John Allen

John Allen

John Allen (born December 4, 1944) is an Australian actor. After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1969, he initially established himself in theatre, appearing in some eighteen productions at the prestigious Melbourne Theatre Company. This was followed by a number of appearances with the Old Tote Theatre Company in Sydney, culminating with the opening season of the Sydney Opera House and a tour with the Company to London and the West End. After returning to Australia he continued to play a broad range of roles on stage, but also became known for his performances in film and on television. In an acting career spanning nearly four decades he was associated with many notable productions, but retired from performing in 2000.

  • Title: John Allen
  • Popularity: 0.634
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1944-12-04
  • Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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John Allen Movies

  • 1988
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    Grievous Bodily Harm

    Grievous Bodily Harm

    4.6 1988 HD

    A schoolteacher (John Waters) becomes obsessed with the idea that his wife (Joy Bell) did not die in a car accident, as everyone else thinks.

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  • 1983
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    Now and Forever

    Now and Forever

    4.2 1983 HD

    A couple's seemingly "perfect" marriage is shaken when the husband is charged with rape.

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  • 1983
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    The Dismissal

    The Dismissal

    1 1983 HD

    The drama surrounding the dismissal of Mr. Gough Whitlam as the Labor Prime Minister of Australia - on 11 November, 1975 - by the then...

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  • 1976
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    The Haunting of Hewie Dowker

    The Haunting of Hewie Dowker

    1 1976 HD

    Hewie Dowker, a New South Wales (Sydney) police officer who becomes aware that he has psychic abilities, which haunt him as he has recurrent visions...

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  • 1989
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    Police State

    Police State

    1 1989 HD

    An account of events in Queensland from 1959 to 1988 as disclosed by the Fitzgerald inquiry. Queensland had become as close to a police state as...

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  • 1979
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    The Odd Angry Shot

    The Odd Angry Shot

    6.1 1979 HD

    A group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter the realities of war, from the numbing boredom of...

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  • 1996
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    The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas

    The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas

    5.3 1996 HD

    The made for television movie Munster's Scary Little Christmas, created three decades after the demise of the original series, concerns son Eddie...

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  • 1988
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    The Riddle of the Stinson

    The Riddle of the Stinson

    6.8 1988 HD

    A true story. In 1937, a routine passenger and mail flight crashes during bad weather on a flight between Brisbane and Sydney. A local bushman begins...

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  • 1987
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    Vietnam

    Vietnam

    8.6 1987 HD

    The trials and tribulations of the Goddard family after the entry of Australia into the Vietnam War.

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  • 2009
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    Four Boxes

    Four Boxes

    6 2009 HD

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  • 1989
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    E Street

    E Street

    7.2 1989 HD

    An Australian television soap opera, set in a tough fictional inner-city district called Westside. The stories revolve around the local community...

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  • 1991
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    Police Rescue

    Police Rescue

    6.4 1991 HD

    Police Rescue was an Australian television series The series dealt with the New South Wales Police Rescue Squad based in Sydney and their work...

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  • 1981
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    A Town Like Alice

    A Town Like Alice

    7.6 1981 HD

    Set against the brutal chaos of World War II, a love story begins that will take two lovers through a living nightmare of captivity, across three...

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  • 1983
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    The Dismissal

    The Dismissal

    6 1983 HD

    The sensational dismissal of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam's Labor Government by the Queens representative in Australia, the Governor General, Sir...

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  • 1988
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    Captain James Cook

    Captain James Cook

    9 1988 HD

    Based on Captain James Cook's three voyages. It was on his first voyage, in 1770 (while in the South Pacific region to observe the transit of Venus),...

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  • 1982
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    1915

    1915

    5 1982 HD

    1915 is a 1982 Australian mini series about two friends who wind up serving in World War One.

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