Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left

Australia, Children's TV, 1994

This marks part of what Australian TV does best - slightly off-the-wall children's TV series. All the spottings below were fairly significant parts.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Kerry Armstrong ..... Officer Jady
Jan Friedl ..... Mother
Sandy Gore ..... Aunt Hecla
Coleen Hewett ..... Jenny's Mum
Alex Menglet ..... George's Violin Teacher

Halifax fp

Australian, TV Movies, 1994-

Above average series of Australian crime movies about forensic psychiatrist Jane Halifax. Only pale in comparison with the British 'Cracker', but these are slightly mellower.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Susanne Chapman ..... Georgia
Peter Hardy ..... Tony Roman

Halifax fp - Acts of Betrayal

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Cole Horsfall ..... Defence Solicitor
Shane Lee ..... Judge's Associate
Steve Millichamp ..... Junk Food Man
Richard Moss ..... Stephen Howell
Rod Mullinar ..... Melvin Lazar

Halifax fp - Words Without Music

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Vince D'Amico ..... Nick Lobianco
Sue Jones ..... Nicki Onslow
Marian Sinclair ..... Secretary
Adrian Wright ..... David Onslow

Halifax fp - The Feeding

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Peter Adams ..... Premier Peter O'Hare
Nick Carrafa ..... Alan Howard
Graham Dow ..... Fred
Deborra-Lee Furness ..... Brigit Grant
Dawn Klingberg ..... Homeless Woman
Nicki Paull (credited as Nicola Paul) ..... Tracey Cunningham

Halifax fp - My Lovely Girl

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Cheryl Ballantine ..... Examiner
John Benton ..... Derek Daleford
Mark Hennessy ..... Kovacs
Robert Hughes ..... Craig West
Ian Shrives ..... Security Guard

Halifax fp - Hard Corps

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Matthew Barker ..... Policeman
Will Deumer ..... Soapy Lee
Jeff Kovski ..... Harry Angel
Steve Payne ..... Detective
Tim Robertson ..... Joe Mandle
Peter Schofield ..... Victor Conroy

Halifax fp - Lies of the Mind

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Bradley Croft ..... Security Psych Staff
Louise Siversen ..... Beth Hartley

Halifax fp - Without Consent

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Christopher Barry ..... Bert

Halifax fp - Cradle and All

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Mickey Camilleri ..... Beverley
Lois Collinder ..... Mrs Abul
Fiona Corke ..... Christine
Victoria Eagger ..... Pam
Christine Keogh ..... Det Sue Tait
John Powell ..... Detective
Malcolm Sim ..... Lift Mechanic

Halifax fp - Sweet Dreams

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Kerry Armstrong ..... Fiona Holmes
David Bergin ..... Man in Restaurant
Chris Connelly ..... Constable Wilkes
Peter Hosking ..... Foucault
Chris Milne ..... Harry

Halifax fp - Deja Vu

A curious episode this and I'm wondering if it's all a big joke. Two of the main ex-Prisoner stars in this have already been seen (Deja Vu: geddit!) in different episodes of Halifax as differently named characters with the same job - Lousie Siversen as a lawyer and Nick Carrafa as a policeman - strange ...

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Nick Carrafa ..... Homicide Detective #1
Roy Edmunds ..... Cam Viney
Philip Holder ..... Robert Dessau
Louise Siversen ..... Linda Quinn
Ross Williams ..... Abe Levin

Halifax fp - Isn't it Romantic

A serial killer is killing people and leaving them looking pretty. There are plenty of weirdos running round who could be the killer. Roger Oakley and Margot Knight play the parents of a murdered girl, and Neil Melville is the chief investagator for the police.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Margot Knight ..... Sue Bailey
Neil Melville ..... Det Snr Sgt Jim Dettman
Roger Oakley ..... Frank Bailey
Howard Stanley ..... Jim

Halifax fp - Afraid of the Dark

More a vehicle for Jane Halifax to crack up than anyone else. Bryan Marshall plays her father in flashback, and Shane (Feeney-) Connor a survivor of a mass killing who convinces himself that he is somehow responsible.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Shane Connor ..... Ray
Lena Fiszman ..... Soula
Jackie Kelleher ..... Mrs Toleworth
Bryan Marshall ..... John Halifax
John Murphy ..... Mr Weisner
Pam Murphy ..... Mrs Weisner

Hampton Court

Australia

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Maxine Klibingaitis ..... Sophie

Hannay

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Sheila Florance ..... Mother of Detective (Guest)

Head On

Australia, Film 1997

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Maria Mercedes ..... Tasia

Healthy Wealthy and Wise

Australia

Karen Downton told me about this. From the title it sounds like a daytime show but I don't know!

