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Andrew McFarlane
Born 6 June 1951
Occupation Actor, television presenter
Years active 1971–present

Andrew McFarlane is an Australian actor with many stage, television, and film credits.

Personal life

McFarlane was born in Albany, Western Australia. After the family moved to Melbourne he attended Camberwell Grammar School and was involved in school plays and school cadets. He has long been open about his homosexuality.

Career

After making his TV debut in Crawfords police dramas Homicide and Matlock Police, he won a recurring role on Division 4 before joining World War II soap opera The Sullivans as oldest son John Sullivan.

He left the series after eighteen months and in the storyline John was reported missing in action – the writers left his final fate unresolved in the hope McFarlane would return to the show. McFarlane returned to the role in the TV movie The John Sullivan Story. The role gained McFarlane a Sammy Award for best supporting actor in a TV series in 1977.

He later took the lead role in the miniseries The Flying Doctors, reprising the role in the ongoing series that followed. Again he left the series after 16 episodes at the height of its popularity. However, he returned in the fifth season for another 37 episodes. He also appeared in Rafferty's Rules as "Police Prosecutor Gibson". McFarlane has since played the father of Tasha Andrews in soap opera Home and Away and in 2005 played Bobby Hoyland in the soap opera Neighbours.

He has been a Play School presenter since 2000 and was also one of Governor Phillip's people on Australian History on ABC. He acted in the TV series Spellbinder as Brian Reynolds, Paul's father and played Hugh Delaney in the miniseries The Alice.

In 2009 he portrayed prominent Australian anti-drugs campaigner and murder victim Donald Mackay in the series Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities. He appeared in a musical for the first time in 2010 in Fame – The Musical at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney.

McFarlane had regular or leading roles in television series Love Child (2014), Devil's Playground and Glitch (both 2015).

Awards

Year Award Work Result
1977 Sammy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a TV series The Sullivans Won
2014 ASTRA Award for Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor – Male Devil's Playground Won
2015 AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama Devil's Playground Nominated

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1976 Break of Day Tom Cooper Feature film
1977 Born to Run (aka Ride a Wild Pony) Doone Boyd TV film
1979 John Sullivan Story, TheThe John Sullivan Story John Sullivan TV film
1981 Doctors & Nurses Milligan Feature film
1985 I Can't Get Started Freddy Feature film
1988 Rocks, TheThe Rocks Det. Sgt. Mark Castelli TV film
1988 Boulevard of Broken Dreams Jonathan Lovell Feature film
1988 Barracuda TV film
1999 Airtight Conrad TV film
1996 Little White Lies Mark Lynch Feature film
2002 Heroes' Mountain Mike Sodergren TV film
2003 Tempted Mike TV film
2004 The Alice Hugh Delaney TV film
2007 Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance Trevor Morgan Feature film
2008 Emerald Falls Dr. Henry Forbes TV film
2008 Dream Life Daniel TV film
2009 Bourke Boy John Short film
2012 Shadow Valley Pastor Todd Short film
2015 Truth Dick Hibey Feature film
2018 Riot Neville Wran TV film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1974 Matlock Police Ben Reid TV series.
Episode: Poppy & the Closet Junkie
1974 Rush Drake TV series.
Episode: Lament the Days That Are Gone By
1974–75 Division 4 Constable Roger Wilson TV series - recurring role
1976–77 The Sullivans John Sullivan TV series - recurring role
1978 Case for the Defence Johnny TV series.
Episode: Made for Each Other
1979–1983 Patrol Boat Lieutenant David Keating TV series - main role
1982 1915 Robert Gillen Miniseries
1986–1991 The Flying Doctors Dr. Tom Callaghan TV series - main role
1993 Time Trax George Whitman TV series.
Episode: Fire & Ice
1993 Paradise Beach Gordon TV series
1993 G.P. Malcolm Henderson TV series.
Episode: Living with the Past
1994 Halifax f.p. Owen Toser TV series.
Episode: Acts of Betrayal
1995–97 Spellbinder Dr Brian Reynolds TV series - main role
1997 Heartbreak High Jeff Scheppers TV series - recurring role
1998 Violent Earth, TheThe Violent Earth Tom Sutton Miniseries
1998 The Day of the Roses Public Servant Miniseries
1999 All Saints David Miller TV series.
Episodes: Truth & Consequences: Part 1 & 2
1999 Murder Call Adrian MacKerras TV series.
Episode: Dead Offerings
1999 Blue Heelers Mark Powers TV series.
Episode: The Price of Silence
2000 Water Rats Patrick Kernaghan TV series.
Episode: A Day to Remember (Break Your Heart
2001 Water Rats Doug McLaren TV series.
Episode: The Marrying Kind
2004 Through My Eyes John Phillips Q.C. Miniseries.
1.1, 1.2
2004 Home and Away Ian Osbourne TV series.
Episodes: 1.3849, 1.3868
2005 Neighbours Bobby Hoyland TV series - recurring role
2005 Blue Water High Warren TV series.
Episode: Timing Is Everything
2005–06 The Alice Hugh Delaney Miniseries - main role
2009 Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities Donald Mackay TV series.
Episodes: Aussie Bob & Kiwi Terry, Bad Habits, Business as Usual
2012 Guess How Much I Love You Big Nutbrown Hare / Otter (voice) TV series.
Episode: Treasure Hunt
2012 Singapore 1942 End of Empire Lt. Colonel Ian Stewart Documentary
2014 Love Child Jim Millar TV series.
Episodes 1.1, 1.2, 1.7
2014 Janet King Keith Nelson TV series.
Episodes: Overtime, An Achilles Heel, The Greatest Good
2014 A Place to Call Home Dr. Milson TV series - recurring role
2014 Devil's Playground Father Andrassi TV miniseries.
ASTRA Award for Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor – Male
2015 Glitch Vic Eastley TV series - regular role
2016 Black Comedy Guest TV series.
Episode: 2.4
2016 Cleverman Geoff Matthews TV series - main role
2016 The Code Neil TV series - regular role
2016 Hyde & Seek Stuart Flanagan TV series - regular role
2017 Newton's Law Eric Whitley TV series - main role
2017 Pulse Mack 2 episodes
2017 Seven Types of Ambiguity Donald Sheere TV series
2019 Secret City Air Chief Marshal Wes Lockwood TV series - supporting role
2020 Between Two Worlds Gareth König TV series - 3 episodes
2022 It's Fine I'm Fine Henry

