For many Australians, the screen persona of the character actor Bill Hunter, who has died of cancer aged 71, was the archetypal "ocker", an uncultivated Australian working man who enjoys beer, "barbies", Aussie rules football and V8 supercars. It's a job. 11 … Life and work. During his teens, Hunter was a champion swimmer, and briefly held a world record for the 100 yards freestyle until his record was broken by Hunter made his film debut as an extra in 1957 film Returning to Australia in the 1960s, Hunter started out in television, and became a prolific performer in television and feature films, in which he often played the strong, opinionated, archetypal gruff Australian whose exterior belies a softer heart.Of acting, Hunter said, "As long as the director told me where to stand and what to say, I was happy. Hunter was born in Ballarat, a son of William and Francie Hunter. Hunter had appeared with Stamp in Stephen Frears's The Hit (1984).Despite his great success, Hunter was declared bankrupt in 1996 after running up debts of more than A$440,000. The grey-bearded Hunter, wearing a headband, played it beautifully straight amid the wildly camp goings-on, especially in the scenes when he forms a close relationship with Bernadette (Terence Stamp). Australian actor. This page was last edited on 10 October 2019, at 09:27. According to Phillip Noyce, who directed the oft-bearded actor in three movies and a TV miniseries: "Bill was the absolute essence of the Anglo-Irish Australian male of the 20th century. In one of his last interviews, Hunter modestly summed up his approach to acting: "As long as the director told me where to stand and what to say, I was happy. Set in post-second world war Sydney, it starred Hunter, managing to make an obsessive, driven man sympathetic, as a fiercely proud newsreel cameraman who takes all sorts of risks to get his stories, only to find his trade gradually being replaced by television.Equally sympathetic was his role in Peter Weir's Gallipoli (1981). His father was a struggling country pub owner who eventually went broke, forcing young Bill to leave school at 13 and become a drover, guiding cattle herds across the state. [2] He had a brother, John, and a sister, Marie Ann. He continued to be in demand on TV and film, one of his last appearances being in Luhrmann's epic Australia (2008) – it would have been unthinkable if Hunter, who defined a certain kind of "Ozness", had not been included in the huge cast.Hunter's final film was the yet-to-be-released horseracing drama The Cup (2011) in which he played the horse trainer Bart Cummings. BILL HUNTER: It was in 1984 on the set of The Hit. ... Australian swimmer, Olympic athlete, world championship silver medallist, American swimming coach. His role as the corrupt politician and philandering father of the bride in Muriel's Wedding consolidated this.In contrast to these pompous bullies, delivered with comic relish, there was a refreshing reversal of type in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, in which he portrayed a sensitive, warm-hearted nonconformist mechanic, who latches on to a quartet of outrageous drag queens touring the Australian outback. During his teens, Hunter was a champion swimmer, and briefly held a world record for the 100 yards freestyle until his record was broken by John Devitt in the very next heat ten minutes later. Until then, he hadn't had much chance to reveal his flair for comedy. Photograph: Allstar It was Noyce's belief in Hunter as more than just a heavy that led to Newsfront (1978), among the films of the Australian film renaissance. 18 admitted they were married –one male and female suspect were married to each other; 31 have criminal arrest histories – 9 of whom are registered felons – and one of whom has 86 previous charges in the Tampa Bay area. Muriel’s Wedding: Cast member reveals secrets behind the movie Sporting a neat moustache, Hunter played Major Barton, reluctantly and painfully having to send his young troops into an unwinnable battle. "Hunter's first marriage was to Robbie Anderson from 1963 to 1973, with whom he had a son, named James Hunter. Photograph: AllstarBill Hunter at Bill Heslop, the father of the bride, with Toni Collette in the title role in Muriel's Wedding, 1994. In Death of a Soldier (1986), Hunter, as a hard-nosed detective, determined to nail a GI for the murder of several women, conveyed the tensions between the local police and the US army represented by James Coburn.In Strictly Ballroom, Hunter wore an ill-fitting blond toupee to play the machiavellian president of the Australian Ballroom Dancing Federation, who is against any innovation ("There are no new steps"). He had a brother, John, and a sister, Marie Ann.

Early life. 2 Scott Miller (swimmer) Feb 21, 1975 Sydney. Seemingly gruff and impenetrable, he could convey the tenderness beneath the exterior. The water is cool and fresh, and the day is beautiful. Bill Hunter at Bill Heslop, the father of the bride, with Toni Collette in the title role in Muriel's Wedding, 1994. "Hunter's 1992 marriage to the former TV presenter Rhoda Roberts ended in divorce.• William John Bourke Hunter, actor, born 27 February 1940; died 21 May 2011Australian actor known for his roles in Strictly Ballroom and Muriel's WeddingBill Hunter at Bill Heslop, the father of the bride, with Toni Collette in the title role in Muriel's Wedding, 1994.
Among his early film roles was a sadistic officer in Mad Dog Morgan (1976), starring Dennis Hopper as the notorious 19th-century Australian outlaw; and the lead in Noyce's Backroads (1977), an aimless drifter who links up with an Aborigine in a car trip across New South Wales.

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