Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
5/1/1934
Place of Birth
Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
John Meillon
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
John Meillon (1 May 1934 – 11 August 1989) was an legendary Australian actor, most widely known outside Australia for his role as Walter Reilly in the films Crocodile Dundee and Crocodile Dundee II. He also voiced Victoria Bitter beer commercials until his death.
Meillon was born in Mosman, Sydney. He began his acting career at the age of eleven in the ABC's radio serial "Stumpy", and made his first stage appearance the following year. He joined the Shakespeare Touring Company when he was sixteen. Like many actors of his generation from 1959 to 1965 h...
Known For
The Dove
as Tim
Heatwave
as Freddy Dwyer
633 Squadron
as Flight Lieutenant Gillibrand
Crocodile Dundee
as Walter Reilly
Billy Budd
as Neil Kincaid, Maintopman
Bullseye
as Merritt
Crocodile Dundee II
as Walter Reilly
Offbeat
as Johnny Hemick
The Valiant
as Bedford
The Sundowners
as Bluey Brown
Shimmering Light
as Eric Stuart
Cairo
as willy
The Longest Day
as RAdm. Alan G. Kirk (uncredited)
Outback Bound
as Nobby
The Everlasting Secret Family
as The Judge
The Cars That Ate Paris
as The Mayor
The Running Man
as Jim Jerome
Born to Run
as Delaney
Guns at Batasi
as Aussie
On the Beach
as Ralph Swain