
Alan Cassell
Actor
- Born
- February 16, 1932 · Manchester, UK
- Died
- August 30, 2017 (age 85)
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Alan Cassell (born 1932) was an Australian actor, born in the UK and best known for his roles in film and television.
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Cassell was one of the actors who worked in Bruce Beresford's early Australian films.
Film credits include:Money Movers, Cathy's Child (for which he was nominated for "Best Actor"), Squizzy Taylor, Breaker Morant, Puberty Blues and The Club. His most recent films are The Honorable Wally Norman and Strange Bedfellows.
TV roles include: Taurus Rising, Special Squad, The Flying Doctors, The Power, The Passion, Blue Heelers, SeaChange, Stingers and MDA.
Cassell commenced his acting career in WA and worked for many years as a stage Actor. Winning "Best Actor of the Year" for his role in "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" He later worked for the Sydney Theatre Company and the Melbourne Theatre Company. He was in the original cast of "Away" which toured to New York and appeared in "Sweet Bird of Youth" with Lauren Bacall for the Sydney Theatre Company.
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Known for
Acting20
- 2004Strange Bedfellows as Stan Rogers
- 2003The Honourable Wally Norman as Willy Norman
- 1988The Four Minute Mile as Gordon Landy
- 1988Midnight Dancer as Belinda's Father
- 1988Touch the Sun: Princess Kate as Bob McLelland
- 1987Vietnam as John Gorton
- 1986The Big Hurt
- 1984The Fire in the Stone as Robbie
- 1984The Settlement as Lohan
- 1982Squizzy Taylor as Det. Brophy











