- Grant Dodwell
Grant Dodwell (born 2 July 1952 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an actor. He is best known for his roles as Dr. Simon Bowen in "A Country Practice" and Charles Willing in "Willing and Abel". He also appeared as Dr. Sam Wilkinson in "The Young Doctors" during its later years.
- Gordon Piper
Gordon Piper (born 3 June 1932 in Cheltenham, New South Wales, Australia; died from a cardiac arrest in Sydney, