Bill Hunter

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   William John "Bill" Hunter (27 February 1940 – 21 May 2011) was an Australian actor of film, stage and television. He appeared in more than 60 films and won two Australian Film Institute Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Hunter (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career Overview

Bill Hunter has 65 screen credits in a career dating back to 1957. Their work spans 5 cinematic universes — most prominently Red Dog Collection with 1 titles. Signature works include Muriel's Wedding, Road to Nhill, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

65

Birth Date

1940-02-27 00:00:00

Birth Place

Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Known For

• 

  Muriel's Wedding
• 

  Road to Nhill
• 

  The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
• 

  Police State
• 

  Fever
• 

  Newsfront

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 5 universes

• Red Dog Collection (1 titles)
• Finding Nemo (1 titles)
• Kangaroo Jack Collection (1 titles)
• Cody Collection (1 titles)
• Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Sue Seeary (3 collaborations)
• Craig Lahiff (3 collaborations)
• Tony Mahood (2 collaborations)
• Steve Burgess (2 collaborations)
• Gerry Long (2 collaborations)
• P.J. Hogan (2 collaborations)
• Chris Haywood (2 collaborations)
• Rob Steele (2 collaborations)
• Lynette Curran (2 collaborations)
• Cassie Hanlon (2 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (1 credits)

  • Yobbos Up The Guts

    director

    directing
    2026

• actors (63 credits)

  • Yobbos Up The Guts

    Billy T

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • The Cup

    Bart Cummings

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Red Dog

    Jumbo Smelt

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

    Bubo (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • The Wedding Party

    Priest

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • The Pacific

    - Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika (2010) ... actor actors
    2010
  • Australia

    Skipper (Qantas Sloop)

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • The Square

    Gil Hubbard

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Tom White

    Malcolm

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Bad Eggs

    Ted Pratt

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Finding Nemo

    Dentist (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Horseplay

    Barry Coxhead

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Kangaroo Jack

    Blue

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Crackerjack

    Stan Coombs

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • On the Beach

    Prime Minister Seaton

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • A Difficult Woman

    Paul Scanlon

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • The Violent Earth

    Campbell

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • 15 Amore

    Brendan's Voice

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • The Echo of Thunder

    Cooper (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Road to Nhill

    Brian

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • River Street

    Vincent Pierce

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Race the Sun

    Commissioner Hawkes

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Blue Murder

    Angus McDonald

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Cody: Fall from Grace

    Sam Wolfe

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Everynight... Everynight

    Berriman

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Space: Above and Beyond

    - Pilot (1995) ... Secretary General Chartwell actor actors
    1995
  • Muriel's Wedding

    Bill Heslop

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

    Bob Spart

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Shotgun Wedding

    Police Comm. Andrews

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • The Custodian

    Managing Director

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Broken Highway

    Wilson

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • The Last Days of Chez Nous

    Beth's Father

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Strictly Ballroom

    Barry Fife

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • The Leaving of Liverpool

    Father O'Neill

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Police State

    Graeme Parker

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Mull

    Frank Mullens

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Fever

    Sergeant Jack Welles

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Rikky and Pete

    Whitstead

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Death of a Soldier

    Det. Sgt. Adams

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Sky Pirates

    O'Reilly

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Call Me Mr. Brown

    McNeill

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Rebel

    Browning

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • An Indecent Obsession

    Colonel Chinstrap

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • My First Wife

    Bar Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • The Hit

    Harry

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Street Hero

    Det. Fitzpatrick

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Far East

    Walker

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Heatwave

    Robert Duncan

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Gallipoli

    Major Barton

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • ...Maybe This Time

    Stephen

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Hard Knocks

    Brady

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • Dead Man's Float

    Eddie Bell

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • In Search of Anna

    Peter

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Minder

    - For a Few Dollars More (1993) ... Reid actor actors

    - A Taste of Money (1993) ... Reid actor actors
    1979
  • Newsfront

    Len Maguire

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Weekend of Shadows

    Bosun

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Backroads

    Jack

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • The Adventures of Eliza Fraser

    Youlden

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Mad Dog Morgan

    Sgt. Smith

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • The Man from Hong Kong

    Peterson

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • 27A

    Cornish

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Stone

    Barman

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • The Shiralee

    Extra (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957

• crew (1 credits)

  • My First Wife

    thanks

    crew
    1984