John Allen

Acting

John Allen

Born December 4, 1944 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (age 81)

John Allen (born December 4, 1944) is an Australian actor. After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1969, he initially established himself in theatre, appearing in some eighteen productions at the prestigious Melbourne Theatre Company. This was followed by a number of appearances with the Old Tote Theatre Company in Sydney, culminating with the opening season of the …

Known For

The Odd Angry ShotThe Odd Angry Shot · 1979
The Odd Angry Shot
★ 6.11979
MovieWarAction
A group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter the realities of war, from the numbing boredom of camp life and long range patrols, raids and ambushes where nothing happens, to the the terror of enduring mortar barrages from an unseen enemy. Men die and are crippled in combat by firefights and booby traps, soldiers kill and capture the enemy, gather intelligence and retake ground only to cede it again whilst battling against the bureaucracy and obstinacy of the conventional military hierarchy. In the end they return to civilization, forever changed by their experiences but glad to return to the life they once knew.
The Munsters' Scary Little ChristmasThe Munsters' Scary Little Christmas · 1996
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas
★ 5.51996
MovieComedyFamily
The made for television movie Munster's Scary Little Christmas, created three decades after the demise of the original series, concerns son Eddie missing his home in Transylvania. Soon the entire family bands together to teach the young boy everything great about the holiday season.
The Riddle of the StinsonThe Riddle of the Stinson · 1988
The Riddle of the Stinson
★ 7.21988
MovieDramaTV Movie
A true story. In 1937, a routine passenger and mail flight crashes during bad weather on a flight between Brisbane and Sydney. A local bushman begins his own search, and finds the wreckage and two survivors ten days after the crash.
Now and ForeverNow and Forever · 1983
Now and Forever
★ 5.21983
MovieRomanceDrama
A couple's seemingly "perfect" marriage is shaken when the husband is charged with rape.
Four BoxesFour Boxes · 2009
Four Boxes
★ 5.32009
MovieHorrorThriller
While working together in their eBay auction business, Trevor, Amber and Rob grow increasingly obsessed with the Web site fourboxes.tv, which follows the bizarre and potentially dangerous behavior of a creepy character they nickname "Havoc." As Havoc builds bombs and prepares to unleash disasters, the friends debate over whether they should try stopping him or just enjoy the show.
VietnamVietnam · 1987
Vietnam
★ 7.61987
MovieDramaWar
The trials and tribulations of the Goddard family after the entry of Australia into the Vietnam War.
Grievous Bodily HarmGrievous Bodily Harm · 1988
Grievous Bodily Harm
★ 5.01988
MovieMysteryThriller
A schoolteacher (John Waters) becomes obsessed with the idea that his wife (Joy Bell) did not die in a car accident, as everyone else thinks.
Police StatePolice State · 1989
Police State
★ 9.01989
MovieDrama
An account of events in Queensland from 1959 to 1988 as disclosed by the Fitzgerald inquiry. Queensland had become as close to a police state as anything since the convict era. Based on real events.

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