Andrew McFarlane
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Andrew McFarlane (born 6 June 1951 (1952 according to some sources) in Albany, Western Australia) is an Australian actor with several stage and screen credits.
He initially shot to fame as intellectual oldest son John Sullivan in the World War II soap opera The Sullivans. He left the series after eighteen months and in the storyline John was reported missing at war. Hoping he would return to the show, the writers left his ultimate fate unresolved. McFarlane returned to the role in the TV movie The John Sullivan Story.
He later took the lead role in miniseries The Flying Doctors, reprising the role in the on-going series that followed. Again he left the series at the height of its popularity, however some years later he returned to the show.
He also appeared in Rafferty's Rules as "Police Prosecutor Gibson".
McFarlane has since played the father of Tasha Andrews father in soap opera Home and Away, and in 2005 played Bobby Hoyland in the soap opera Neighbours.
He has also been a Play School presenter since 2000.