Australian actor
Brian Hannan |
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Born | Australia |
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Occupation | Actor |
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Years active | 1960 to 1980 |
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Brian Hannan is an Australian actor.
Hannan began his career on stage. Stage shows include The No Hopers (1961).[1][2] The Bones of My Toe (1963)[3][4] and Bread and Butter (1970).[5][6]
He appeared in filmed for TV plays such as The Sweet Sad Story of Elmo and Me in 1965.[7][8] and Man of Destiny in 1967.[9]
Hannan appeared in stage musicals with the J. C. Williamson Theatres in the 1960s,[10] including Camelot (1963)[11] Hello, Dolly! (1965)[12][13][14] The Boys from Syracuse (1966)[15][16] The Fantasticks (1966)[17][18] and Half a Sixpence (1967).[19][20]
On screen he has played a main role on Bellbird as Roger Green,[21] and had a stint on Prisoner beginning 1981.[10] He starred in the comedy sketch series Don't Ask Us.[22][23] He voice acted in animated films such as The Phantom Treehouse.[24]
References
- ^ The No-Hopers, AusStage
- ^ Bisset, Winifred (6 September 1961), "'The No Hopers'", The Australian Women's Weekly
- ^ The Bishop's Candlestick / The Bones of My Toe / The Oak Settle, AusStage
- ^ Armstrong, Madeline (31 August 1963), "Unlucky Partners", The Bulletin
- ^ Bread and Butter, AusStage
- ^ Hutton, Geoffrey (9 July 1970), "The X-ray on man", The Age
- ^ The Sweet Sad Story of Elmo and Me, AusStage
- ^ Howard, John (30 July 1965), "Budding Pinter in our midst", The Canberra Times
- ^ "Plays with themes of love and war", The Canberra Times, 4 September 1967
- ^ a b Murphy, Jim (3 June 1981), "Brian knows his work inside out", The Australian Women's Weekly
- ^ Camelot, AusStage
- ^ Hello, Dolly!, AusStage
- ^ "Hello, Dolly!", The Australian Women's Weekly, 5 May 1965
- ^ Rolfe, Patricia (10 April 1965), "A Tasteless Confection", The Bulletin
- ^ The Boys From Syracuse, AusStage
- ^ Costantino, Romola (7 February 1966), "Lively romp at the Royal", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ The Fantasticks, AusStage
- ^ Rolfe, Patricia (17 September 1966), "Not our cup of tea", The Bulletin
- ^ Half a Sixpence, AusStage
- ^ Hewitt, Hope (16 November 1967), "Good work Mr Kipps", The Canberra Times
- ^ Musgrove, Nan (22 May 1974), "Some surprises in store for "Bellbird"", The Australian Women's Weekly
- ^ Niell, Kristine (4 June 1979), "Comedy has some promise", The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ Marshall, Ian (21 November 1980), "Comedy has some promise", The Age
- ^ Morris, Jill (8 January 1985), "Film animation not so easy", The Age
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