John Clayton
Acting
Biography
John Clayton (7 April 1940 – 25 September 2003) was an Australian television and film character actor, primarily in drama series and soap operas. Clayton's most prominenr roles included that of Inspector Bill Adams on Police Rescue and Maurie Barnard on Echo Point. He also had recurring roles on Big Sky as Roland 'Riley' Watson, and on Grass Roots as Harry Bond.
Born: January 1, 1940
Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known For
Dawn!
Dawn! is a 1979 Australian sports biopic about the three-time Olympic gold medallist swimmer Dawn Fraser.
Farscape
A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.
Bodyline
Dramatization of the 1932/33 Test cricket series between England and Australia. Played in Australia, the series gained notoriety in Australian and worldwide cricketing history for the fact that the English team (headed by captain Douglas Jardine) applied a bowling technique called "leg theory", or more commonly, Bodyline. This technique involved bowlers bowling the ball directly at the batsman's body, and resulted in many of the Australian team receiving numerous bruises and injuries, with batsman Bert Oldfield sustaining a cracked skull. The series generated much anger and resentment towards the English team within Australia and seriously damaged Anglo-Australian cricketing relations at the time.
Sebastian and the Sparrow
The story of the unlikely friendship between two teenage boys from vastly different cultural backgrounds. Sparrow is a working-class street kid and Sebastien a middle-class boy of privilege. One day, they meet at a video-game arcade. Together, they become friends and embark on a journey of self-discovery to locate Sparrow's long-lost mother, an immigrant Vietnamese woman.
One West Waikiki
One West Waikiki is an American crime/drama TV show set in Hawaii which ran from 1994-1996. It starred Cheryl Ladd, Richard Burgi and Kayla Blake and was nominated for a Prime Time Emmy in 1995.
Joh's Jury
Dramatisation of the 1991 perjury trial of former Queensland state Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
Heartbreak High
The ins and outs of the classroom lives of a group of students who attend the fictional Hartley High School in Sydney.
The Day of the Roses
On January 18th, 1977, a crowded commuter train heading for Sydney, came off the track and struck the pillars of an overhead road bridge, crushing part of the train and killing 83 passengers and injuring more than 200 others. This story follows the coronial inquiry into the crash with flash-backs to the main story, and the efforts of the rescuers to free the injured victims.
The Flying Doctors
The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. It was initially a 1985 mini-series based in the fictional outback town of Cooper's Crossing starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. Tom Callaghan. The success of the mini series led to its return the following year as an on-going series with McFarlane being joined by a new doctor, Chris Randall, played by Liz Burch. McFarlane left during the first season and actor Robert Grubb came in as new doctor Geoff Standish. The series' episodes were mostly self-contained but also featured ongoing storylines, such as Dr. Standish's romance with Sister Kate Wellings. Other major characters included pilot Sam Patterson, mechanic Emma Plimpton, local policeman Sgt. Jack Carruthers and Vic and Nancy Buckley, who ran the local pub/hotel, The Majestic. Andrew McFarlane also later returned to the series, resuming his role as Dr. Callaghan. The popular series ran for nine seasons and was successfully screened internationally.
High Tide
A backup singer gets stranded in a small coastal town after losing her job in a band. She winds up in a caravan park only to encounter, by accident, the teenage daughter she deserted following her husband's death.
Filmography
as Harry Bond
as Verell
as Murray Farquhar
as Tony Wilson
as Maurie Barnard
as Supt. Church
as Insp. Bill Adams
as Don Summers
as Judge John Helman
as Detective Wills
as Agent
as Inspector Bill Adams
as Max
as Sergeant Roy Harrison
as Jock Gilmore
as Country Cop
as Graham Price
as Neville
as Sgt. Whittaker
as The Mayor
as Sergeant Riley
as Col
as Football Coach
as Harry Grant
as Briggs
as Ben Lexcen
as Vince Patterson
as Geoff
as Lawyer
as Mr. Bradman
as Vincent
as Mr Wentworth
as Tony Alsop
as CES Officer
as Estate Agent
as Rev. Scott
as Syd
as Cliff
as Sam Brookes
as Arnold
as Dave Ferguson
as Sid Bennett