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Barry Otto (born 1941) is an Australian actor, primarily of cinema, and an amateur artist.

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Barry Otto
Otto at the Spot Festival in March 2012
Born	1941 (age 80–81) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975–present
Spouse	Lindsay Otto ​ (div. 1973)​
Partner	Susan Hill
Children	3, including Miranda and Gracie Otto

Early life

Barry Otto was born in Brisbane in 1941, the son of a butcher. He trained as an artist but switched to acting.

Career

Otto received an AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in Strictly Ballroom and was nominated for Bliss, Cosi and The More Things Change....

Otto portrayed Administrator Allsop in Australia in 2008. He also had roles in The Dressmaker, Kiss or Kill, Dead Letter Office, The Visitor, The Great Gatsby, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, Love's Brother (see Filmography). In 2015 Otto voiced the role of Mayor Wilberforce Cranklepot, a goanna, in Blinky Bill the Movie.

Personal life

Otto married Lindsay, with whom he has a daughter Miranda (an actress), born on 16 December 1967 in Brisbane. They divorced in 1973.

With his partner Susan "Sue" Hill, he has a son, Eddy (a teacher and professional cricket coach), and daughter, Gracie (a filmmaker and actress), born on 23 May 1987 in Sydney.

Otto is an amateur artist. He often paints members of his family and has twice entered the Archibald Prize.[1]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	Until Tomorrow	Trevor McKenzie
1977	Benny Hill Down Under		(TV Movie)
1978	Case for the Defence	Doctor
	Tickled Pink	Leo
1982	Norman Loves Rose	Charles
1983	The Dismissal
	A Country Practice	Bela Szollos
1984	The Secret Discovery of Australia	French Ambassador
	Undercover	Professor Henckel
	Who Killed Hannah Jane?	James Harnney
1985	Bliss	Harry Joy
1986	The More Things Change...	Lex
1987	Howling III: The Marsupials	Professor Harry Beckmeyer
1988	Takeover	George Oppenheimer
1989	The Punisher	'Shake'
1992	Strictly Ballroom	Doug Hastings
1993	The Custodian	Ferguson
1994	Exile	Sheriff Hamilton
1995	Dad and Dave: On Our Selection	J.P. Riley
1996	Lilian's Story	John Singer
	Così	Roy
	My Entire Life	The Premier
1997	I Love Rachel	Unknown
	Mr. Nice Guy	Baggio
	Oscar and Lucinda	Jimmy D'Abbs
	Kiss or Kill	Adler Jones
	Frontier	Government Agent Archibald Meston
1997-1999	Murder Call	Otis Farrow
1998	Dead Letter Office	Gerald Urquhart
2002	The Visitor	Michael
2004	Love's Brother	Father Alfredo
	Loot	Charles Highsmith
2005	The Secret Life of Us	Bill Holdforth	Season 4, Episode 12 "The Heart of Friday Night"
2006	Stupid Stupid Man	Principal Cooper
	Single White Farmer	Poley
	All Saints	Bob Tyrell
2007	Rogue	Merv
	La même nuit	The Concierge
	Soul Mates	Paddy Byrne
	Cheap Seats	Enjouer
2008	Newcastle	Gramps
	Australia	Administrator Allsop
	$9.99	Albert	(voice)
	Three Blind Mice	Fred
	In a Pig's Eye	Unknown
2010	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	Echidna	(voice)
	South Solitary	George Wadsworth
	Seamstress	Unknown
2011	To Face the Sun	Father
	Waiting for the Turning of the Earth	Tom
2012	A Cautionary Tail	Doctor (voice)
2013	The Great Gatsby	Benny McClenahan
	Dance Academy	Sir Jeffery	(6 episodes) in Season 3
2015	Blinky Bill the Movie	Mayor Wilberforce Cranklepot	(Voice) Nominated — Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Voice in an Animated Film
	The Dressmaker	Percival Almanac
2016	Rake	Judge Cowper
	Pypo
	Fish with Legs	Head Fish Warren
2017	Sisters	Julius Bechly	7 episodes
2019	The Other Guy	Ron	Episode: "New Wheels and Cock Socks"

Awards

Barry Otto at Randwick in Sydney on the Australian Film Walk of Fame.

References

External links

• Barry Otto at IMDb

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