List of Prisoner cast members

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The following is a List of Prisoner cast members, ordered by number of episodes they appeared in. This list contains actors from the Australian television series Prisoner.

## List of Prisoner cast

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The following list includes actors who were regular credited cast members that appeared in 20 or more episodes of the series.

Actor  | Character  | No. of episodes

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Elspeth Ballantyne | Meg Jackson/Morris  | 669
Fiona Spence | Vera "Vinegar Tits" Bennett  | 222
Patsy King | Governor Erica Davidson  | 351
Carol Burns | "Franky" (Freida) Doyle | 20
Val Lehman | Bea "Queen Bea" Smith  | 375
Sheila Florance | Lizzie Birdsworth  | 403
Colette Mann | Doreen Anderson/Burns  | 286
Peta Toppano | Karen Travers  | 79
Kerry Armstrong | Lynn "Wonky" Warner  | 44
Mary Ward | Jeanette "Mum" Brooks  | 33
Barry Quin | Dr. Greg Miller  | 85
Amanda Muggleton | Chrissie Latham  | 107
Terry Gill | Det. Insp. Jack Grace  | 53
Christine Amor | Jean Vernon (social worker)  | 29
Lesley Baker | Monica "Monnie" Ferguson [nb 1] | 36
James Smillie | Steve Wilson  | 27
Bryon Williams  | Dr. Weissman  | 27
Joy Westmore | Officer Joyce Barry/Pringle  | 254
Penny Stewart  | Kathleen Leach  | 28
Jude Kuring | Noeline Burke  | 27
Gerard Maguire | Jim "Fletch the Letch" Fletcher  | 208
Judith McGrath | Colleen "Po-Face" Powell  | 263
Reylene Pearce | Phyllis Hunt  | 137
Ian Smith | Ted Douglas [nb 2] | 51
Sigrid Thornton | Roslyn Coulson  | 30
Monica Maughan | Pat O'Connell  | 40
George Mallaby | Paul Reid  | 43
Ian Gilmour | Kevin Burns  | 22
Rosalind Speirs | Caroline Simpson  | 26
Margot Knight | Sharon Gilmour  | 27
Betty Bobbitt | Judy Bryant  | 429
Jane Clifton | Margo Gaffney [nb 3]Alan Slevin  | 107
Jentah Sobott | Heather "Mouse" Trapp[nb 4] | 57
Caroline Gillmer | Helen Smart  | 77
Sue Devine  | Tracey Morris  | 21
Belinda Davey  | Hazel Kent  | 63
Anthony Hawkins | Bob Morris  | 34
Maureen Edwards | Officer Sue Bailey[nb 5] | 28
Anne Phelan | Myra Desmond[nb 6] | 124
Alan Hopgood | Wally Wallace  | 75
Serge Lazareff | David Andrews  | 24
Maggie Millar | Marie Winter  | 39
Brian Hannan  | Terry Harrison  | 25
Kate Sheil | Janet Conway  | 43
Olivia Hamnett | Kate Peterson  | 39
Louise Le Nay | Sandy Edwards  | 30
Wayne Jarratt | Steve Faulkner  | 71
Jacqui Gordon | Susie Driscoll  | 43
Anne Lucas | Faye Quin  | 22
Maggie Kirkpatrick | Joan "The Freak" Ferguson  | 389
Lisa Crittenden | Maxine Daniels  | 91
Susan Guerin  | Barbara "Barbie" Fields  | 26
Anna Hruby | Paddy Lawson  | 37
Alan David Lee | Tony Berman  | 21
Carole Skinner | Nola McKenzie  | 40
Gerda Nicolson | Governor Ann Reynolds  | 317
Wanda Davidson  | Frances Harvey  | 42
Judy McBurney | Sandra "Pixie" Mason  | 96
Tim Elston | Scott Collins  | 32
Penny Maegraith  | Petra Roberts  | 25
Tina Bursill | Sonia Stevens  | 54
Babs McMillan | Cass Parker  | 60
Maxine Klibingaitis | Bobbie Mitchell  | 108
Wendy Playfair | Minnie Donovan  | 33
Andy Anderson | Rick Manning  | 38
Janet Andrewartha | Rebecca "Reb" Kean  | 94
Brian James | Stan Dobson  | 22
Lois Collinder  | Alice "Lurch" Jenkins  | 168
Kim Trengove | Rachel Millsom  | 22
Louise Siversen | Lou Kelly  | 140
Nigel Bradshaw | Officer Dennis Cruckshank  | 75
Genevieve Lemon | Marlene "Rabbit" Warren  | 74
Victoria Nicholls | Heather Rodgers  | 23
Alethea McGrath | Dot Farrar  | 25
Robert Summers  | Shane Munroe  | 26
Dorothy Cutts  | Officer Pat Slattery  | 76
Steve Kuhn  | Philip Cleary  | 22
Robyn Gibbes  | Sam Greenway  | 24
Peter Bensley | Matt Delaney  | 34
Leslie Dayman | Geoff Macrae  | 34
Trevor Kent | Frank Burke  | 33
Pepe Trevor | Lexie Patterson  | 139
Lois Ramsey | Ettie Parslow  | 46
Ernie Bourne | Mervin Pringle [nb 7] | 76
Sonja Tallis | Nora Flynn  | 51
Billie Hammerberg | May Collins  | 51
Kirsty Child | Willie Beecham  | 52
Jackie Woodburne | Julie "Chook" Egbert  | 87
Debra Lawrance | Daphne Graham  | 52
Christine Harris | Pippa Reynolds  | 34
Margot Knight | Sharon Gilmour (episodes 90 to 116); Terri Malone (episodes 540 to 576)  | 64[nb 8]
Jenny Lovell  | Jenny Hartley  | 44
James Condon | James Dwyer  | 23
Kevin Summers | Ben Fulbright  | 21
Lynda Stoner | Eve Wilder  | 26
Glenda Linscott | Rita "The Beater" Connors  | 106
Julia Blake | Nancy McCormack[nb 9] | 61
Pat Evison | Jessie Windom  | 28
Sean Scully | Dan Moulton  | 25
Peter Hayes | Steve Ryan  | 32
Linda Hartley | Rachel "Roach" Waters  | 27
Peter Adams | (Acting Governor) Bob Moran  | 26
Christine Earle  | Janet Williams  | 32
Kate Hood | Kath Maxwell  | 79
Rebecca Dines | Vicki McPherson  | 57
Paula Duncan | Lorelei "Snook" Wilkinson  | 54
Rosanne Hull-Brown  | Merle "Looney" Jones  | 64
Michael Winchester | Marty Jackson[nb 10] | 59
Philip Hyde | Rodney Adams  | 58
Desiree Smith  | Delia Stout  | 42
Taya Straton | Rose "Spider" Simpson  | 38
Terrie Waddell | Lisa Mullins[nb 11] | 32
Sheryl Munks | Michelle "Brumby" Tucker  | 26
Victoria Rowland | Margaret "Spike" Marsh  | 27
Anne Charleston | Jeanette (Mum) Brooks daughter Lorraine Brooks, policewoman, Rebecca "(Reb)" Kean's mother  | 20

