Father Polycarp — The Man from Down Under Character Profile

About Father Polycarp

A local priest stationed near Jocko's isolated Northern Australian hotel. He expresses faith in his ability to miraculously heal Nipper's injured shoulder.

Character Facts

Played by

Arthur Shields

Appears in

The Man from Down Under (1943)

Role

Supporting

More characters from The Man from Down Under

• Jocko Wilson (Charles Laughton)
• Aggie Dawlins (Binnie Barnes)
• Nipper Wilson (Richard Carlson)
• Ginger Gaffney (Clyde Cook)
• Mary Wilson (Donna Reed)
• Nipper Wilson (child) (Christopher Severn)
• Boots (Hobart Cavanaugh)
• Mary, as a child (Evelyn Falke)
• Father Antoine (André Charlot)
• Dusty Rhodes (Stephen McNally)
• Soldier (Ian Wolfe)
• Terry McGroth - Boxer (uncredited) (Freddie Steele)