Alan Cassell

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Alan Cassell
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Born
Alan Louis Cassell

(1932-02-16)16 February 1932
Manchester, England
Died30 August 2017(2017-08-30) (aged 85)
OccupationActor

Alan Louis Cassell (16 February 1932 – 30 August 2017) was an English Australian actor, on stage, film and television.

Career[]

Alan Cassell was born in Manchester, England. He commenced his acting career in Western Australia and worked for many years as a stage actor. He won "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.

He was one of the actors who worked in Bruce Beresford's early Australian films. His film credits included: Money Movers, Cathy's Child (for which he was nominated for Best Actor at the 1979 Australian Film Institute Awards), Squizzy Taylor, Breaker Morant, Puberty Blues, The Club, The Honourable Wally Norman and Strange Bedfellows.

Cassell's television roles included: The Drifter, Falcon Island, Taurus Rising, Special Squad, The Flying Doctors, The Power, The Passion, Blue Heelers, SeaChange, Stingers and MDA.

Cassell died on 30 August 2017, aged 85, in Kyneton, Victoria.[1]

Filmography[]

Year Title Role Notes
1975 Plugg Herman Cavanagh
1975 The Olive Tree
1978 Money Movers Sammy Ross
1979 Cathy's Child Dick Wordley
1980 Arlequim Mr. Porter
1980 Breaker Morant Lord Kitchener
1980 The Club Gerry Cooper
1981 Puberty Blues Mr. Vickers
1982 The Highest Honor Lt. Ted Carse
1982 Squizzy Taylor Det. Brophy
1982 The Dark Room Ray Sangster
1983 The Settlement Lohan
1986 The Big Hurt Blake
1987 Belinda Belinda's father
2003 The Honourable Wally Norman Willy Norman
2004 Strange Bedfellows Stan Rogers (final film role)

References[]

  1. ^ The Age, 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017

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