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Colette Mann

Heartbeat

UK, TV Series, 1990s

A country cop show set in the Yorkshire Dales of England. Bryan Marshall guested in a single episode as Josh Roberts, a vet who became an alcoholic after his wife died and all of whose problems were solved in a single episode!

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Bryan Marshall ..... Josh Roberts (Guest)

Heartbreak High

Australia, Soap, 1994-1999

Australian school soap with plenty of opportunities for guest in the way of teachers, parents and assorted people the kids meet in their daily lives.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings (incomplete)
Andy Anderson ..... Barry Peterson
Lisa Armytage ..... Librarian in the school library
Tina Bursill ..... Nasty TV Reporter for kids work experience
Tina Bursill ..... Hilary Scheppers
Diane Craig ..... June Dyson
Maggie Dence ..... Mrs McDonald
Terence Donovan ..... Warwick
Suzanne Dudley ..... Elaine (nasty advertising woman who gives Sarah a job)
Vince Gil ..... Mr Sumic (Stassy's Father)
Ian Gilmour ..... (Director)
Ric Herbert ..... Compere of an endurance competition
Serge Lazareff ..... In crew - storyliner?
Alan David Lee ..... Army Officer at recruitment place
Gerard Maguire ..... Relief Teacher going loopy
Tracy Mann ..... Isobel - hippyish parent of a pupil
Stephen O'Rourke ..... Jim Deloraine (Headmaster)
Lois Ramsay ..... Ethel
Kate Sheil ..... Matron of an old peoples' home (Guest)
Louise Siversen ..... Traffic Warden (Guest)
Peta Toppano ..... Stella Iannou (Kat's Mother)
Christine Totos ..... (drama coach to the actors of the series)
Linden Wilkinson ..... Mrs Swain

Heartbreak Kid, The

Australia, Film, 1993

The film that led to the series 'Heartbreak High'. About Greek-Australians, so obviously Steve Bastoni stars, this time as the fiance a woman dumps in favour of one of her school pupils.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Steve Bastoni ..... Dimitri
Robin Cuming ..... Principal
Esme Melville ..... Lady on Stairs
George Vidalis ..... Vasili

Heatwave

Australia, Film, 1981

A protest to stop a housing development at the turn of the century during a heatwave. Doesn't sound promising but it's OK as a film, except it's a little hard to guess ahead of the plot. As usual Bill Hunter is in this film, as well as Richard Moir as the architect of the building and Carole Skinner as the lead protestor who disappears.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Frank Gallacher ..... Dick Moinar
Bill Hunter ..... Robert Duncan
Kerry McGuire ..... Female TV Reporter
Richard Moir ..... Stephen West
Graham Rouse ..... Detective 1
Carole Skinner ..... Mary Ford

Henderson Kids, The

Australia, Children's TV, 1985

OK, this is only from memory, as I can't actually remember very much more about the series. I know Nadine Garner and Alex Papps were in it, and I am almost certain that Bradley Kilpatrick was in it - he played Tommy Kipman, Merle's friend in Prisoner - he would certainly have been around the right age at the time.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings (incomplete)
Nadine Garner ..... Tamara Henderson Bradley Kilpatrick ..... NK Alex Papps ..... Vinnie

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

New Zealand, TV Series, 1995

An American series but filmed in New Zealand and uses New Zealand actors and actresses for guest roles - this is why most of the cast of Shortland Street (NZ Soap) have appeared! Liddy Holloway plays Herc's mother in several episodes, and Roger Oakley and Ilona Rodgers played a King and Queen in the same episode.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Liddy Holloway ..... Alcmene
Roger Oakley ..... King Xenon
Ilona Rodgers ..... Queen Euriana

Hey Dad

Australia, TV, 1984-

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Tina Bursill ..... Det Sgt Anne Burke
Robert Hughes ..... Martin Kelly - the title role
Maggie Kirkpatrick ..... Sister Maureen (a Nun)

High Tide

Australia, Film, 1988

The credits for this were extremely hard to read, so I've only done the main characters. Frankie J Holden appeared as an Elvis impersonator.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Frankie J Holden ..... Lester
May Howlett ..... Mick's Mum

HMS Pinafore (stage)

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Amanda Muggleton ..... Buttercup

Home & Away

Australia, Soap, 1988-present

This needs no introduction, so it won't get one. I rue the day that the ITV network in Britain stopped showing the end credits to the series, as there is very little way to confirm sightings.

