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Pajo, LouiseComment

Louise Pajo

Played international beauty consultant Helen Masters (8-10), who from the first moment we see her is doomed to enter Wentworth. She doesn't stay long however, and when she leaves denounces all the women whom she had promised to help. This story is later almost repeated word for word when Camellia Welles arrives in Wentworth but in her case she keeps her promises and becomes a permanent friend of the inmates.

Prisoner ..... Helen Masters
Brides of Christ ..... Jean Markham
Doctor Who ..... Miss Kelley ('Seeds of Death')



Papps, AlexComment

Alex Papps

In Prisoner was Boy 2 - seen when Joan Ferguson takes Shane to school and asks him to play football. Was Frank Morgan - one of Tom and Pippa's foster kids - in the original line-up for Home & Away, and Vinnie in The Henderson Kids. Appeared as mechanic Nick Cardaci in The Flying Doctors.

Prisoner ..... Boy 2
Henderson Kids ..... Vinnie (2nd series)
Home & Away ..... Frank Morgan
Flying Doctors ..... Nick Cardaci



Parker, BrianComment

'Met' Bobbie Mitchell while she was working as a prostitute in Sydney (episode 444).

Prisoner ..... Middle Aged Man
Undercover ..... Man in cafe



Parry, GeoffComment

Disguised as a policeman collected Tracey Morris from court and shot her police escort (154). Later played Hazel Kent's partner, who visits when the conjugal visits scheme is introduced (188). In 1998 Neighbours was the horribly slimy Lee Bannock, a (pharmacist?) friend of Karl Kennedy who is having an affair with his assistant - this occasionally jabs Karl's conscience about Sarah.

Prisoner ..... Thug, George Goscombe
Blue Heelers - 'Left in Trust' ..... Leo McPhee
Gallipoli ..... Sgt Sayers
Mad Max ..... Bubba Zanetti
Neighbours ..... Lee Bannock (Guest)



Patrick, JamesComment

In Prisoner was generally Inspector Grace's Detective sidekick. Alarmingly typecast - appeared once in Neighbours as a cop, but was then spotted in a small guest role as Peter Lenton, a fashion bloke who tries to persuade Sam Kratz into modelling. Another cop in Winchester Conspiracy.

Prisoner ..... Detectives
Neighbours ..... Detective Alan Stewart
Neighbours ..... Peter Lenton (Guest)
Winchester Conspiracy, The ..... NCA Officer



Paul, FionaComment

Fiona Paul

In Prisoner played Sarah Webster, Reb's friend who was hiding her money for her who she went to stay with after the Glee Club escape (433-441). Of course she ended up in Wentworth herself before too long.

Prisoner ..... Sarah Webster
Sullivans, The ..... Maureen Sullivan



Paull, Nicola / NickiComment

Nicki Paull

In Prisoner was the first Lisa Mullins until she caught Glandular Fever and was replaced (assuming Terry Bourke was right on this point). Also played Doris Cruikshank, the Yorkshire Pud's wife. Now appears under the name Nicola Paull - as TV Reporter Tracey Cunningham in the Halifax fp episode "The Feeding", and as Errol Flynn's mother in the film Flynn.

Prisoner ..... Doris Cruikshank, Lisa Mullins I
Flynn ..... Marelle Flynn
Halifax fp (Episode: The Feeding) ..... Tracey Cunningham
Return to Eden ..... NK



Payne, SteveComment

Refuses Joan Ferguson a job in episode 682.

Prisoner ..... Office Manager
Bite, The ..... Geoff
Celia ..... Government Clerk
Halifax fp (Episode: Hard Corps) ..... Detective



Pellizer, DarylComment

Appears as a friend of Cass Parker, who brings her a photo of pig Lucy (449) and later the prize sash. Cass tries to make eyes at him at the fete, but he is appalled by her flirtatiousness (459).

Prisoner ..... Charlie Grayson
Cry in the Dark ..... Beer Garden Policeman



Perkins, DariusComment

Darius Perkins

Was the original Scott Robinson in Neighbours, before Scott ran away and came back as a totally new person. Played Gary Samuels, who jumped off a cliff to taunt Carly Morris in Home & Away.

