Mervyn Drake

Mervyn Drake

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Title: Blue Murder
Character: Jack Hiatt QC
Released: September 14, 1995
Type: TV
Set in the 1970s and 1980s in Sydney, the miniseries concerns the relationship between controversial former Detective Roger "the Dodger" Rogerson and notorious criminal Arthur "Neddy" Smith. Rogerson and his colleagues were accused of giving Smith a "green light" to commit crimes without Police interference, with the relationship fraying when Rogerson orders hitman Christopher "Mr. Rent-a-Kill" Flannery to murder Police Officer Michael Drury.
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Title: Police Rescue
Character: Barry
Released: February 14, 1991
Type: TV
Police Rescue was an Australian television series The series dealt with the New South Wales Police Rescue Squad based in Sydney and their work attending to various incidents from road accidents to train crashes.
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Afraid to Dance
Title: Afraid to Dance
Character: Terry
Released: May 5, 1989
Type: Movie
An out-of-luck youth gets a lift from a shoplifter whose car he had planned to steal. They become involved in crime and romance together.
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Evil Angels
Title: Evil Angels
Character: Gilroy
Released: November 3, 1988
Type: Movie
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria, from their tent. Azaria's body was never found and, after investigations and two public inquests, she is charged with murder.
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The Clean Machine
Title: The Clean Machine
Character: Ron Maher
Released: May 22, 1988
Type: Movie
A new Premier is elected promising to clean up corruption. He sets up a taskforce headed by a traffic cop thinking he won’t get far. But Inspector Riordan opens up a can of worms and won’t let it go – all the way to the top.
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Danger Down Under
Title: Danger Down Under
Character: Det. Sgt. Woods
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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Going Sane
Title: Going Sane
Character: Alistair McPhail
Released: July 30, 1987
Type: Movie
A business executive leaves his wife and family when he discovers that he only has a short time left to live.
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Vietnam
Title: Vietnam
Character: Press Secretary
Released: February 23, 1987
Type: Movie
The trials and tribulations of the Goddard family after the entry of Australia into the Vietnam War.
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A Place to Call Home
Title: A Place to Call Home
Character: Father O'Leary
Released: February 7, 1987
Type: Movie
Sam Gavin decides to relocate his family from Houston, Texas to a sheep station in Australia to protect his eleven children from the "destructive influences" of modern American society. Because of business obligations, he fails to join them and, more or less, abandons his wife, Liz, to the hardships of her new surroundings. Mother and children are determined to make a go of it.
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Emma's War
Title: Emma's War
Character: Iceman
Released: December 26, 1986
Type: Movie
After the start of WW2, a mother takes her children from Sydney to the countryside.
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Emoh Ruo
Title: Emoh Ruo
Character: Warren Harrison
Released: September 12, 1985
Type: Movie
Nothing and no one is safe in this biting satire of the trials and tribulations of young marrieds buying their first home. "Emoh Ruo" takes direct aim at the financial institutions, builders, furniture salesmen, television commercials and almost any other of the many sharks in our society who lie in waiting, ready to help eager young couples commit economic suicide for their little piece of Australia. "Emoh Ruo" is the story of the Tunkley family. Terry cleans houses for a living - but what she'd really like is a house of her own. Her husband Des is quite content to go on living in a caravan. Terry spots an advertisement for 'The Buckingham', a low-budget project home. For Terri it's love at first sight but it isn't till she reveals the depth of her desperation that Des relents and sells his boat so they'll have enough for the deposit. Excitedly they move to the outskirts of Sydney to begin their new life but they soon discover the dream can turn into a nightmare.
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Razorback
Title: Razorback
Character: Andy
Released: April 19, 1984
Type: Movie
In the Australian outback a vicious wild boar kills and causes havoc to a small community.
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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Title: The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Character: Kelly
Released: June 21, 1978
Type: Movie
The true story of a part Aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.