Ian Gilmour (actor)

New Zealand-born actor and director

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Ian Gilmour

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New Zealand

Occupation(s)| Actor and director

Ian Gilmour is a New Zealand-born actor and director who has worked mostly in Australia.

## Career

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### Television

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He has acted in several Australian television series, most notably as Kevin Burns in Prisoner in 1980. Other credits include The Box, Chopper Squad, Kingswood Country, Waterloo Station, A Country Practice and The Flying Doctors.[1]

### Film

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Film credits include: The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, The Odd Angry Shot, Silver City, The Coca-Cola Kid, Malpractice and A Cry in the Dark.

### Directing

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He subsequently moved away from acting to become a director. His directorial credits in television include: The Flying Doctors, Heartbreak High, Water Rats, McLeod's Daughters, Flipper and Home and Away.

He made a film in 2006 called Magma: Volcanic Disaster about a volcanic disaster.

## Filmography

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### Film

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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1978 | The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith | Eddie | Feature film
1978 | Mouth to Mouth | Tim | Feature film
1979 | The Odd Angry Shot | Scott | Feature film
1979 | Now and Then | Garry | Film
1979 | Just Out of Reach | Steve | Feature film
1982 | Going Down | Shadow | Feature film
1982 |  A Dangerous Summer | Steve Adams | Feature film
1983 | Undercover | Simmo | Feature film
1984 | One Night Stand | Sharon's Ex-boyfriend | Feature film
1984 | Silver City | Barman | Feature film
1985 | The Coca-Cola Kid | Marjorie | Feature film
1985 | The Boy Who Had Everything | Pollock | Feature film
1987 | Room to Move | Second Policeman | TV movie
1988 | The First Kangaroos | Steamship Official | Feature film
1988 | Evil Angels (aka A Cry in the Dark) | John Buckland | Feature film
1989 | Malpractice | Dr Frank Harrison | Feature film
2012 | Careless Love | Detective | Feature film

### Television

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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1975 | Close to Home | Alan Hearte | TV series, 782 episodes
1977 | The Sullivans | Young German | TV series, 4 episodes
1978 | Chopper Squad | Jeff | TV series, 1 episode
1979 | Ride on Stranger | Freddy | TV miniseries, 1 episode
1979 | A Place in the World |  | TV miniseries
1979-80 | Cop Shop | Brett Summers / Russell Hewitt / David Griffin | TV series, 6 episodes
1980 | Lawson's Mates | Jim | TV series, 1 episode
1980 | Spring & Fall | Phil O'Donohue | TV series, 1 episode
1980 | Prisoner | Kevin Burns | TV series, 22 episodes
1982 | Kingswood Country | Troy Bridges | TV series, 1 episode
1983 | Waterloo Station |  | TV series
1982-87 | A Country Practice | Commercial Director / Donald Cook / Spike | TV series, 6 episodes
1987 | The Flying Doctors | Colin Neilson | TV series, 1 episode
1989 | E Street | Terry O'Brien | TV series, 1 episode

## Personal life

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Gilmour lives in Sydney, Australia with his wife and son.

## References

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1. ^ Albert Moran and Chris Keating The A to Z of Australian Radio and Television, p. 345, at Google Books

## External links

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* Ian Gilmour at IMDb

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