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      • John Reford Ewart (26 February 1928 – 8 March 1994) was an Australian actor of radio, stage, television and film. Ewart was a double nominee (and one/time winner) of the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role


      Early life


      Ewart was born in Melbourne, Victoria to Alfred Adam Ewart, an insurance agent and his wife Jennie Grace Madge Lois (nee Macauley).


      Career


      Ewart began his acting career when he was cast as Dopey at the age four in a 3XY radio production of Snow White. At the age of 18, he made his film debut in the lead role of Mickey O'Riordan in Charles Chauvel's production of Sons of Matthew.
      Ewart appeared in hundreds of Australian radio, theatre, film and television productions. To many thousands of Australians who grew up in the 1950s and '60s, he will be remembered as 'Jimmy', the boyishly cheeky co-presenter of the ABC Radio Children's Session, and in the title role of its long-running serial The Muddle-Headed Wombat.
      He was well known for his role in the film Sunday Too Far Away, his ongoing role in the Australian TV series The Restless Years in 1980–81, and his lead role opposite Nicole Kidman in Bush Christmas. He was proudest of his starring role in the 1977 film The Picture Show Man.


      Personal life


      Ewart married four times, firstly to Lorraine Marie Croke, a Sydney beauty consultant in May 1951 and had twins, a son and a daughter, but divorced a few years later, he then married Susan Mary Newton, a classical singer and actress on radio, stage and TV on 17 April 1966, with whom he had two daughters. They divorced in 1978. On 24 December, he married public relations consultant Patricia De Heer.
      In 1992 he became engaged to TV presenter Jane Fennell, but they postponed the wedding after the death of her father, Ewart's long time friend Willie Fennell. They were married on 8 March 1994 in a bedside ceremony as Ewart was dying of throat cancer. He died five days after the wedding.


      Awards and nominations




      Filmography




      = Film

      =
      Sons of Matthew (1949) as Mickey O'Riordan
      Bodgie (1959, TV movie) as Kenney
      A Night Out (1961, TV movie) as Albert
      The Man Who Shot the Albatross (1971)
      Soloman (1973, TV movie)
      The Hotline (1974, TV movie)
      Petersen (1974) as Peter
      Sunday Too Far Away (1975) as Ugly
      The Love Epidemic (1975, documentary film)
      Arena (1976, TV movie)
      Master of the World (1976, TV movie) as Voice
      Caddie (1976) as Paddy Reilly
      Let the Balloon Go (1976) as PC Baird
      The Picture Show Man (1977) as Freddie
      Blue Fire Lady (1977) as Mr. Peters
      Newsfront (1978) as Charlie
      Cass (1978, TV movie)
      Plunge Into Darkness (1980, TV movie)
      The Department (1980, TV movie)
      Run Rebecca, Run (1981) as Minister for Immigration
      Save the Lady (1982) as Uncle Harry
      Deadline (1982, TV movie) as Sam O'Bannon
      Crosstalk (1982) as Stollier
      Fluteman (1982) as Clarence Quint
      Island Trader (1982, TV movie)
      Kitty and the Bagman (1983) .as Train Driver
      Bush Christmas (1983) as Bill
      A Slice of Life (1983) as Hughes
      Kindred Spirits (1984, TV movie) as Tommy
      Supersleuth (1984, TV movie)
      Razorback (1984) as Turner
      Frog Dreaming (1986) as Ricketts
      Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1986, TV movie) as Gabriel John Utterson
      The Big Hurt (1986) as Harry Gregory
      John Norton: A Willesee Documentary (1987, TV movie) as John Norton
      Dear Cardholder (1987) as Hart
      The Returning (1990) as Steadman Senior
      Hurricane Smith (1992) as David Griffiths
      Tracks of Glory (1994) as Syd Melville (final appearance)


      = Television

      =
      The Hungry Ones (1963)
      Arthur! and the Square Knights of the Round Table (1966) as Voice
      Nice 'n Juicy (1966-67) as Mort Hamlin
      The Barry Crocker Show (1966) as Himself
      Bellbird (1967)
      Contrabandits (1967) as Murdoch
      The Long Arm (1970) as Lenny
      Division 4 (1970-75) as James Barrett / Logan / Paddy Ryan / Alby / Bernie Lewis / Ted Watts / Bob Shaw
      Homicide (1971-74) as Richardson / Derek Thomas / Bert Doyle / Buster White / Andy Simpson / Ron Fisher / Ray
      Matlock Police (1971-75) as Billy Ross / Rob Lucas / Arthur Wilson / Harry Green / Geoff Mitchell / Bob Jones / 'Buttercup' Sands
      Catwalk (1972) as Torchy Byrne
      Behind the Legend as Francis Greenway
      Ryan (1974) as Charlie Bell / Jones
      Ben Hall (1975)
      The Last of the Australians (1975)
      Alvin Purple (1976) as Sos Temple / Bus Driver / Mack / Murray
      Silent Number (1976) as Burton
      King's Men (1976)
      Who Do You Think You Are? (1976)
      Number 96 (1976) as Oswald P. Piper
      The Outsiders (1977) as Frank Kennedy
      The Restless Years (1977) as Chris Hunter
      Cop Shop (1978) as Ted Campbell
      Chopper Squad (1978) as The Bushwalker
      The Truckies (1978) as Spanner
      The Young Doctors (1980) as Horrie Jamison
      Bellamy (1981) as Sid Coleman
      A Country Practice (1981-90) as Lachlan Morrison / Harry Jolly / Clarrie King / Maurie Wilson / Howard Welbourne
      Special Squad (1984) as Mungo Lennox
      A Fortunate Life (1986, TV miniseries) as Bentley
      The Last Frontier (1986, TV miniseries) as Henry Dingwell
      Mother and Son (1986) as Hospital Worker
      True Believers (1988, TV miniseries) as Fred Daley
      Australians (1988, episode: "John Norton") as John Norton
      The Heroes (1988, TV miniseries) as Bill Reynolds
      Griffiths

      Which Way Home (1991, TV miniseries) as Ferguson
      Boys from the Bush (1991)


      = Radio

      =
      Son of Inspector Champion


      References




      External links


      John Ewart at IMDb

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