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William John Hunter was an Australian actor of film, stage and television, who was also prominent as a voice-over artist. He appeared in more than 60 films and won two AFI Awards. He was also a recipient of the Centenary Medal.
Birth Name
William John Bourke Hunter
Born
Tuesday, 27 February 1940
Died
Saturday, 21 May 2011
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Faraway Downs | Skipper (Qantas Sloop) | 2023 |
| Die on Your Feet | Bill Hunter | 2013 |
| The Cup | Bart Cummings | 2011 |
| Red Dog | Jumbo Smelt | 2011 |
| Small Time Gangster | Big Jack Stanley | 2011 |
| Mad As Hell: Peter Finch | Self | 2011 |
| Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Bubo / Bubo (voice) | 2010 |
| The Pacific | James | 2010 |
| The Wedding Party | Priest | 2010 |
| Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation | Self | 2009 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Faraway Downs | Skipper (Qantas Sloop) | 2023 |
| Die on Your Feet | Bill Hunter | 2013 |
| The Cup | Bart Cummings | 2011 |
| Red Dog | Jumbo Smelt | 2011 |
| Small Time Gangster | Big Jack Stanley | 2011 |
| Mad As Hell: Peter Finch | Self | 2011 |
| Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Bubo / Bubo (voice) | 2010 |
| The Pacific | James | 2010 |
| The Wedding Party | Priest | 2010 |
| Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation | Self | 2009 |
| Australia | Skipper (Qantas Sloop) | 2008 |
| Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! | Self | 2008 |
| The Square | Gil Hubbard | 2008 |
| Two Twisted | Granddad | 2006 |
| Spicks and Specks | Self | 2005 |
| Tom White | Malcolm | 2004 |
| Bad Eggs | Ted Pratt | 2003 |
| Finding Nemo | Dentist (voice) / Dentist | 2003 |
| Horseplay | Barry Coxhead | 2003 |
| Kangaroo Jack | Blue | 2003 |
| White Collar Blue | Fred Logan | 2002 |
| Crackerjack | Stan Coombs | 2002 |
| On the Beach | Prime Minister Seaton | 2000 |
| Pizza | Detective | 2000 |
| A Difficult Woman | Paul Scanlon | 1999 |
| A Difficult Woman | Paul Scanlon | 1998 |
| Stingers | Sen. Sgt. Geoff Skinner | 1998 |
| The Violent Earth | Campbell | 1998 |
| 15 Amore | Brendan's Voice | 1998 |
| SeaChange | Vin Miller | 1998 |
| The Echo of Thunder | Cooper | 1998 |
| Moby Dick | Captain Boomer | 1998 |
| All Saints | Ron Williams | 1998 |
| The Wedding Party | Priest | 1997 |
| Road to Nhill | Brian / Bob | 1997 |
| River Street | Vincent Pierce | 1997 |
| Australian Story | Self | 1996 |
| Race the Sun | Commissioner Hawkes | 1996 |
| Water Rats | Tom Christey | 1996 |
| Space: Above and Beyond | Secretary General Chartwell | 1995 |
| Blue Murder | Angus McDonald | 1995 |
| Everynight... Everynight | Berriman | 1995 |
| Century of Cinema | Major Barton / Robert 'Bob' Spart | 1995 |
| Muriel's Wedding | Bill Heslop / Bill | 1994 |
| The Custodian | Managing Director | 1994 |
| Broken Highway | Wilson | 1994 |
| The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Robert 'Bob' Spart / Bob Spart | 1994 |
| Shotgun Wedding | Police Comm. Andrews | 1993 |
| Stark | Ocker Tyron | 1993 |
| The Last Days of Chez Nous | Beth's Father | 1992 |
| Strictly Ballroom | Barry Fife | 1992 |
| Deadly | Vernon Giles | 1992 |
| The Leaving of Liverpool | Father O'Neill | 1992 |
| Phoenix | Tiny | 1992 |
| Yellowthread Street | Norton | 1990 |
| Cassidy | Charles Parnell Cassidy | 1989 |
| Mull | Frank Mullens | 1989 |
| Police Rescue | Sen Sgt Col Buchanan / Insp. Keith 'Crusher' Caroll | 1989 |
| Fever | Sergeant Jack Welles / Sgt Jack Welles | 1989 |
| Joe Wilson | Bill Galletley | 1988 |
| Rikky and Pete | Whitstead | 1988 |
| Frontier | Thomas Murray-Prior | 1987 |
| Death of a Soldier | Det. Sgt. Adams | 1986 |
| Sky Pirates | O'Reilly | 1986 |
| Call Me Mr. Brown | McNeill / Det. Sgt. 'Jim' Jack McNeill | 1985 |
| Rebel | Browning | 1985 |
| An Indecent Obsession | Colonel Chinstrap | 1985 |
| The Flying Doctors | Dusty Miller | 1985 |
| A Fortunate Life | Charlie Bibby | 1985 |
| The Last Bastion | Ben Chiffley | 1984 |
| My First Wife | Public Bar Patron | 1984 |
| The Hit | Harry | 1984 |
| Street Hero | Det. Fitzpatrick | 1984 |
| The Keepers | Jack Wolfe | 1984 |
| Eureka Stockade | Timothy Hayes | 1984 |
| Scales of Justice | Sgt. O'Rourke / Sergeant O'Rourke | 1983 |
| The Return of Captain Invincible | Coach / Tupper | 1983 |
| Far East | Walker | 1982 |
| 1915 | Alan Gilchrist | 1982 |
| Heatwave | Robert Duncan | 1982 |
| Gallipoli | Major Barton | 1981 |
| ...Maybe This Time | Stephen | 1981 |
| Hard Knocks | Brady | 1980 |
| Dead Man's Float | Eddie Bell | 1980 |
| Minder | Reid | 1979 |
| In Search of Anna | Peter | 1979 |
| Golden Soak | Chris Culpin | 1979 |
| Newsfront | Len Maguire | 1978 |
| Weekend of Shadows | Bosun | 1978 |
| Cop Shop | Andrew Dixon / Pete Williams / Peter Williams | 1977 |
| Young Ramsay | Frank Adams | 1977 |
| Backroads | Jack | 1977 |
| Eliza Fraser | Youlden | 1976 |
| Mad Dog Morgan | Sgt. Smith | 1976 |
| Luke's Kingdom | Barratt | 1976 |
| The Man from Hong Kong | Peterson | 1975 |
| 27A | Cornish | 1974 |
| Stone | Barman | 1974 |
| Spyforce | Captain Pollock | 1971 |
| Ned Kelly | Officer | 1970 |
| Dynasty | Larry Conrad | 1969 |
| Division 4 | Sydney Pink / Sam Kelly / Phillip Cassidy / Leo Cross / Jack Miller / Jack Church / Ivan White / Eric Hutchinson / Charlie Slater | 1969 |
| Riptide | Mick Scobie / 'Lofty' Smith | 1969 |
| Skippy | Sam Rankin | 1968 |
| Hunter | Sgt Baker | 1967 |
| Homicide | Tom Ellis / Thomas Hughes / Sgt. Roy Brown / Neil Duncan / Ned Armstrong / Lofty Jackson / Les Skinner / Johnno Morgan / James Reid / Jack Fitzpatrick / Jack Brown / George Abbott | 1964 |
| Doctor Who | Guardian | 1963 |
| The Shiralee | Extra | 1957 |
