Andrew McFarlane
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| Andrew McFarlane | |
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| Born | 6 June 1951 Albany, Western Australia |
Andrew McFarlane (born 6 June 1951) is an Australian actor with several stage and screen credits.
[edit] Biography
McFarlane was born in Albany, Western Australia. 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 after 16 episodes at the height of its popularity, however some years later he returned in the fifth season for another 37 episodes.
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. And he was also one of Govenor Phillip's people on Australian History on ABC.
[edit] External links
- Andrew McFarlane at the Internet Movie Database
- An unnoficial fansite about Andrew McFarlane
- keksle's Fansite about Andrew McFarlane
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