Danny Adcock (born 29 June 1948) is an Australian actor, known for his work in television and theatre.
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Danny Adcock | |
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Born | Danny Adcock (1948-06-29) 29 June 1948 (age 74) Sydney, Australia |
Nationality | Australian |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1967-present |
His television acting roles include 7 different roles in Crawford Production series Matlock Police as the killer of Michael Pate's character, Division 4, Homicide,
Patrol Boat, Sons and Daughters as Joe Parker, Prisoner as Deputy Governor Geoff Carlson of fictional prison Woodridge, A Country Practice, E Street, Fire as "Nugget", Blue Heelers, All Saints, Stingers, and Home and Away as Bishop Pitt. Long Lost Family 2 more Season between 2014 And 2015
He was a regular cast member of short-lived soap opera Arcade (1980) as Duncan Adams. In Farscape he played T'raltixx in the second-season episode "Crackers Don't Matter", and Co-Kura Strappa, a recurring character throughout the third season.
His first film role was in The Cars That Ate Paris. He played a small part in the films Quigley Down Under starring Tom Selleck, and The Earthling with William Holden. He played Terry "Mr Asia" Clark in the film Greed.
In 1998 Adcock acted in the O'Punksky's production of Brian Friel's the Faith Healer.
In 2008 Adcock acted in The Pig Iron People Sydney Theatre Company written by John Doyle.
In 2009, Adcock acted in the Sydney Theatre Company production of The Removalists,
In 2012 Danny Adcock played the lead role, Pablo Picasso in the Ensemble Theatre's production A Picasso.
Danny Adcock appeared in two shows for the Kirribilli Pub Theatre between 1978 - 88 (http://kirribillipubtheatre.tripod.com). These included "The 1984 Show", "The Western Show" and the remount of "The Vampire Show" performed at the Bronte Inn.
Title | Year | Role |
Riptide (TV series) | 1969 | Donald |
Spyforce (TV series) | 1971 | Radio Operator |
Over There (TV series) | 1972 | (unknown) 2 episodes |
Boney (TV series) | 1972 | Tony Carr |
Boney (TV series) | 1974 | Harry Fisher |
The Cars That Ate Paris | 1974 | Policeman |
Matlock Police (TV series) | 1971-1975 | 7 roles -Les Barker -Arthur Thomas at Beerssheba -Kevin O'Brien -Len Barker -Mike Chapman -Alex Andrews -Jimmy Logan |
Division 4 (TV series) | 1971-1975 | 7 roles -Stevens -Nipper Cameron -Nipper Cameron -Woodsie -Kenny Hudson -Teddy Armstrong -Frank Gardiner |
Homicide (TV series) | 1970-1976 | 7 roles -Don Reily -Des Giles -Bob Miller -"Blue" Fisher -Jeff Miller -Neil Freeman -Dave Coburn |
King's Men (TV series) | 1975 | unknown |
Barney (TV series) | Trooper Hayes | |
Beyond Reasonable Doubt (TV miniseries documentary) | 1977 | Leith Ratten |
Straight Enough (TV movie) | 1977 | unknown |
Young Ramsay (TV series) | 1978 | Ben Salter |
Skyways (TV series) | 1979 | Nigel Poulter |
Patrol Boat (TV series) | Petty Officer "Buffer" Johnson | |
Arcade (TV series) | 1980 | Duncan Adams |
The Earthling | 1980 | Bus Driver |
Cop Shop (TV series) | 1979-1980 | 3 roles -Jerry Turner -Vincie Gill -Ron Jarratt |
The Bush Gang (TV series) | 1981 | Mr. Marsh |
Kingswood Country (TV series) | 1981 | Fire Chief |
We of the Never Never | 1982 | Brown |
...Deadline... (TV movie) | 1982 | ASIO Agent |
Kitty and the Bagman | 1982 | Thomas |
Early Frost | 1982 | John Meadows |
The Coral Island (TV mini series) | 1983 | Ted Salter |
Prisoner | 1982-1983 | Geoff Carlson |
On the Run | 1983 | Jingles |
The Secret Discovery of Australia | 1984 | Mondocas Wife |
The Keepers (TV series) | 1984 | ? |
Sons and Daughters (TV series) | 1982-1983 | Joe Parker |
Fran | 1985 | Ray |
Australian's (TV mimi-series) | 1988 | SeaKanmp |
True Believers (TV mini-series) | 1988 | Lloyd Ross |
Rafferty's Rules (TV series) | 1988-1989 | Mick Robbins/aGeorgeHealy |
Quigley Down Under | 1990 | Mitchell |
E Street (TV series) | 1991 | Charlie Simmons |
A Country Practice (TV series) | 1982-1992 | 5 roles -Detective Donnelly -Graham Randell -Tommy Ambrose -Brian Padgatt -Antec Strzelecki |
The Flying Doctors (TV series) | 1992 | Cliff Bishop |
Resistance | 1992 | James Dean |
Cody: A Family Affair (TV movie) | 1994 | Collins |
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (TV series) | 1995 | Jarrod Banks |
Fire (TV series) | 1996 | Danny "Nugget" Hunt |
Joey | 1997 | ASIO Detective |
Bullpitt! (TV series) | 1998 | Supervisor |
Water Rats (TV series) | 1999 | Rhys "Kegs" Jeegan |
Halifax f.p. (TV series) | 1999 | Athol Callaghan |
Airtight (TV movie) | 1999 | Studs |
All Saints (TV series) | 2001 | Alan Slater |
Farscape (TV series) | 200-2002 | T'raltixx |
Stingers (TV series) | Damian Broadbent | |
Get Rick Quick | 2004 | Inspector Higgs |
Blue Heelers (TV series) | 2004-2005 | Barry Baxter |
One of the Lucky Ones (TV movie) | Judge | |
Constructing Australia (TV series documentary) | 2007 | John Bradfield |
The Bridge (documentary) | John Bradfield | |
Rescue Special Ops (TV series) | 2010 | Graham Starkey |
The Jesters (TV series) | 2011 | Bob |
Home and Away (TV series) | 1998-2011 | Gordon MacLeay/Bishop Pitt |
Redfern Now (TV series) | 2012 | Foreman |
A Moody Christmas (TV series) | Kevin Moody | |
The Moody Family (TV mini-series) | 2014 | Kevin Moody |
Devil's Playground (TV miniseries) | 2014 | Father Drake |
The Warriors (TV miniseries) | 2017 | Onion |
Lady's in Black | 2018 | Doctor |
Les Norton (TV mini-series) | 2019 | Moussey |
The Tourist (TV series) | 2021 | Ralph |
Equity Award for Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | |
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