the truth is revealed in the chilling climax – Madaline’s life will never be the same again. Returning to the home where she was raised, Madaline fights to come to grips with why she was blamed for her family's death.
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You and Me and Uncle Bob
Title: You and Me and Uncle Bob
Character: Bob
Released: February 2, 1992
Type: Movie
Two children who play cupid to an unlikely older couple: a chorus girl and an unemployed butcher.
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Kokoda Crescent
Title: Kokoda Crescent
Character: Eric
Released: June 1, 1989
Type: Movie
The grandson of a war veteran is found dead from an overdose of heroin. He and his old army buddies swing into action and stake out the drug dealer, only to discover a web of police corruption surrounding the drug dealing. Given police complicity in the matter, they take the law into their own hands.
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Danger Down Under
Title: Danger Down Under
Character: Ginger McDowell
Released: March 14, 1988
Type: Movie
The story of an American horse-breeder living in Australia who is the single father of three sons.
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Title: The Flying Doctors
Character: Whistler
Released: May 15, 1986
Type: TV
The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. It was initially a 1985 mini-series based in the fictional outback town of Cooper's Crossing starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. Tom Callaghan. The success of the mini series led to its return the following year as an on-going series with McFarlane being joined by a new doctor, Chris Randall, played by Liz Burch. McFarlane left during the first season and actor Robert Grubb came in as new doctor Geoff Standish. The series' episodes were mostly self-contained but also featured ongoing storylines, such as Dr. Standish's romance with Sister Kate Wellings. Other major characters included pilot Sam Patterson, mechanic Emma Plimpton, local policeman Sgt. Jack Carruthers and Vic and Nancy Buckley, who ran the local pub/hotel, The Majestic. Andrew McFarlane also later returned to the series, resuming his role as Dr. Callaghan. The popular series ran for nine seasons and was successfully screened internationally.
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Title: The Flying Doctors
Character: "Davo" Davidson
Released: May 15, 1986
Type: TV
The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. It was initially a 1985 mini-series based in the fictional outback town of Cooper's Crossing starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. Tom Callaghan. The success of the mini series led to its return the following year as an on-going series with McFarlane being joined by a new doctor, Chris Randall, played by Liz Burch. McFarlane left during the first season and actor Robert Grubb came in as new doctor Geoff Standish. The series' episodes were mostly self-contained but also featured ongoing storylines, such as Dr. Standish's romance with Sister Kate Wellings. Other major characters included pilot Sam Patterson, mechanic Emma Plimpton, local policeman Sgt. Jack Carruthers and Vic and Nancy Buckley, who ran the local pub/hotel, The Majestic. Andrew McFarlane also later returned to the series, resuming his role as Dr. Callaghan. The popular series ran for nine seasons and was successfully screened internationally.
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Title: The Flying Doctors
Character: Ted Hudson
Released: May 15, 1986
Type: TV
The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. It was initially a 1985 mini-series based in the fictional outback town of Cooper's Crossing starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. Tom Callaghan. The success of the mini series led to its return the following year as an on-going series with McFarlane being joined by a new doctor, Chris Randall, played by Liz Burch. McFarlane left during the first season and actor Robert Grubb came in as new doctor Geoff Standish. The series' episodes were mostly self-contained but also featured ongoing storylines, such as Dr. Standish's romance with Sister Kate Wellings. Other major characters included pilot Sam Patterson, mechanic Emma Plimpton, local policeman Sgt. Jack Carruthers and Vic and Nancy Buckley, who ran the local pub/hotel, The Majestic. Andrew McFarlane also later returned to the series, resuming his role as Dr. Callaghan. The popular series ran for nine seasons and was successfully screened internationally.
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Constance
Title: Constance
Character: Alexander Elsworthy
Released: May 30, 1985
Type: Movie
Constance is a bored, movie-loving schoolteacher in post-WW2 New Zealand who begins to fantasize that she's a Hollywood star - with tragic consequences.
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The Drover's Wife
Title: The Drover's Wife
Character: Attendant
Released: October 11, 1984
Type: Movie
The Australian myth of the ‘drover's wife' retold from a different perspective.
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Phar Lap
Title: Phar Lap
Character: Harry Telford
Released: August 11, 1983
Type: Movie
Phar Lap, the big bold chestnut reigned as the king of the turf in the depression that gripped Australia of the 1930s. From his humble beginnings the New Zealand bred horse raced on to become the hero of a nation.
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The Winds of Jarrah
Title: The Winds of Jarrah
Character: Ben
Released: June 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Australia 1946. A young woman escapes from an unhappy affair to become tutor to three children who are being raised by their uncle.
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We of the Never Never
Title: We of the Never Never
Character: Dan
Released: November 4, 1982
Type: Movie
Based on the well-loved Australian classic by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn, this is the remarkable true story of Jeannie Gunn, a woman who fought to overcome sexual and racial prejudice amid the harsh beauties of the outback. Leaving her Melbourne existence for a new life on her husband's isolated ranch, Jeannie's feisty, good-natured attitude soon wins over the misogynistic stockmen, but she faces a much tougher challenge in trying to change their racist attitudes towards the indigenous aboriginal population.
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Backs to the Blast: An Australian Nuclear Story
Title: Backs to the Blast: An Australian Nuclear Story
Character: Narrator
Released: June 1, 1981
Type: Movie
A document of Australia's nuclear industrial history, from uranium mining and its toxic legacy to the nuclear weapons tests conducted at Maralinga in South Australia.
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Alison's Birthday
Title: Alison's Birthday
Character: Mr. Martin
Released: May 1, 1981
Type: Movie
During a Ouija board session with her teenaged friends, 16-year-old Alison gets a message from beyond the grave not to go home for her birthday three years later.
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Just Out Of Reach
Title: Just Out Of Reach
Character: Father
Released: October 1, 1979
Type: Movie
This short feature film begins with a suicide attempt by Cathy, and then follows by telling her story in flashbacks. Cathy is a neurotic young woman who retreats from cold British parents into an equally uncommunicative relationship with a former teacher who aspires to be a poet. Cathy's self-destructive behavior is presented as a legacy of her (British) family and past.
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The Sparks Obituary
Title: The Sparks Obituary
Character: Sparks
Released: January 2, 1978
Type: Movie
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Title: Power Without Glory
Character: John West
Released: June 21, 1976
Type: TV
Award-winning historical drama series which traces the life of John West from his impoverished youth in the depression of the 1890s, to his death as a multi-millionaire some sixty years later.
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
Title: Picnic at Hanging Rock
Character: Ben Hussey
Released: September 2, 1975
Type: Movie
In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.
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They Don't Clap Losers
Title: They Don't Clap Losers
Character: Martin
Released: July 10, 1975
Type: Movie
Two single parents meet when their children appear in juvenile court.
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Billy and Percy
Title: Billy and Percy
Character: Billy Hughes
Released: July 10, 1974
Type: Movie
Australian docudrama based on the relationship between Prime Minister Billy Hughes and his private secretary Percy Deane during World War I. It was based primarily on Deane's diaries.