Jon English

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Jon English

Born 26 March 1949 (1949-03-26) (age 59)
Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Occupation Singer,
Television actor
Official website

Jon English (born 26 March 1949 in Hampstead, London, England) is a rock singer, musician, actor, and comedian in Australia. He emigrated to Australia with his parents in 1961.

In the 1970s, English was a noted rock singer, and had hits including "Get Your Love Right". His first album was called Wine Dark Sea.

He has become a noted theatre and stage performer and writer, his writing credits including the musical Paris, about the mythology of the Trojan War. According to English, the concept for the original began in a 1982 prank: he wrote a song called "Oh, Paris", about the mythic hero rather than the French capital, just to see how many people actually listened to the lyrics.

In 1995, a portrait of Jon English by artist Danelle Bergstrom won the Packing Room award in the Archibald Prize.

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[edit] Australian stage and television productions

  • In 1978, he starred as Jonathan Garrett in the television miniseries Against the Wind.
"Pooh-Bah" in The Mikado
"The Pirate King" in Pirates of Penzance
"Dick Deadeye" in H.M.S. Pinafore.
  • He appeared as "Sergeant Wilson" in a stage production of Dad's Army.
  • Guest starred as himself in the Frontline episode Let the Children Play (episode 6, season 2).

[edit] Australian Top 40

  • "Handbags And Gladrags" #28, 1973
  • "Turn The Page" #11, 1975
  • "Lovin' Arms" #32, 1975
  • "Hollywood Seven" #23, 1976
  • "Words Are Not Enough" #7, 1978
  • "Six Ribbons" #8, 1979*
  • "Get Your Love Right" #32, 1979
  • "Hot Town" #10, 1980
  • "Carmilla" #40, 1980
* = shown as Jon English & Mario Millo

[edit] Award

In 1979, Jon English won the Logie Award for "Best new talent" for his role of Jonathan Garret in the miniseries Against the Wind.

[edit] References

  • "The Dictionary of Performing Arts in Australia — Theatre . Film . Radio . Television — Volume 1" — Ann Atkinson, Linsay Knight, Margaret McPhee — Allen & Unwin Pty. Ltd., 1996
  • "The Dictionary of Performing Arts in Australia — Opera . Music . Dance — Volume 2" — Ann Atkinson, Linsay Knight, Margaret McPhee — Allen & Unwin Pty. Ltd., 1996
  • "The Australian Film and Television Companion" — compiled by Tony Harrison — Simon & Schuster Australia, 1994
  • "The Book - Top 40 Research" — Jim Barnes, Stephen Scanes, 2000

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