Peter Julian Curtin (31 January 1944 – 19 May 2014) was an Australian television and stage actor.

Career Curtin's career began when he joined the Melbourne Theatre Company, appearing in a 1973 production of The Plough and the Stars with Wendy Hughes.

Curtin appeared in a 1988 Melbourne Theatre Company production of A Streetcar Named Desire, playing the role of Mitch, alongside Helen Morse. He also performed in a 1990 Playbox Theatre production of Hotel Sorrento and a 1999 staging of The Sick Room. His final performance with Melbourne Theatre Company was a 2003 production of The Goat in which he reunited with Wendy Hughes.

Curtin's wife Ailsa Piper directed him in the play The Night Season for Red Stitch Actors Theatre in 2005.

Curtin's numerous television credits included MDA, White Collar Blue, All Saints, Blue Heelers, Something in the Air, The Games and SeaChange. Further television series he appeared in featured Ponderosa, BackBerner, Stingers, A Country Practice, Embassy, the television reboot of Mission: Impossible, The Bodysurfer, And Here Comes Bucknuckle, and Winner Takes All.

Curtin also appeared in several feature films including Blood Money (1980) and Till Human Voices Wake Us (2002).

Personal life and death Curtin met actress Ailsa Piper in 1986, and they were married a few months later, in 1987. In their wedding vows, they changed one vowel, promising to stay together “as long as we both shall love” (rather than 'live').

Curtin died, aged 70, on 19 May 2014.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1980 Blood Money Dan 2002 Till Human Voices Wake Us Dr Davis Franks 2003 Darkness Falls Dr. Travis 2004 Tom White Noel Cartwright Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid Lawyer

Television Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1965 Homicide Henry Cooper / Ray Gardiner 2 episodes 1966 Antigone TV play (episode of Wednesday Theatre) 1976–1977 Bluey Blair Thompson / Dave Brown 2 episodes 1977–1981 The Sullivans Warren Hunter / Detective 9 episodes 1978–1983 Cop Shop Chris Fuller / Sean Dorsey / Herbert Jolly / Neighbour 26 episodes 1979 Ray Lawler Trilogy Roo Webber Miniseries, 3 episodes 1979–1980 Skyways David Kerridge / Roy Hamilton / Bob Marshall 3 episodes 1980 The Last Outlaw Constable Richards Miniseries, 4 episodes 1980–1986 Prisoner Solicitor / Ian Mahoney / Detective Thorn 19 episodes 1981 And Here Comes Bucknuckle Achilles Jones 6 episodes I Can Jump Puddles Flogger Miniseries, 1 episode 1982 Winner Take All Howard Nash Miniseries, 10 episodes 1983–1984 Carson's Law Detective Sgt. Clem Harvey 8 episodes 1984 Eureka Stockade Attorney General Miniseries, 1 episode Special Squad Thomas 1 episode 1985 Zoo Family Dr David 'Mitch' Mitchell 26 episodes 1986 Handle with Care Paul TV movie The Flying Doctors Clive Hayes 1 episode Whose Baby? Noel Jenkins Miniseries, 2 episodes The Fast Lane Lance 1 episode 1988–1990 Mission: Impossible Colonel Joseph Batz / Dr. Philip Westerly 2 episodes 1989 Bodysurfer Bernie Miniseries, 2 episodes Inside Running Dermott O'Brien 19 episodes 1990 Embassy Green 1 episode 1993 A Country Practice Sandy Davis 2 episodes Time Trax Sheriff Dobbs 1 episode Snowy Older Michael Miniseries, 13 episodes 1994 Official Denial Jonathon Applegate TV movie 1994–2004 Blue Heelers Commander Reg Jones / Harrison Brealey / Warren Bradford / Inspector Len Murray / Dr Matthews 6 episodes 1995 In Pursuit of Honor Sgt. Ernest Gruber TV movie 1996 English: Have a Go Professor Sayit 12 episodes 1999; 2000 SeaChange Port Deakin Mayor 2 episodes 1999; 2003 Stingers Doug Piper / Judge Frost 2 episodes 2000 Virtual Nightmare Andrew TV movie The Games Mr. Cabsav ABC 1 episode 2001 Something in the Air Father Mitchell 2 episodes 2002 Ponderosa 1 episode All Saints Karl Brown 1 episode MDA Bernard Bennett 1 episode White Collar Blue General Gerald Sinclair 1 episode 2006 Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King Mr Woolrich 1 episode 2008 City Homicide Leigh Carrington 1 episode 2009–2010 Satisfaction Dr. De Courcy 3 episodes 2011 Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey Doctor (flashback) 1 episode 2013 House Husbands John 2 episodes 2014 Party Tricks Opposition Leader Neil Thorby Miniseries, 1 episode

Theatre Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1966 The Pageant of the Love Tree / The Happy Journey / The Farce of the Devil's Bridge / Elegant Edward Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with UTRC 1972 Flash Jim Vaux Claremont Theatre Centre, Melbourne 1973 Jumpers Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC The Plough and the Stars Jack Clitheroe Mother Courage Princess Theatre, Melbourne with MTC Batman's Beach-Head Comedy Theatre, Melbourne with J. C. Williamson's & MTC Design for Living St Martins Theatre, Melbourne with MTC 1973–1974 The Play's the Thing St Martins Theatre, Melbourne, Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC The Last of the Knucklemen Russell St Theatre, Melbourne, Sydney Opera House, Playhouse, Canberra with MTC 1974–1975 Equus Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC Coralie Lansdowne Says No 1975 The Double Dealer The Lady from the Sea St Martins Theatre, Melbourne with MTC The Revenger's Tragedy Supervacuo Kennedy's Children Playhouse, Adelaide, St Martins Theatre, Melbourne with MTC & SATC 1975–1977 Kid Stakes Roo Webber Australian tour with MTC 1976 Martello Towers St Martins Theatre, Melbourne with MTC Other Times Roo Webber Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC 1977 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll The Doll Trilogy Juno and the Paycock Jerry Devine Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC The Wild Duck First Guest The Merchant of Venice Bassanio Pygmalion Mrs Higgins' Butler Desire Under the Elms Simeon Cabot 1978 Richard III Chorus The Beaux' Stratagem Bagshot Bodies David Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC 1980 Shakespeare the Sadist Peter Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC Bremen Coffee Miltenberger / Johann A Doll's House Nils Krogstad The Matchmaker Joe Scanlon / Rudolph Privates on Parade Sgt. Major Reg Drummond 1981 Pete McGynty and the Dreamtime Alec / Others The Good Person of Setzuan God 1983 The Maid's Tragedy The King 1984 Candida Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC Pack of Lies Peter 1987 A Streetcar Named Desire Mitch Playhouse, Melbourne, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney with MTC 1988 The Touch of Silk Jim Davidson Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC 1989 Little Murders Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC 1990–1991 Hotel Sorrento Dick Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Monash University, Melbourne, Wharf Theatre, Sydney with Playbox & STC 1992 The Chronicle of Macbeth Macbeth Australia / Tokyo tour with Playbox 1993 A Happy and Holy Occasion Rev. Father Thurlogh O'Gorman Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Hobart with Playbox 1996 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Australian tour with MTC 1997 For Better, for Worse Chapel Off Chapel, Melbourne with Bay Street Productions 1998 Sylvia Australian tour with MTC 1999 The Sick Room Paul Alexander Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox 2001 The Twilight Series Ensemble Collins St Baptist Church, Melbourne with Playbox 2003 The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? Ross Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with MTC 2004 Julia 3 Leon Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox 2005 The Night Season Patrick Kennedy Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne

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