My screen brother became a surrogate son! - Interview with Judy Nunn. A mum in a million - Debra Lawrance leaves Home & Away.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Danny Adcock ..... Gordon McQuade (Smuggler)
Peter Bensley ..... Andrew Foley
Tina Bursill ..... Lois Crawford
Antoinette Byron ..... Natalie Nash (Mark II)
Peter Carmody ..... Ern Dibble
Liddy Clarke ..... Kerry Barlow (Battered Wife)
Syd Conabere ..... Gerry?
Diane Craig ..... Teresa Lynch
Terence Donovan ..... Al Simpson (Mark II)
Gary Down ..... Nigel Daggert
Suzanne Dudley ..... Janet Briggs
Paula Duncan ..... Bridget Jackson
Glennen Fahey ..... Crook
Peter Ford ..... Scott McPhee
Kylie Foster ..... Leanne
Cornelia Frances ..... Morag Bellingham
Arianthe Galani ..... Ben Lucini's relative
Robyn Gibbes ..... Margaret Mitchell
Virginia Hey ..... Gillian, Steven's business partner
Maggie Kirkpatrick ..... Marilyn's evil Aunt Jean
Fay Kelton ..... Ann Harris
Debra Lawrence ..... Pippa Ross
Frank Lloyd ..... Neville McPhee
Judy McBurney ..... Dating Agency Rep
Kerry McGuire ..... Diana Fraser
Bryan Marshall ..... John Simpson
Ray Meagher ..... Alf Stewart
Judy Nunn ..... Ailsa Hogan/Stewart
Roger Oakley ..... Tom Fletcher
Alex Papps ..... Frank Morgan
Darius Perkins ..... Gary Samuels
Carole Skinner ..... Ailsa's housekeeper Mary
Carole Skinner ..... Anne
Fiona Spence ..... Celia Stewart
Rob Steele ..... Max Richards (Chloe's father)
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell ..... Dr Gordon (Angel's doctor)
Linden Wilkinson ..... Catherine Walker

Homicide

Australia, TV, 1964

Any more info on this would be welcome - Peter Criddle's given me some cast details from a book he bought - The Homicide Story so I've got slightly more but not much.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings (incomplete)

Hot Target

New Zealand, Film, 1985

Absolutely awful thriller (?!?!!) from New Zealand whose one saving grace was seeing Bryan Marshall (the smarmy hypnotist Jonathan Edmonds) get his comeuppance by being murdered.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Bryan Marshall ..... Clive Webber

Hotel de Love

Australia, Film, 1996

Not desperately funny, but reasonable entertainment. Alan Hopgood plays a minor character - a lobby piano player who keeps getting asked for advice but never gets a word in edgeways except in song. Julia Blake is an woman unhappy in her marriage but gets love poems from someone - she later finds out it's her husband. Peter O'Brien is a potential bridegroom dumped at the altar.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Julia Blake ..... Edith Dunne
Barbara Burder ..... Mrs Fielding
Alan Hopgood ..... Ronnie
Peter O'Brien ..... Norman

Hotel Sorrento

Australia, Film, 1995

Film about three sisters who meet again when one of them writes a book about their lives in Sorrento. Supposed to signal the start of Caroline Gillmer's international film career that she left Neighbours for. Hmmmmm ..... we've heard that one before.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Caroline Gillmer ..... Hilary Moynihan
Eric McPhan ..... unnamed

Hotel Sorrento (Stage)

Australia, Theatre, 1998

Janet Andrewartha played the part played by Caroline Gillmer in the film of the same name above.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Janet Andrewartha ..... Hilary Moynihan
Celia De Burgh ..... Meg Moynihan
Jan Friedl ..... NK
Christine Harris ..... Pippa Moynihan

Houseboat Horror

Australia, Straight-to-video film ('nuff said!), 1989

The trailer for this says "Something is about to happen on Lake Infinity!! A new wave of blood gushing suspense!" Doesn't sound too good! Peter Criddle says it was made straight for rental.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Louise Siversen ..... Zelia

Howling III: The Marsupials

Australia, Film, 1987

Possibly the worst film I have ever seen, including Hot Target (above)! Glenda Linscott and Carole Skinner are werewolves dressed as nuns on a bus for some of it - does that tell you how bad this film is? ...

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Glenda Linscott ..... Bahloo
Carole Skinner ..... Yara
Bill Collins ..... Doctor #1

Hunting

Australia, Film, 1991

This film sees Dawn Klingberg begin her career as Bag Lady in the film's opening sequence.

Prisoner Actor/Actress Spottings
Kerry Armstrong ..... Michelle Harris
Duke Bannister ..... Party Guest
Jack Brown ..... Old Hobo
Dawn Klingberg ..... Bag Lady
Jeff Kovski ..... Junkie
Howard Stanley ..... Barman