Anthony Hawkins

Anthony Hawkins (30 September 1932 – 23 September 2013), was an English-born, Australian-based television actor. He was best known for his roles as Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Smith in the police procedural ''Special Squad (1984)'' and Frank diAngelo on ''The Saddle Club''. He also had a recurring role in ''Prisoner'' as Bob Morris from 1980 to 1982.

He trained as an actor at Guildhall School of Music and Drama following a brief stint working as a policeman in England.

Stage

He was part of the cast in the first public performance of Kenneth G. Ross's important Australian play ''Breaker Morant'', presented by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Athenaeum Theatre, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on Thursday, 2 February 1978.

He also appeared in the play ''The Happy Apple'', staged at St Martins Theatre in Melbourne in the early 1970s. He toured the United States with ''Alfie'', played in ''Birds on the Wing'' in Melbourne, and '' Bandwagon'' in Hobart.

Television

Early TV work was in the United Kingdom and included an appearance as a police constable in the television series ''No Hiding Place'' in 1959. He also acted in the ''Scotland Yard'' film series of shorts. His TV work in Australia included ''Ryan'' and ''Perryman on Parade'', and frequent appearances on police dramas including ''Matlock Police'', ''Division 4'', ''Homicide'' and ''Cop Shop''. In 1978, he made his film debut in a minor role in Brian De Palma's '' The Fury''. During the next two years, he starred in the television miniseries '' Against the Wind'' and '' The Last Outlaw'' and appeared in police series '' Bluey'' (1976) before appearing in the soap opera ''Prisoner''. Introduced as Bob Morris, the father of inmate Tracey Morris ( Sue Devine), he eventually became a recurring character after the on-screen marriage of Bob Morris to Meg Jackson (Elspeth Ballantyne). He stayed with the series on an irregular basis until 1982, when he was written out entirely. That same year he made a cameo appearance with a number of his fellow ''Prisoner'' co-stars in the film ''Kitty and the Bagman''.

He made a guest appearance in ''Carson's Law'', and appeared in the films ''Phar Lap'' and ''Strikebound'' before joining the cast of '' Special Squad'' as Greg Smith, a role he played from 1984 to 1985. Playing a supporting role as Allenby in the 1987 film '' The Lighthorsemen'', during the late 1980s he also made appearances on ''The Flying Doctors'', ''Inside Running'' and the 1989 television movie ''Darlings of the Gods'' which featured cameo appearances of several other former ''Prisoner'' co-stars.

During the early 1990s, he appeared on ''Kelly'', '' Bony'' and ''The Damnation of Harvey McHugh'' as well as in police dramas ''Janus'' and ''Mercury''. His late career included recurring roles in ''Ocean Girl'', ''Tales of the South Seas'' and, on the popular Australian children's TV series The Saddle Club.

Death

Anthony Hawkins died from cancer on 23 September 2013, aged 80.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hawkins, Anthony
1932 births
2013 deaths
Australian male film actors
Australian male soap opera actors
Australian male stage actors
Deaths from cancer in Victoria (state)
20th-century Australian male actors
21st-century Australian male actors
English emigrants to Australia