Timothy James Gordon Eliott (25 March 1935 – 22 April 2011) was a New Zealand actor.

Biography

Eliott was born in

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, South Taranaki, New Zealand on 25 March 1935. His mother died when he was one and he was brought up by aunts and grandparents until he joined his father in England after the war where he went to public schools in Bath and Bristol. He returned to New Zealand in 1950. He became an actor by accident when in 1955 he accompanied a colleague to auditions for Nola Millar's production of Richard II with the Thespians company and ended up being cast as Bolingbroke in which he was very well received. He went on to appear as Worthy in '' Virtue in Danger'' for the New Zealand Players and Jimmy Porter in ''

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'' for Unity Theatre as well as appearing in radio drama and commercials. In 1964, Eliott was one of the founders of

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, and acted in, designed and directed many of the early productions.Smythe, John, ''Downstage Upfront: The first 40 years of New Zealand's longest-running professional theatre'', He emigrated to Australia in 1968 where, in concurrent productions for the Old Tote Theatre Company in 1969, he played Hamlet in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and Guildenstern in Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" before going on to a fruitful acting career in television and film and as a voice-over artist. (In the mid 1970s he had a continuing role as a sports reporter in the Crawford Productions series '' The Box'' He returned briefly to New Zealand in 1983 to play Colonel Elliot in ''

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'' directed by

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. Eliott died in

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, on 22 April 2011.

Filmography

Film

*'' Shirley Thompson vs. the Aliens'' (1972) – George Talbot *''

Avengers of the Reef ''Avengers of the Reef'' is a 1973 Australian children's film directed by Chris McCullugh and starring Simon Drake. Plot Scientist Bill Stewart goes to Fiji with his son Tim to investigate the appearance of the crown-of-thorns starfish in the r ...

'' (1973) – Kemp *''

Journey Among Women ''Journey Among Women'' is a 1977 Australian film directed by Tom Cowan. Plot In colonial Australia, refined Elizabeth Harrington, daughter of the judge advocate and engaged to Captain McEwan, decides to help female convicts who are living in a ...

'' (1977) – Doctor Hargreaves *''

A Toast to Melba ''A Toast to Melba'' is a 1976 Australian play by Jack Hibberd. A biography of Dame Nellie Melba, Hibberd described it as: Another 'Popular Play' like ''The Les Darcy Show''. Using the Epic Theatre techniques of Bertolt Brecht (without politics), ...

'' (1980, TV movie) *''

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'' (1983) – Armourer *''

'' (1984) – Col. Elliot *'' A Halo for Athuan'' (1984) – Father Bernard *''

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'' (1987) *''The Odyssey'' (1987) – Capt. Fitzwater *'' Great Expectations, the Untold Story'' (1987) – Capt. Fitzwater *'' The Right Hand Man'' (1987) – Lord Ironminster *''Rob Roy'' (1987) – Lord Ironminster *''

Young Einstein ''Young Einstein'' is a 1988 Australian comedy film written, produced, directed by and starring Yahoo Serious. It is a fantasized account of the life of Albert Einstein which alters all people, places and circumstances of his life, including r ...

'' (1988) – Lecturer *''

Moulin Rouge! ''Moulin Rouge!'' (, ) is a 2001 jukebox musical romantic drama film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. It follows a young English poet, Christian, who falls in love with the star of the Moulin Rouge, cabaret actress and cour ...

'' (2001) – Audience Member (uncredited) *'' Dr Mermaid and the Abovemarine'' (2009) – Narrator (voice) *'' Auf der Suche nach der Schatzinsel'' (1998) – Trader Scout / Stevenson

Television

* '' Behind the Legend'' (1972) -

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* '' The Box'' (1970s) *''

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'' (1979) – Ken Roberts *'' The Last Outlaw'' (1980. miniseries) – Sregrant Steele *''

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'' (1981) – Douglas McKenzie / Roy Roach / Laurie Walker *'' Runaway Island'' (1982, miniseries) *'' Sons and Daughters'' (1982) – Brian Ingleton / Nat Fisher *''

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' or as it is known in more recent editions, ''The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'', is a novel by American author Mark Twain, which was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United St ...

'' (1982) – Richard Casey *'' The Dismissal'' (1983, miniseries) – Sir Fredrick Wheeler *''

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'' (1984, miniseries) – Richard Casey *''

Five Mile Creek ''Five Mile Creek'' is a western television drama series adapted from Louis L'Amour's novel ''The Cherokee Trail'' and produced in Australia. It starred Liz Burch, Louise Caire Clark, Rod Mullinar, Jay Kerr, Michael Caton, Peter Carroll, Gus ...

'' (1984) – Mr. Sykes *''

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'' (1985) – Simon *''

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'' (1988, miniseries) – Earl of Morton *'' Joe Wilson'' (1988, miniseries) – Jack Barnes *'' Mission: Impossible'' (1988) – Horace Selim *'' G.P.'' (1989) – Professor Mick Curnow *''

Police Rescue ''Police Rescue'' is an Australian television series which originally aired on ABC TV between 1989 and 1996. It was produced by ABC and Southern Star Xanadu in association with the BBC. Apart from the 61 episodes, there was a 90-minute pilo ...

'' (1991) – Sir Maurice Wells *'' Snowy River: The McGregor Saga'' – Arnold Rule *'' Water Rats'' (1996) – Laurie Parsons *''

Murder Call ''Murder Call'' is an Australian television series, created by Hal McElroy for the Southern Star Entertainment and broadcast on the Nine Network between 1997 and 2000. The series was inspired by the ''Tessa Vance'' novels by Jennifer Rowe, bot ...

'' (1997) – Arthur Smith

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