Alan Cassell

Alan Cassell

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alan Cassell (born 1932) was an Australian actor, born in the UK and best known for his roles in film and television. Cassell was one of the actors who worked in Bruce Beresford's early Australian films. Film credits include:Money Movers, Cathy's Child (for which he was nominated for "Best Actor"), Squizzy Taylor, Breaker Morant, Puberty Blues and The Club. His most recent films are The Honorable Wally Norman and Strange Bedfellows. TV roles include: Taurus Rising, Special Squad, The Flying Doctors, The Power, The Passion, Blue Heelers, SeaChange, Stingers and MDA. Cassell commenced his acting career in WA and worked for many years as a stage Actor. Winning "Best Actor of the Year" for his role in "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" He later worked for the Sydney Theatre Company and the Melbourne Theatre Company. He was in the original cast of "Away" which toured to New York and appeared in "Sweet Bird of Youth" with Lauren Bacall for the Sydney Theatre Company. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Cassell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

  • Title: Alan Cassell
  • Popularity: 8.291
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1932-02-16
  • Place of Birth: Manchester, UK
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Alan Cassell Movies

  • 2004
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    Strange Bedfellows

    Strange Bedfellows

    5.8 2004 HD

    Two 'very straight' old timers have to learn how to pass as a loving gay couple after falsely claiming same-sex status to take advantage of newly...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Paul Hogan

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  • 1980
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    Breaker Morant

    Breaker Morant

    7.1 1980 HD

    During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Edward Woodward

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  • 1978
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    Money Movers

    Money Movers

    6.2 1978 HD

    A group of crooks plan a heist to steal twenty million dollars from a Security Firm counting house.

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Terence Donovan

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  • 1982
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    Squizzy Taylor

    Squizzy Taylor

    4.5 1982 HD

    This Australian crime drama chronicles the life of notorious, keen witted, acid tongued 1920s Melbourne gangster Squizzy Taylor. Wormy and...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: David Atkins

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  • 1988
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    Midnight Dancer

    Midnight Dancer

    1 1988 HD

    16 year old Australian girl Belinda (Deanne Jeffs) wants to become a ballerina. To makes ends meet, she takes a job as an exotic dancer in a Sydney...

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    Cast: Deanne Jeffs

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  • 1979
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    Cathy's Child

    Cathy's Child

    5 1979 HD

    Cathy Baikas is a woman of Greek heritage who lives in Sydney, Australia with her three-year-old daughter. When her daughter's father kidnaps the...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michele Fawdon

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  • 1984
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    The Settlement

    The Settlement

    1 1984 HD

    Down-on-their-luck drifters Kearney and Martin wander into the small town of Cedar Creek looking to swindle a few pounds from the locals. After a...

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    Cast: Bill Kerr

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  • 1984
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    The Fire in the Stone

    The Fire in the Stone

    6.25 1984 HD

    Teenager Ernie lives with his alcoholic father in the harsh and lawless opal fields of Coober Pedy in outback South Australia. When his cache of...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Alan Cassell

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  • 1982
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    The Dark Room

    The Dark Room

    1 1982 HD

    A slightly disturbed young amateur photographer finds that his father has been secretly having an affair with his co-worker. Thus begins a spiral...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Alan Cassell

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  • 1980
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    The Club

    The Club

    6 1980 HD

    The club buys a talented young player, Geoff, for a record sum of money. The team members do not like their new star and friction develops...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jack Thompson

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  • 1982
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    The Highest Honour

    The Highest Honour

    5.7 1982 HD

    After a highly successful raid on Singapore Harbour, soldiers of Z Special Unit lead a new expedition in Singapore, with disastrous results.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: John Howard

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  • 1987
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    Vietnam

    Vietnam

    8.6 1987 HD

    The trials and tribulations of the Goddard family after the entry of Australia into the Vietnam War.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Barry Otto

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  • 1980
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    Harlequin

    Harlequin

    6.6 1980 HD

    In this modern-day version of the Rasputin story, David Hemmings plays an up-and-coming senator, Nick Rast, whose young son is terminally ill with...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robert Powell

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  • 1981
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    Puberty Blues

    Puberty Blues

    5.4 1981 HD

    Two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of Sydney ingratiate themselves with a new group of boys.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Nell Schofield

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  • 1975
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    Plugg

    Plugg

    2.7 1975 HD

    A sleazy private detective named Horatio Plugg is hired to keep watch over a brothel. Inspector Closer is onto him though.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Peter Thompson

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  • 2003
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    The Honourable Wally Norman

    The Honourable Wally Norman

    4.8 2003 HD

    Wally Norman, runs for election to help save the local meatworks from being shut down.

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    Cast: Kevin Harrington

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  • 1988
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    Touch the Sun: Princess Kate

    Touch the Sun: Princess Kate

    6 1988 HD

    Kate McLelland's life is a normal one of a girl her age in the eastern suburbs, until her discovery that she is adopted. This is the story of her...

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Rebekah Elmaloglou

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  • 1986
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    The Big Hurt

    The Big Hurt

    3.5 1986 HD

    A reporter looking into the death of a research scientist finds more deaths connected to the man, including some dubious "suicides". He discovers...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: David Bradshaw

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  • 1978
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    The Newman Shame

    The Newman Shame

    1 1978 HD

    John Brandy (George Lazenby) is an ex-cop on holiday in Singapore with his girlfriend Ginger (Diane Craig) when he hears an old Perth banker friend...

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: George Lazenby

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  • 2006
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    Blue Heelers

    Blue Heelers

    6.6 2006 HD

    Blue Heelers was one of Australia's longest running weekly television drama series. Blue Heelers is a police drama series set in the fictional...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: John Wood

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  • 1990
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    Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

    7.546 1990 HD

    Mission: Impossible is an American television series that chronicles the missions of a team of secret American government agents known as the...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Peter Graves

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  • 1993
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    Special Squad

    Special Squad

    1 1993 HD

    Special Squad was an Australian television series m The series focused on an elite division of the Victoria Police, which handled crimes either too...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Alan Cassell

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  • 1989
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    The Power, The Passion

    The Power, The Passion

    1 1989 HD

    The Power, The Passion is an Australian television daytime soap opera produced by the Seven Network in 1989. The series was devised to lure...

    Genre:

    Cast: Suzy Cato-Gashler

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  • 2002
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    Halifax f.p.

    Halifax f.p.

    6.2 2002 HD

    Halifax f.p. is an Australian television crime series produced by Nine Network from 1994 to 2002. The series stars Rebecca Gibney as Doctor Jane...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Rebecca Gibney

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  • 1992
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    The Flying Doctors

    The Flying Doctors

    6.5 1992 HD

    The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robert Grubb

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  • 1992
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    The Flying Doctors

    The Flying Doctors

    6.5 1992 HD

    The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robert Grubb

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  • 1995
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    Janus

    Janus

    9 1995 HD

    Janus is an Australian drama television series screened on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1994 and 1995. Two series were produced, with a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Simon Westaway

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  • 1992
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    Bony

    Bony

    1 1992 HD

    Bony is an Australian television series made in 1992. The series of 13 episodes followed on from a telemovie made in 1990. The series was criticised...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Cameron Daddo

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  • 1982
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    Sara Dane

    Sara Dane

    5 1982 HD

    Sara Dane is a 1982 Australian television miniseries about a woman transported from England to Australia for a crime she did not commit.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Juliet Jordan

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