Andrew Clarke (born 1954) is an Australian actor most known for his television work. Andrew Clarke was one of the most popular Australian actors in the 1980s and 1990s. He is also a two-time Logie winner.

Andrew Clarke
Born1954 (age 69–70)
OccupationActor

Career

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Andrew Clarke began his career in theatre. His theatre credits include Macbeth, The Winter's Tale, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Cherry Orchard, Long Day's Journey into Night, The Glass Menagerie, The Devil's Advocate, Waiting for Godot and Under Milk Wood.

He has had several high-profile roles in television movies, series and mini-series, including starring in the popular series Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River ("Snowy River: The McGregor Saga") as Matt McGregor for four seasons from 1993-1996. He also starred in an episode of Halifax f.p. in 1999.

Other television roles included a short stint in soap opera Prisoner, where (in 1982) he played the role of Judy Bryant's son-in-law Geoff Maynard, and the ongoing role of Terry Hansen in soap opera Sons and Daughters (appearing in episodes between 1983 and 1984). In 1992, he acted as Sonny Hammond in The Adventures of Skippy, which was short-lived and ran for one season with 39 episodes.

Other major roles have been in the 1985 mini-series Anzacs, in which he won the 1985 best actor Silver Logie,[1] the 1986 mini-series Sword of Honour and the 1985 mini-series about Charles Kingsford Smith called A Thousand Skies, in which he appeared as Charles Ulm.

Clarke had a starring role as sleuth Simon Templar in The Saint in Manhattan in 1987. There was a one-hour pilot episode that aired on CBS. It did not make the fall schedule; instead, CBS decided to show it and have viewers call in and vote to put it on the schedule. About 44,000 people called in, with more than 40,000 of them voting in favour of the show. These numbers did not sway CBS, especially since the show did not fare well against whatever was playing on the other two networks that night, and it declined to purchase any future episodes.

Clarke also appeared in the movie Les Patterson Saves The World in 1987 and portrayed Laurence Olivier in Blonde. He has also had roles in SeaChange, Halifax f.p., and Always Greener In late 2005 he completed a four-month stint on soap opera Neighbours, playing Alex Kinski.[2]

Clarke portrayed Horatio Wills, father of cricketer and Australian rules football pioneer Tom Wills, in a documentary about the latter's life. It was first screened publicly in 2014 and had its television debut in 2016.

Clarke played football at a high level, is a keen tennis player and runs. He was romantically involved with Victoria Tennant, an actress and former wife of actor Steve Martin in the mid nineties.[3]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Type
1981 Cop Shop Max Saunders / Mervyn Young TV series, 12 episodes
1981 The Sullivans Detective King TV series, 4 episodes
1982 Prisoner Geoff Maynard TV series, 5 episodes
1982 Sara Dane Arrogant Officer TV miniseries, 1 episode
1982 Taurus Rising Mike Brent TV series
1983 A Country Practice Des Ward TV series, 2 episodes
1983-84 Sons and Daughters Terry Hansen TV series, 99 episodes
1985 Anzacs Martin Barrington TV miniseries, 5 episodes
1985 A Thousand Skies Charles Ulm TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1986 The Fast Lane Bill TV series, 1 episode
1986 Sword of Honour Tony Lawrence TV miniseries, 4 episodes
1987 The Saint in Manhattan Simon Templar TV pilot
1989 Rafferty's Rules Peter Rudd TV series , 1 episode
1989 E Street Dr Ben Stewart TV series, 1 episode
1989, 1990 Mission: Impossible Carter / Captain O'Neill TV series, 2 episodes
1990 Flair Philip Harmon TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1991 The Private War of Lucinda Smith Lieutenant Andrews TV miniseries
1991 For the Love of Mike Geoffrey Masters TV series, 1 episodes
1991-92 The Girl from Tomorrow Mr James Rooney TV miniseries, 24 episodes
1992 The Adventures of Skippy Sonny Hammond TV series, 39 episodes
1994-96 Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River (aka "Snowy River: The McGregor Saga") Matt McGregor TV series, 4 seasons, 65 episodes
1995 Frontline Ed Forbes, the Executive Producer TV series, 1 episode
1998 State Coroner Colin Docker TV series, 14 episodes
1999 Halifax f.p. Gary Preston TV series, 1 episode
2000 SeaChange Dave Drury TV series, 1 episode
2001 Crash Zone Keenan Reid TV series, 1 episode
2001 Blonde Laurence Olivier TV miniseries
2001-03 Always Greener Derek Unn TV series, 38 episodes
2002 Blue Heelers Digby Riggs TV series, 1 episode
2004 Fergus McPhail Ben Cameron TV series, 2 episodes
2005 Neighbours Alex Kinski TV series, 11 episodes
2011 Killing Time Geoff Flatman TV series, 1 episode
2011 Wild Boys Trooper 2 TV series, 2 episodes
2014 The Doctor Blake Mysteries Brendan Ross TV series, 1 episode
2015 Glitch Don Sharp TV series, 1 episodes

Film

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Year Title Role Type
1981 The Homicide Squad Detective Ambrose Alexander TV movie
1987 Les Patterson Saves the World Neville Thonge Feature film
1987 The Last of the Mohicans Voice Animated TV movie
1988 Outback Bound Bill Wellesley TV movie
2000 Her Iliad Frank Short film
2001 Dalkeith Judge Proctor Feature film
2012 6 Plots Gary Hart Feature film
2016 Tom Wills Horatio Wills TV movie

Theatre

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Year Title Role
Macbeth
The Winter's Tale
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Cherry Orchard
Long Day's Journey into Night
The Glass Menagerie
The Devil's Advocate
Waiting for Godot
Under Milk Wood

Awards

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Andrew Clarke has won two Logie Awards.[2] The awards were for:

  • Most Popular Actor in a miniseries for his role in Anzacs[1]
  • Most Popular Actor in a miniseries for his role in Sword of Honour

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