Lewis Ernest Fiander (12 January 1938 – 24 May 2016) was an Australian film, stage, and television actor.

Early life

Fiander was born in

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to Mona Jane (née King) and Walter Lewis Fiander, and educated at Trinity Grammar School, Kew. He began his stage career as a schoolboy with the Australian National Theatre Movement in Melbourne.

Career

Fiander became a successful radio actor in Sydney and appeared in the first Australian television play, '' The Sub-Editor’s Room'' for ABC TV. Moving to the UK from his native Australia, initially to appear in the play '' The One Day of the Year'', Fiander appeared in such films as '' I Start Counting'' (1970), '' Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde'' (1971), '' Dr. Phibes Rises Again'' (1972), '' The Abdication'' (1974), '' Who Can Kill a Child?'' (1976), '' Not Now, Comrade'' (1976), '' Sweeney 2'' (1978), '' The Doctor and the Devils'' (1985), ''

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'' (1988) and '' Paperback Romance'' (1994). His first major role on television was Mr. Darcy in the BBC's first colour adaptation of ''

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'' (1967). In 1970, Fiander originated the role of John Adams in the London stage production of ''

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'', a role he reprised in Australia. Other stage appearances in West End musicals included the roles of Lord Melbourne and Disraeli in ''I and Albert'',

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in ''Noel and Gertie'' and Puccini in ''Cafe Puccini''. During the 1970s, he was cast as Professor Tryst in the ''

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'' episode " Nightmare of Eden" and after discussion with his friend

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chose to give the character a hybrid accent as would befit an alien in the future. In 1974, he appeared as Casimir Dudevant playing opposite Rosemary Harris in the BBC series '' Notorious Woman'' and performed the role of

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on a cast-album of the musical '' Thomas and The King''. On radio, he played the eponymous lead role in the comedy series ''Patterson''. He returned to Australia in the early 1980s and continued his acting career. In 2004 he contributed the voice for airship engineer Kemp in Anthony Lucas's Oscar nominated animation, '' The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello''. Lewis Fiander's last known film appearance was in the Don Percy short film ''Two Moments in Time''. Fiander's scenes were shot in late September 2015. The film was completed in 2017, and premiered at the St Kilda Film Festival in 2018.

Death

Fiander died on 24 May 2016, following a stroke.

Filmography

Film

Television

Radio

Theatre

References

External links

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Lewis Fiander at Austage

Lewis Fiander Image Search

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fiander, Lewis 1938 births 2016 deaths Male actors from Melbourne Australian male film actors Australian male stage actors Australian male television actors People educated at Trinity Grammar School, Kew