## See also

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* List of Prisoner characters – prison staff
* List of Prisoner characters – inmates
* List of Prisoner characters - miscellaneous

## Notes

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1. ^ Baker also played Belle 'Tinker' Peters eps 390-392.
2. ^ Ian Smith worked as Associate Producer/Scriptwriter during the show's run.[1] On screen, he also appeared as Pixie Mason's Father in ep. 502.
3. ^ Clifton also played Yvonne in ep.9.
4. ^ Sobott's character recurring, before becoming a regular
5. ^ Edwards played 4 roles in total in the series
6. ^ Phelan previously appeared as prison officer Manson in episode 17, and as dimwitted prisoner Bernadette in episodes 94 and 95.
7. ^ Bourne also appeared as a doctor in ep. 22, and as Doreen's penpal earlier in episodes 192 to 194.
8. ^ Reflects total number of episodes Knight appeared in as both Sharon and Terri.
9. ^ Julia Blake's third role (episodes 589 to 650); she originally appeared as homeopathic prisoner Evelyn Randel in episodes 175 to 179, and as Alice Dodds, who replaced Judy Bryant at the halfway house in episodes 404 to 407.
10. ^ Winchester was the third actor to play the role after Ronald Korosy and Andrew McKaige.
11. ^ Waddell was the second actor to play this role after Nicki Paull, who left the series after six episodes due to illness (episodes 651 to 656).

## References

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1. ^ "IAN SMITH" (PDF).

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