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Maxwell John Phipps (18 November 1939 – 6 August 2000) was anAustralian actor, known for a number of roles in theatre, films and television during the 1960s until the end of the 1990s.

Phipps was born inDubbo and grew up inParkes. He started his acting training inSydney at the age of 21, at theEnsemble Theatre. There he appeared in such productions asBuffalo Skinner,Long Day's Journey into Night,Fortune and Men's Eyes,The Removalists andRooted. In theSydney Opera House's inaugural season he played Harry Bustle inWhat If You Died Tomorrow?. In London he reprised this role, as well as appearing inDon's Party. He played Dr Frank-N-Furter inThe Rocky Horror Show inMelbourne in 1975–77.

His most notable screen roles included Bernie Dump inThe Miraculous Mellops, The Toadie inMad Max 2 (1981), Prime MinisterGough Whitlam in the television mini-seriesThe Dismissal (1983), SirFrank Packer inTrue Believers (1988), andQueenslandPolice CommissionerTerry Lewis in theFour Corners TV documentary dramaPolice State (1989), which helped to bring about investigations into corruption within that state's police force and political system. He was nominated for an AFI award for his role inStir (1980). Other films includedThe Cars That Ate Paris (1974),Thirst (1979),Nightmares (1980),Dead Easy (1982),The Return of Captain Invincible (1983),Savage Islands (1983), which was released in the United States asNate and Hayes,Sky Pirates (1986) andWhat the Moon Saw (1990). He appeared as Detective Inspector Mcallister in theInspector Morse episode "The Promised Land" in 1991, which was set in Australia. Phipps also played the role of Edward "Dinosaur" Spence in the first season of the short lived Australian television series "FIRE" (1995) set in Queensland.

in the early to late 90s He also briefly worked on the ill-fated video gameWizardry: Stones of Arnhem at DirectSoft which was being contracted out to them bySirtech.

He died from cancer in Sydney in August 2000, survived by his three siblings. He had never married.

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