John Meillon Biography

Fast Facts

• For his services to the theatre, he was awarded the OBE in the 1979 Queen's Birthday Honours List
• Has won two Logie Awards with the first coming in 1979 for Best Performance by an Actor in a Major Role in "Bit Part" and the second for Best Supporting Actor in the 1983 TV mini-series "The Dismissal․"
• Has been nominated for five awards at the Australian Film Institute, winning twice for Best Actor in a Lead Role for "The Fourth Wish" and a posthumous Raymond Longford Award in 1989
• At the age of 16, he joined the Shakespeare Touring Company
• Began acting at the age of 11, performing in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's radio serial "Stumpy․"
• Voiced the Victoria Bitter commercials until his death, but his son briefly took over the role until the company used a computer enhanced voice of John Meillon to voice the commercials
• From 1959 to 1965, he worked as a professional actor in England