Gallipoli

Australia, Film, 1991

Acclaimed Australian film about two men going to war. You always suspect that one of them will die at the end, but it is never quite sure until right at the end. Most of the sightings below are of the 'blink and you'll miss it' or 'read the credits and then go looking for the people' variety.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Don Barker ..... NCO at Ball
Les Dayman ..... Artillery Officer
Graham Dow ..... General Gardner
Reg Evans ..... Athletics Official 1
Peter Ford ..... Lt Gray
Bill Hunter ..... Major Barton
Jenny Lovell ..... Waitress
Tim McKenzie ..... Barney
John Murphy ..... Frank's Father
Gerda Nicolson ..... Rose Hamilton
Geoff Parry ..... Sgt Sayers

Georgia

Australia, Film, 1988

Nice, atmospheric little mystery film. Two of the central characters are played by Alex Menglet and Julia Blake. It's amazing how many bystanders there were in the credits, three of them ex-Prisoners.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Roy Baldwin ..... Librarian
Julia Blake ..... Elizabeth
Luigi Cengarle ..... unnamed
Maud Clark ..... unnamed
Tommy Dysart ..... Bystander
Dawn Klingberg ..... unnamed
David Letch ..... Gallery Manager
Alex Menglet ..... Lazlo
Jillian Murray ..... Leela
Marilyn O'Donnell ..... Bystander
David Swann ..... Bystander
Terry Trimble ..... Removalist

Getting of Wisdom, The

Australia, Film, 1977

Another Prisoner-fest, this time with many women spottings. I've now been through the whole of the credits for this film, so this should be the total of sightings.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Kerry Armstrong ..... Kate
Julia Blake ..... Isabella Shepherd
Dorothy Bradley ..... Miss Hicks
Richard Butler ..... unnamed
Celia de Burgh ..... MP
Kim Deacon ..... Lilith
Terence Donovan ..... Tom Macnamara
Susannah Fowle ..... Laura Tweedle Rambotham
Jan Friedl ..... Miss Snodgrass
Di Greentree ..... Maisie Shepherd
Patricia Kennedy ..... Miss Chapman
Maggie Kirkpatrick ..... Sarah
Margo McLennan ..... unnamed
Monica Maughan ..... Miss Day
Joanne Moore ..... Tilly
Gerda Nicolson ..... unnamed
Candy Raymond ..... Miss Zielinski
Sigrid Thornton ..... Maria

Ghosts ..... of the Civil Dead

Australia, Film, 1994

Much much nastier look at prison life than Prisoner ever was, this is a look at the events leading up to a prison riot in a futuristic prison, and is not a very pleasant film to watch - seriously violent, although it is an excellent film. On the other side of the bars now, Mike Bishop plays a prison officer who cracks under the strain. Vince Gil plays one of the more dangerous prisoners.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Howard Bell ..... Mayer
Mike Bishop ..... David Yale
Peter Black ..... Maclaren
Luigi Cengarle ..... unnamed
Robin Dene ..... Coyne
Roy Edmunds ..... unnamed
John Egan ..... unnamed
Vince Gil ..... Ruben
Peter Schofield ..... unnamed

Gigi (stage)

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Amanda Muggleton

Gloss

New Zealand

According to Phil Marshall this was not a good series ...

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Ilona Rodgers ..... NK

Golden Braid, (The)

Australia, Film, 1990

Another Paul Cox directed film full of loads of symbolism - this one I think is to do with the passing of time, hence the multitude of clocks. Sheila Florance appears as a lady with a clock, and Norman Kaye as the main character's psychiatrist. Monica Maughan continues her downward fall - the time concerned has been rough on her! Marion Heathfield plays a cleaning woman, and Terrie Waddell a waitress in a restaurant.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Victoria Eagger ..... Shop Assistant
Sheila Florance ..... Lady with Clock
Marion Heathfield ..... Cleaning Woman
Norman Kaye ..... Psychiatrist
Dawn Klingberg ..... Woman in Dreams
Monica Maughan ..... Antique Shop Owner
Terrie Waddell ..... Waitress

Golden Fiddles

Australia, TV Miniseries, 1990

Fairly boring miniseries. Gerda Nicolson played a posh snobby woman (again!).

