Geoffrey George Gibbs (25 November 1940 – 17 August 2006) was an Australian actor and acting teacher.

Biography

Gibbs was born in

Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Kalgoorlie is a city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. It is sometimes referred to as Kalgoorlie–Boulder, as the surrounding urban area includ ...

in 1940, and was educated at

Aquinas College, Perth , motto_translation = Truth ConquersMassam, p. 18 , location = Salter Point, Perth, Western Australia , country = Australia , patron = Saint Thomas Aquinas , coordinates = , pushpin_map = Australia Perth , pushpin_image ...

. He studied for bachelor's and master's degrees in arts at the

University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Perth, the state capital, with a secondary campus in Albany, Western Australia, Albany an ...

, and later a PhD from

Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...

in the United States.''Who's Who in Australia'', Volume 35; Herald and Weekly Times, 2002. Gibbs was founding dean of dramatic arts at the

Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) at Edith Cowan University (ECU) was established in 1980 to provide performing arts tuition. WAAPA (commonly pronounced "whopp-a") operates as a part of ECU, located at the ECU campus in ...

(WAAPA) from 1979 to 1988, and trained several of Australia's best-known actors, including

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and

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. In 1988, he was made chairman of the International Foundation for Arts and Culture, a non-profit organisation formed to promote the creation of new work and cultural and artistic residencies.

Honours

Gibbs was made a Member of the

Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...

(AM) in the 2002 Queen's Birthday Honours, for service to the performing arts through the establishment, development and promotion of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, and through professional associations.GIBBS, Geoffrey George
''It's an Honour'', 10 June 2002. In October 2007, the Academy Theatre at WAAPA was renamed the Geoff Gibbs Theatre in his honour. The ceremony at which the theatre was renamed was officiated by star graduate Hugh Jackman.Geoff Gibbs Theatre
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gibbs, Geoff 1940 births 2006 deaths Australian male stage actors Australian male television actors Australian male film actors Drama teachers Edith Cowan University faculty University of Western Australia alumni Ohio State University alumni People educated at Aquinas College, Perth Members of the Order of Australia People from Kalgoorlie Male actors from Western Australia