John Hargreaves | |
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| Born | John William Hargreaves (1945-11-28)28 November 1945 Murwillumbah,New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 8 January 1996(1996-01-08) (aged 50) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation | Actor |
John William Hargreaves (28 November 1945 – 8 January 1996) was an Australian actor. He won threeAustralian Film Institute Awards and was nominated six times.[1]
Hargreaves was educated atMarist College Kogarah.[2] He taught inMendooran, New South Wales, but moved to Sydney in the 1960s. He graduated from theNational Institute of Dramatic Art in 1970.[3]
Hargreaves was mainly a film actor, but is well-remembered by Australian audiences for the title role in the TV dramaYoung Ramsay in the 1970s and worked in a number of stage productions. Hargreaves had roles inThe Removalists,Don's Party,The Odd Angry Shot, andMalcolm. He played the love interest ofNicole Kidman's character inEmerald City.
In 1994 he became the first actor to receive theByron Kennedy Award.[4]
Although he had exclusively heterosexual relationships while young, by the early 1980s Hargreaves acknowledged and embraced his homosexuality. Between 1984 and 1988, he partnered with French actor Vincent Perrot.[4][5]
Hargreaves contractedHIV about 1994 and died of AIDS-related complications in a hospice in Sydney on 8 January 1996.[4] Pallbearers at Hargreaves's funeral included actorsSam Neill andBryan Brown.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1969 | Pastures of the Blue Crane | TV series | |
| 1972 | Over There | Robert Kirby | TV series |
| 1972 | Behind the Legend | Tom Roberts | TV series |
| 1972–74 | Matlock Police | Doug Thompson / Peter Smith / Roy Jones | TV series, 3 episodes: "Everybody Else Has Everything", "The Last Laugh", "A Weekends Entertainment" |
| 1973 | Division 4 | Jackson/John | TV series, 2 episodes: "Wasteground", "A Wild Wild Rose" |
| 1973 | Spyforce | Captain/Navigator | TV series, 2 episodes: "The Trail", "The Journey" |
| 1974 | And the Big Men Fly | Achilles Jones | TV series |
| 1974–76 | Homicide | Billy Day / David Taylor / Kevin Watson / Steve Brennan | TV series, 4 episodes: "Cowboy Billy Day", "You Hear about the Slasher", "The Egotist", "On The Run" |
| 1975 | Silent Number | Terry Lucas | TV series, 1 episode: "His Own Private War" |
| 1976 | Power Without Glory | Bill Evans | TV miniseries |
| 1976 | Bluey | Eric Yates | TV series, 1 episode: "One Man Band" |
| 1977–80 | Young Ramsay | Peter Ramsay | TV series |
| 1982 | Last Breakfast in Paradise | ||
| 1983 | Scales of Justice | Constable Borland | TV miniseries |
| 1983 | The Dismissal | Dr. Jim Cairns | TV miniseries |
| 1983 | Carson's Law | TV series | |
| 1988 | The Heroes | Ted Carse | TV miniseries |
| 1988 | Opération Mozart | Harrington | TV short |
| 1988 | The Alien Years | William | TV miniseries |
| 1991 | Marie Curie, une femme honourable | Rutherford | TV miniseries |
| 1992 | The Leaving of Liverpool | Harry | TV miniseries |
| 1992 | Rome Roméo | David Waldberg | |
| 1993 | G.P. | Dr. Oliver Loyd | TV series, 1 episode: "Infected" |
| 1995 | Blue Murder | Chester Porter QC | TV miniseries |
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