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Gerda Nicolson ..... Miss Birrell

Good Guys Bad Guys

Australia, TV Series, 1997

Peter Criddle keeps sending me sightings - I've not really got any idea what this series is about at all!

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Michael Carman ..... Transvestite (Guest)
Caroline Gillmer ..... Siobhan Starret ('Elvis Lives')
Alan Hopgood ..... Judge Moody ('Dog People')
Val Lehman ..... Rose Kinsella (Guest)
Ann Phelan ..... NK (Guest)
Louise Siversen ..... Shannon Blightie (Guest)

Good Morning Australia

Australia, Magazine-type show

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Collette Mann ..... Guest

COMMENT - "Collette is seen on an aussie breakfast show hosted by Bert Newton titled Good Morning Australia. She appears regularly around once a week and details new and unusual products she has come across. Like always she is bubbly and makes people laugh." - Janine

Good Vibrations

Alan Hopgood guested as a Grandad who just moved to the country and was a gambler.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Alan Hopgood ..... (Guest)

Good Wife, The

Australia, Film, 1987

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Barry Hill ..... Mr Fielding
May Howlett ..... Mrs Carmichael
Carole Skinner ..... Mrs Gibson

GP

Australia, Soap, 1989

Another ill-fated Australian soap. As this was shown in the middle of the night here in Britain, most of these sightings have been picked up from TV Soap magazine.

8 Great Years at Ross Street - Article about 8 years of GP, mentioning loads of guest stars.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Maggie Dence ..... Judith Marr
Terry Gill ..... NK (guest)
Deborra-Lee Furness ..... Kate
Maggie Kirkpatrick ..... Woman whose sister is dying of cancer
John McTernan ..... Dr Robert Sharp
Peta Toppano ..... Dr Sharp's love interest
Rowena Wallace ..... Mother
William Zappa ..... Roger Marriott

Grand, The

UK, TV Series, 1996

A British historical drama about life above and below stairs in a posh hotel. Arkie Whiteley guested in an episode as the elaborately named Madame Euphraisine De Bourg D'Oisans.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Arkie Whiteley ..... Madame Euphraisine De Bourg D'Oisans

Grease: The Arena Spectacular

Australia, Stage Musical, 1998

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Tottie Goldsmith ..... Miss Lynch

Gross Misconduct

Australia, Film, 1993

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Beverley Dunn ..... Judge Barlow

Ground Zero

Australia, Film, 1987

A man sets out to find out what happened to his father after he discovers strange things going on - his father was a cameraman who took some footage of nuclear testing years ago and then died in suspicious circumstances. At the same time a Commission into the actions around the testing is going on and the man must find his father's evidence to present to the Commission. All three members of the Commission panel are actually ex-Prisoners: Beverley Dunn, Simon Chilvers and Alan Hopgood, among a stunning range of other sightings, both obvious and ones you have to work back from the credits to. Janet Andrewartha appears in the last scene of the film as a suspicious new next-door-neighbour, and various people appear to give evidence at the Commission. The first scene in the film is of an appalling commercial being shot - the director is Roger Oakley and the stunt cowboy is stuntman Glen Rueland.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Janet Andrewartha ..... New Neighbour
Alan Barrett ..... Archives Security
Kylie Belling ..... Receptionist
Simon Chilvers ..... Commission President
Peter Cummins ..... Australian Veteran
Gary Down ..... Commercial Assistant Director
Beverley Dunn ..... Commissioner #1
Tommy Dysart ..... British Veteran
Stewart Faichney ..... James Dean T-Shirt
Peter Harvey-Wright ..... TV Newsreader
Douglas Hedge ..... Film Archives Clerk
John Heywood ..... Australian Veteran
Alan Hopgood ..... Commissioner #2
Wayne Hirst ..... Security Officer
Brian James ..... Vice Admiral Windsor
David Le Page ..... Agent
Gerard Maguire ..... TV Presenter
Mark Mitchell ..... Detective
John Murphy ..... Laboratory Storeman
Roger Oakley ..... Commercial Director
Glen Rueland ..... Hot Dog Cowboy
Peter Sardi ..... Carl Denton