Peter Curtin

Peter Curtin

Born: January 31, 1944
Died: May 19, 2014
in Australia
Peter Julian Curtin (31 January 1944 – 19 May 2014) was an Australian television and stage actor, whose career began when he joined the Melbourne Theatre Company, appearing in The Plough and the Stars.

Movies for Peter Curtin...

Title: Satisfaction
Character: Dr. De Courcy
Released: December 5, 2007
Type: TV
Set in and around 232, an up-market city brothel, Satisfaction reveals the world of five high class escorts and their manager as they juggle the pressures of their private lives with their secret profession.
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Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Title: Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Character: Lawyer
Released: August 25, 2004
Type: Movie
The blood orchid - a rare flower that could hold the secret of eternal life and be worth a fortune to the company that finds it first. Led by a pharmaceutical research team, a scientific expedition sets out to go and explore deep into the jungles of Borneo to locate and bring back samples of the legendary plant. Battling through rainstorms to make their way upriver, the group encounters poisonous insects and a ferocious crocodile, only to discover they're being stalked by an even greater danger: a gathering of giant anacondas. Heat-sensing, fifty-foot-long flesh eaters that will go after anyone that crosses in their path.
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Darkness Falls
Title: Darkness Falls
Character: Dr. Travis
Released: January 24, 2003
Type: Movie
A vengeful spirit has taken the form of the Tooth Fairy to exact vengeance on the town that lynched her 150 years earlier. Her only opposition is the only child, now grown up, who has survived her before.
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Till Human Voices Wake Us
Title: Till Human Voices Wake Us
Character: Dr. David Franks
Released: September 12, 2002
Type: Movie
Sam and Silvy are best friends. One night, as they are watching a falling star while floating on their backs in a lake, Sylvy disappears from his side. Despite his best efforts, he cannot find her under water. Many years later, Sam, now a psychologist, returns to bury his father. Back in his hometown, he meets a woman called Ruby who reminds him in so many ways of his lost love.
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Title: White Collar Blue
Character: General Gerald Sinclair
Released: August 12, 2002
Type: TV
White Collar Blue is an Australian television series made by Knapman Wyld Television for Network Ten from 2002 to 2003. Starring Peter O'Brien as Joe Hill and Freya Stafford as Harriet Walker, the series dealt with a division of the police force working in the city of Sydney and the personal and professional tensions affecting their work and lives. In the pilot episode, Harriet is introduced as the new face to Kingsway station, transferring from the "White Collar" federal police to the "Blue Collar" New South Wales Police. Throughout the series Harriet must deal not only with her husband's brutal murder and the revelation of his adultery, but with learning to adjust and fit into her new surroundings. Joe is Harriet's new partner, and isn't exactly welcoming to her as an addition to the team. With two daughters from previous marriages, Joe needs to juggle his homelife, his dedication to the job and his relationship with Nicole Brown, played by Jodie Dry. The other cops at the station are Ted Hudson, played by Richard Carter, Sophia Marinkovitch and Theo Rahme, and each have their own secrets and problems to deal with. The series was axed after two seasons, however it can be found on cable TV both in Australia and overseas.
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In Pursuit of Honor
Title: In Pursuit of Honor
Character: Sgt. Ernest Gruber
Released: March 18, 1995
Type: Movie
To save a group of horses slated to be destroyed by the US Cavalry, a group of officers rebel and begin a journey towards Canada to save themselves and the mounts.
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Official Denial
Title: Official Denial
Character: Jonathon Applegate
Released: November 20, 1993
Type: Movie
A UFO abductee joins a secret government agency in order to communicate with the sole surviving alien of a downed spacecraft.
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Title: Blue Heelers
Character: Inspector Len Murray
Released: September 10, 1993
Type: TV
Blue Heelers was one of Australia's longest running weekly television drama series. Blue Heelers is a police drama series set in the fictional country town of Mount Thomas. Under the watchful eye of Tom Croydon (John Wood), the men and women of Mount Thomas Police Station fight crime, resolve disputes and tackle the social issues of the day. We watch their successes and their failures and learn to grow with them and their loved ones as the heart of the series develops.
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Title: Snowy
Character: Voice of Older Michael
Released: September 8, 1993
Type: TV
The family lives of those working on Australia's Snowy Mountains dam in the 1950s.
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Title: Bodysurfer
Character: Bernie
Released: August 9, 1989
Type: TV
Bodysurfer charts the odyssey of David Lang. Searching beyond mid-life crisis, David finds unanswered questions of his childhood can lead him toward a state of maturity. He realises it is his last hope for reconstructing his fractured family
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Title: The Flying Doctors
Character: Clive Hayes
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: Zoo Family
Character: Dr. David Mitchell
Released: July 28, 1985
Type: TV
Follows a family who live at Melbourne Zoo in Victoria, Australia. Doctor David Mitchell is the zoo's veterinarian. His children Nick and Susie love being with all the animals.
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Title: Inside Running
Released: July 22, 1981
Type: TV
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Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Title: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Character: Roo Webber
Released: January 28, 1979
Type: Movie
Four friends grapple with aging and the march of time in this opera based on Ray Lawler's iconic Australian play. For years, cane cutters Roo and Barney (Gary Rowley and Barry Ryan) have bunked with barmaids Olive (Gillian Sullivan) and Nancy in the summer. But Nancy's moved on, replaced by newcomer Pearl (Elizabeth Campbell). Vacation's no longer the unending party it once was as each member of the quartet arrives at a new understanding of life.