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes
1972 A Country Girl Old Tote Theatre Company
1973 The Clandestine Marriage
1973 An Eighteenth Century Soirée Old Tote Theatre Company
1973 Cooper and Borges Flook / Cenci Jane St Theatre
1973 Oh, What a Lovely War!
1975 Chez Nous Old Tote Theatre Company at Parade Theatre
1975 The Importance of Being Earnest Sydney Opera House
1975 Ivanov Old Tote Theatre Company at Sydney Opera House
1978 The Club Geoff Parachute Productions / Playhouse
1979 The Day After the Fair Charles Bradford Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
1980 Cyrano De Bergerac Christian STC
1981 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Brick Queensland Theatre
1985 The Glass Menagerie Tom Phillip St Theatre
1988 A Chorus of Disapproval Guy Jones Playhouse
1989 The Normal Heart Bruce STC at The Wharf Theatre
1990 A Month in the Country Ratkin Queensland Theatre
1990 A Christmas Carol Marian St Theatre
1991 Henry IV, Part One King Henry STC at The Wharf Theatre, Blackfriars Theatre
1991 King Lear Edgar STC
1992 The Heidi Chronicles Peter Patrone Queensland Theatre
1992 Gulliver’s Travels Lemuel Gulliver MTC
1993 Talley's Folly Matt Friedman Les Currie Entertainment
1993 Taking Steps Roland Playhouse, STCSA
1994 Two Weeks with the Queen Dad / Uncle Bob / Griff / Doctor STC, Cremorne Theatre
1995 Emerald City Colin Ensemble Theatre
1995 Private Lives Victor Gary Penny Productions (NZ)
1996 Wait Until Dark Roat Marian St Theatre, Ensemble Theatre
1996 The Rover Wilmore Playhouse, MTC
1996 Tales of a Faerie Called Angel Max Latent Image Productions
1998 Blinded by the Sun Christopher Playhouse, Ensemble Theatre
1999 Corporate Vibes Michael STC at The Wharf Theatre, Playhouse
2000 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Roo Railway Street Theatre Company
2000 King Lear Edgar STC
2000 Mozart by Moonlight
2001 Dinner with Friends Gabe Marian St Theatre
2001 The Graduate Mr Braddock The Really Useful Group
2002 After the Ball Stephen McCrae Ensemble Theatre
2002 Talking Heads Graham Theatre Royal / Hit Productions
2003 Myth, Propaganda and Disaster in Nazi Germany and Contemporary America Jack Griffin Theatre Company
2006 Losing Louis Reggie Ensemble Theatre
2006 Woman in Mind Doctor Bill STC
2006 Play School Live in Concert Narrator Kids Promotions
2007 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? George Queensland Theatre
2008 Scarlett O'Hara at the Crimson Parrot Steve MTC
2009 Let the Sunshine Ron Ensemble Theatre
2009 Amadeus Antonio Salieri 4MBSFM
2010 West Australian Symphony Orchestra Presenter Kings Park
2010 Fame – The Musical Mr Myers / Resident Director Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Gordon Frost Organisation
2011 Nothing Personal Kelvin Ensemble Theatre
2011 Death and the Maiden Independent Theatre
2012 Arcadia Bernhard Nightingale BSSTC
2012 The Heretic Professor Kevin Maloney MTC
2012 I Want to Sleep with Tom Stoppard Tom Tamarama Rock Surfers
2013 Dreams in White Michael Devine / Ray Wimple Griffin Theatre Company
2014 The Seagull Doctor Dorn BSSTC
2015 Deathtrap Sidney Bruhl Darlinghurst Theatre
2016 Quartet Reginald Paget Queensland Theatre
2019 Mary Stuart Leicester STC
2020 Family Values Roger Griffin Theatre Company
2022 Grand Horizons Understudy STC
2022 Love Letters Andrew Ensemble Theatre
2023 Hubris & Humiliation Roland McNamara STC

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