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Ian Gilmour (actor)

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Ian Gilmour
Born
New Zealand
Occupation(s)Actor and director

Ian Gilmour is a New Zealand-born actor and director who has worked mostly in Australia.

Career

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Television

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He has acted in several Australian television series, most notably as Kevin Burns in Prisoner in 1980. Other credits include The Box, Chopper Squad, Kingswood Country, Waterloo Station, A Country Practice and The Flying Doctors.[1]

Film

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Film credits include: The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, The Odd Angry Shot, Silver City, The Coca-Cola Kid, Malpractice and A Cry in the Dark.

Directing

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He subsequently moved away from acting to become a director. His directorial credits in television include: The Flying Doctors, Heartbreak High, Water Rats, McLeod's Daughters, Flipper and Home and Away.

He made a film in 2006 called Magma: Volcanic Disaster about a volcanic disaster.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1978 The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Eddie Feature film
1978 Mouth to Mouth Tim Feature film
1979 The Odd Angry Shot Scott Feature film
1979 Now and Then Garry Film
1979 Just Out of Reach Steve Feature film
1982 Going Down Shadow Feature film
1982 A Dangerous Summer Steve Adams Feature film
1983 Undercover Simmo Feature film
1984 One Night Stand Sharon's Ex-boyfriend Feature film
1984 Silver City Barman Feature film
1985 The Coca-Cola Kid Marjorie Feature film
1985 The Boy Who Had Everything Pollock Feature film
1987 Room to Move Second Policeman TV movie
1988 The First Kangaroos Steamship Official Feature film
1988 Evil Angels (aka A Cry in the Dark) John Buckland Feature film
1989 Malpractice Dr Frank Harrison Feature film
2012 Careless Love Detective Feature film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1975 Close to Home Alan Hearte TV series, 782 episodes
1977 The Sullivans Young German TV series, 4 episodes
1978 Chopper Squad Jeff TV series, 1 episode
1979 Ride on Stranger Freddy TV miniseries, 1 episode
1979 A Place in the World TV miniseries
1979-80 Cop Shop Brett Summers / Russell Hewitt / David Griffin TV series, 6 episodes
1980 Lawson's Mates Jim TV series, 1 episode
1980 Spring & Fall Phil O'Donohue TV series, 1 episode
1980 Prisoner Kevin Burns TV series, 22 episodes
1982 Kingswood Country Troy Bridges TV series, 1 episode
1983 Waterloo Station TV series
1982-87 A Country Practice Commercial Director / Donald Cook / Spike TV series, 6 episodes
1987 The Flying Doctors Colin Neilson TV series, 1 episode
1989 E Street Terry O'Brien TV series, 1 episode

Personal life

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Gilmour lives in Sydney, Australia with his wife and son.

References

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  1. ^ Albert Moran and Chris Keating The A to Z of Australian Radio and Television, p. 345, at Google Books
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