Anthony Hawkins (30 September 1932 – 23 September 2013) was an English-born, Australian-based television actor. He was best known for his roles as Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Smith in the police procedural Special Squad (1984) and Frank diAngelo on The Saddle Club. He also had a recurring role in Prisoner as Bob Morris from 1980 to 1982.

He trained as an actor at Guildhall School of Music and Drama following a brief stint working as a policeman in England.

Stage He was part of the cast in the first public performance of Kenneth G. Ross's important Australian play Breaker Morant, presented by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Athenaeum Theatre, in Melbourne in 1978.

He also appeared in the play The Happy Apple at St Martins Theatre in Melbourne in 1971. He toured the United States with Alfie, played in Birds on the Wing in Melbourne, and Bandwagon in Hobart.

Television

Early TV work was in the United Kingdom and included an appearance as a police constable in the television series No Hiding Place in 1959. He also acted in the Scotland Yard film series of shorts. His TV work in Australia included Ryan and Perryman on Parade, and frequent appearances on police dramas including Matlock Police, Division 4, Homicide and Cop Shop. In 1978, he made his film debut in a minor role in Brian De Palma's The Fury. During the next two years, he starred in the television miniseries Against the Wind and The Last Outlaw and appeared in police series Bluey (1976) before appearing in the soap opera Prisoner. Introduced as Bob Morris, the father of inmate Tracey Morris (Sue Devine), he eventually became a recurring character after the on-screen marriage of Bob Morris to Meg Jackson (Elspeth Ballantyne). He stayed with the series on an irregular basis until 1982, when he was written out entirely. That same year he made a cameo appearance with a number of his fellow Prisoner co-stars in the film Kitty and the Bagman.

He made a guest appearance in Carson's Law, and appeared in the films Phar Lap and Strikebound before joining the cast of Special Squad as Greg Smith, a role he played from 1984 to 1985. Playing a supporting role as Allenby in the 1987 film The Lighthorsemen, during the late 1980s he also made appearances on The Flying Doctors, Inside Running and the 1989 television movie Darlings of the Gods which featured cameo appearances of several other former Prisoner co-stars.

During the early 1990s, he appeared on Kelly, Bony and The Damnation of Harvey McHugh as well as in police dramas Janus and Mercury. His late career included recurring roles in Ocean Girl, Tales of the South Seas and, on the popular Australian children's TV series The Saddle Club.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Type 1977 Raw Deal Colonel Feature film 1977 Looking for Mr Goodbar Chuck Feature film 1978 The Fury Chase #1 Shotgun Feature film 1982 Lookin' to Get Out Bernie's Assistant Film 1982 A Shifting Dreaming Police Commissioner J.C. Cawood TV movie 1982 Kitty and the Bagman Simon Mornington Feature film 1983 Phar Lap Feature film 1984 Strikebound Police Sergeant Feature film 1985 I Live with Me Dad Major Briggs Feature film 1986 Body Business Steve TV movie 1987 The Lighthorsemen Allenby Feature film 1989 Darlings of the Gods Cecil Tennant TV movie 2013 The American Bickman Burger Voiceover Short film

