John Allen

John Allen

Born: December 1, 1944
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
John Allen (born December 3, 1944) is an Australian actor. After he graduating National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1969, he rapidly established himself in the theatre, appearing in some eighteen productions at the prestigious Melbourne Theatre Company followed by a period at the Old Tote Theatre Company in Sydney. This culminated in the opening season of the Sydney Opera House and a tour with the Company to London and the West End. After returning to Australia he continued to play a wide range of roles in theatre, film and television in a career that has spanned more than three decades and has included many notable productions.

Movies for John Allen...

Title: E Street
Character: Crown Prosecutor
Released: January 24, 1989
Type: TV
An Australian television soap opera, set in a tough fictional inner-city district called Westside. The stories revolve around the local community there. Created by Forrest Redlich and produced by Network Ten from 24 January 1989 to 13 May 1993.
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Grievous Bodily Harm
Title: Grievous Bodily Harm
Character: Stansfield
Released: October 26, 1988
Type: Movie
A schoolteacher (John Waters) becomes obsessed with the idea that his wife (Joy Bell) did not die in a car accident, as everyone else thinks.
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The Riddle of the Stinson
Title: The Riddle of the Stinson
Character: Claude Smyth
Released: July 25, 1988
Type: Movie
A true story. In 1937, a routine passenger and mail flight crashes during bad weather on a flight between Brisbane and Sydney. A local bushman begins his own search, and finds the wreckage and two survivors ten days after the crash.
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Vietnam
Title: Vietnam
Character: TDT Reporter
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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Now and Forever
Title: Now and Forever
Character: Martin Harrington
Released: June 23, 1983
Type: Movie
A couple's seemingly "perfect" marriage is shaken when the husband is charged with rape.
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The Dismissal
Title: The Dismissal
Character: Prime Ministerial Aide
Released: March 6, 1983
Type: Movie
The drama surrounding the dismissal of Mr. Gough Whitlam as the Labor Prime Minister of Australia - on 11 November, 1975 - by the then Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr - and the subsequent installation, in Parliament, of the Liberal 'caretaker government' and Mr. Malcolm Fraser as the 'caretaker' Prime Minister.
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The Haunting of Hewie Dowker
Title: The Haunting of Hewie Dowker
Character: Detective
Released: November 6, 1976
Type: Movie
Hewie Dowker, a New South Wales (Sydney) police officer who becomes aware that he has psychic abilities, which haunt him as he has recurrent visions of a young girl being murdered during a black mass.