Prisoner ..... Trevor Collins
Home & Away ..... Gary Samuels
Neighbours ..... Scott Robinson



Peters, ChrisComment

Must be a stuntperson, because he played the double for a uniformed policeman in episode 622, and a fighter in Flynn.

Prisoner ..... Policeman 1 (double)
Flynn ..... Streetfighter
Pirate Movie, The ..... Policeman
Snowy River - The McGregor Saga ..... Penciller



Phelan, AnnComment

Ann Phelan

Now seems to survive on guest appearances: Was spotted in Snowy River: The McGregor Saga as Nell Frampton, and in Blue Heelers as the cook at the pub. Appeared in an episode of Good Guys Bad Guys. Was in Bellbird as Ian Smith's wife, and guested in Sons & Daughters as the next-door neighbour of Rosie Andrews' son who had left without paying rent. In early 1997 made a guest appearance in Neighbours as Claudia Harvey, a friend of Harold's from Tasmania. Was also spotted failing to turn a light switch off on one of the It'll Be Alright On The Night programmes.

Interview

Prisoners Reunited - a possible re-union?
I'm Harold's First Wife! - Interview with Ann Phelan.

Prisoner ..... Officer Manson, Bernadette, Myra Desmond
Balanced Particle Freeway, The ..... Highest Tree
Bellbird ..... NK
Blue Heelers ..... Cook at the Pub (Guest)
Craic, The ..... NK
Flying Doctors ..... Beryl Horden (Nymphs & Nightmares)
Good Guys Bad Guys ..... NK (Guest)
It'll Be Alright on the Night
Neighbours ..... Caludia Harvey (Guest)
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga ..... Nell Frampton (Guest)
Sons & Daughters ..... Tenant (140)



Phillips, BeverleyComment

Played the wife of Bert Warren who Catherine Roberts mowed down (21), Ken Pearce's estranged wife (191), a Halfway House resident (391) and Spike Marsh's mother (691). In the film Malcolm was the lady who ran the corner shop.

Prisoner ..... Valda Warren, Marion Pearce, Muriel Baxter, Edith Marsh
Malcolm ..... Mrs T



Pinkus, LuluComment

Introduced as a student friend of Karen Travers', but there is the same inevitability that she will end up in Wentworth - this time it was for blackmail. When she was released she had an abortion in Karen's name and Karen moved out of their flat. Married to Yahoo Serious.

Prisoner ..... Melinda Crosse
Mad Max ..... Nightrider's Girl
Thirst ..... Nurse
Young Einstein ..... The Blonde



Playfair, WendyComment

Was the topdog in the twinset and pearls, until she was sent to another block for being a bad influence on the younger prisoners after the Glee Club escape. Had been a friend of Ann Reynolds' on the outside noted for her work with young people. Spotted as a guest in a few episodes of A Country Practice as Mrs Parker, an old doctor's assistant who covers up for his mistakes. Guested in an episode of 'Cody' as a woman who had had a painting stolen (the man who played her husband also played Pippa Ross' father in Home & Away).

Prisoner ..... Minnie Donovan
Cody - 'Bad Love' ..... Mrs Unwin
Country Practice ..... Parker (Guest)
Return to Eden ..... Someone's Mother



Porter, TonyComment

In 1997 Neighbours played the father of a runaway who torched Lou's restaurant bus.

Prisoner ..... Daryl Stone, Newscaster
Blue Heelers ('A Piece Of Cake') ..... Inspector Don Davidson
Neighbours ..... Joe Duggan (Guest)



Powell, JohnComment

At Lizzie's appeal against her sentence for the manslaughter of Kay White.

Prisoner ..... Tipstaff
Bite, The ..... Smith
Halifax fp (Episode: Cradle and All) ..... Detective



Pryce, HuComment

The University lecturer that Melinda Crosse tries to blackmail (47-49), and the new Head of the Department (493-513).

Prisoner ..... Tom Burton, William Coleby
Money Movers ..... David Griffiths



Pym, WalterComment

Played Lizzie Birdsworth's dying brother in episode 22. In the film Thirst was the old man who lived next door to the farm and helped a woman escape. he was exsanguinated for his troubles. I've got a picture which will appear in the next update. Died in 1980.

Prisoner ..... Angus Cameron
Thirst ..... Ditcher




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