Alan Cassell
Actor
Biography
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Alan Cassell (born 1932) was an Australian actor, born in the UK and best known for his roles in film and television.
Cassell was one of the actors who worked in Bruce Beresford's early Australian films.
Film credits include:Money Movers, Cathy's Child (for which he was nominated for "Best Actor"), Squizzy Taylor, Breaker Morant, Puberty Blues and The Club. His most recent films are The Honorable Wally Norman and Strange Bedfellows.
TV roles include: Taurus Rising, Special Squad, The Flying Doctors, The Power, The Passion, Blue Heelers, SeaChange, Stingers and MDA.
Cassell commenced his acting career in WA and worked for many years as a stage Actor. Winning "Best Actor of the Year" for his role in "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" He later worked for the Sydney Theatre Company and the Melbourne Theatre Company. He was in the original cast of "Away" which toured to New York and appeared in "Sweet Bird of Youth" with Lauren Bacall for the Sydney Theatre Company.
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Filmography
Harlequin
as Mr. Porter 1980
Puberty Blues
as Mr. Vickers 1981
Strange Bedfellows
as Stan Rogers 2004
The Club
as Gerry Cooper 1980
Money Movers
as Sammy Ross 1978
Vietnam
as John Gorton 1987
Plugg
as Herman Cavanagh 1975
The Highest Honour
as Lieutenant Ted Carse 1982
Squizzy Taylor
as Det. Brophy 1982
The Big Hurt
1986
The Honourable Wally Norman
as Willy Norman 2003
Midnight Dancer
as Belinda's Father 1988
The Fire in the Stone
as Robbie 1984
The Four Minute Mile
as Gordon Landy 1988
Touch the Sun: Princess Kate
as Bob McLelland 1988
Cathy's Child
as Dick Wordley 1979