Television Year Title Role Type 1959 BBC Sunday Night Theatre TV series, 1 episode 1959 The Case Before You Police Sergeant TV series, 1 episode 1959 The Moonstone TV series, 1 episode 1959 No Hiding Place Police Constable TV series 1960 The Army Game TV series, 1 episode 1960 Scotland Yard Detective Sergeant Halton Short film series, 1 episode 1972 Perryman on Parade TV series 1973 Ryan Adler TV series, 1 episode 1971-75 Division 4 Andrew Manners / Sydney Martin / Tim Freer / Dr Bob Whitfield TV series, 5 episodes 1973-75 Matlock Police Pearce / Thorpe TV series, 2 episodes 1975 Homicide John Masters / Jack Peters / Gerald Rivers TV series, 3 episodes 1976 Power Without Glory Detective Roberts TV miniseries, 1 episode 1977 Bluey David Andrews TV series, 1 episode 1978 Against the Wind Surgeon Balmain TV miniseries, 1 episode 1978 The Sullivans Sergeant TV series, 4 episodes 1978-79 Cop Shop Mr Young / Health Inspector / Leonard Fishman / Chadwick TV series, 5 episodes 1979 Skyways Mr Salter TV series, 1 episode 1980 Water Under the Bridge Mason TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1980 The Last Outlaw Superintendent Hare TV miniseries, 4 episodes 1980-82 Prisoner Bob Morris / Detective Sergeant Little TV series, 36 episodes 1982 Winner of the Sun Goodman TV miniseries, 1 episode 1982 Winner Takes All TV miniseries, 10 episodes 1983 Carson's Law Charlie Miller TV series, 1 episode 1984 Waterfront Sir William McPherson TV miniseries, 3 episodes 1984 Eureka Stockade Dr Stewart TV miniseries, 1 episode 1984 Infinity Limited Detective Sergeant Strapp TV series, 1 episode 1984-85 Special Squad Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Smith TV series, 40 episodes 1986 Prime Time Harry Jones TV series, 1 episode 1987-90The Flying Doctors Detective Bennett / Rex Dermody TV series, 2 episodes 1989 Inside Running TV series 1989 The Magistrate Douglas Shaw TV miniseries, 4 episodes 1990 All the Rivers Run II Melville TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1991 The Great Air Race (aka Half a World Away) Thomas Perrin TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1991-92 Kelly Mike Patterson TV series, 26 episodes 1992 Bony Evan Baxter TV series, 1 episode 1994 Janus Justice Zamel TV series, 2 episodes 1994 The Damnation of Harvey McHugh Sapersteen TV miniseries, 1 episode 1994-99 Blue Heelers Frank Williams / Dr Quentin Morris / Bernie Granger TV series, 3 episodes 1995 Snowy River Major Sutcliffe TV series, 1 episode 1995-97 Ocean Girl Searcher #1 / Male Elder TV series, 5 episodes 1996 Mercury Hamish Godbold TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1998-2000 Tales of the South Seas Bishop TV miniseries, 2 episodes 2001-02 Cybergirl McMurtrie TV series, 11 episodes 2001-03 The Saddle Club Frank diAngelo TV series, 7 episodes 2002 Marshall Law Judge Green TV miniseries, 5 episodes

Theatre

Year Title Role Company / Venue Oliver Twist The Cigarette Girl Alfie U.S. tour 1971 Bandwagon Princess Theatre, Launceston & Theatre Royal, Hobart 1971 The Happy Apple St Martins Theatre The Patrick Pearse Motel St Martins Theatre 1972 Saiad Days St Martins Theatre 1972 Birds on the Wing Waiter St Martins Theatre 1972 Dangerous Corner Theatre 62 1973 A Celebration of the Life and Vision of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Australian Council for the Arts at Dallas Brooks Hall 1973 A Voyage Round My Father Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, University of NSW No Sex Please, We're British Sydney & Melbourne 1974 Ice Age Theatre 62 at Prince Alfred College Hall, South Australia for Adelaide Festival of Arts 1974 The Guardsman Theatre 62 at Port Lincoln Civic Hall 1974 Dangerous Corner Theatre 62 1975 Hamlet Monash University 1976 More Canterbury Tales Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne 1977 The Merchant of Venice Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre 1977 Desire Under the Elms Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre 1978 Breaker Morant Third Interrogator; Mr. Robinson; Officer; Colonel Hamilton Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre 1978 The Playboy of the Western World Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre 1978 Under Milk Wood Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre 1978 The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Giri Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre & University of Melbourne 1978 Arsenic and Old Lace Teddy Brewster Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre 1979 Journey's End Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre 1979 Macbeth Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre 1979 Arms and the Man Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre 1979 Uncle Vanya Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre 1979 The Rivals Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre 1980 The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre 1980 Bent Freddie Melbourne Theatre Company at Russell Street Theatre 1980 The Man Who Came to Dinner Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre 1981 The Man from Mukinupin Russell Street Theatre 1981 A Man for All Seasons The Duke Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre 1981 The Good Person of Setzuan Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre 1987 Count Dracula Count Dracula Royal Queensland Theatre Company at Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane 1992 Vladimir's Carrot University of Adelaide 1992 Much Ado About Nothing University of Adelaide 1993 The Temple Playbox Theatre Company at Merlyn Theatre, West Gippsland Arts Centre & Monash University 1994 The Tempest Wills Court, Adelaide 1994 Lenin / America / Wake University of Adelaide 1996 The Comedy of Errors Antipholus of Syracuse University of Adelaide & Union Hall, Adelaide 2005 Urinetown the Musical Bondi Pavilion

Death

Anthony Hawkins died from cancer on 23 September 2013, aged 80.

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