Frank Gallacher (7 April 1943 – 23 February 2009) was a

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actor. Gallacher was born in

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in 1943. In 1962, aged 19, he was working in London when his parents and younger sister decided to emigrate to Australia. Gallacher declined to join them, preferring to remain in London, but emigrated to Brisbane a year later where he worked as a schoolteacher. He spent three years in

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teaching English. On his return to Brisbane, he joined an amateur theatre company, which eventually gained him admission to the

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. In 1977, Gallacher was in Melbourne, performing in

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's play '' The Club'', and he remained with the

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from then on. In 2005, he played Lear in the MTC production of ''

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''. He was well known in the 1970s for his television roles in ''

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'' and ''

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''. His film roles included '' Proof'' (1991), '' Dark City'' (1998), '' Till Human Voices Wake Us'' (2002), ''

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'' (2003), '' One Perfect Day'' (2004) and ''

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'' (2007).

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* 1943 births 2009 deaths 20th-century Australian male actors 20th-century Scottish male actors 21st-century Australian male actors 21st-century Scottish male actors Australian male film actors Australian male Shakespearean actors Australian male stage actors Australian male television actors Australian people of Scottish descent Male actors from Brisbane Male actors from Glasgow Scottish emigrants to Australia Scottish male film actors Scottish male Shakespearean actors Scottish male stage actors Scottish male television actors {{Scotland-actor-stub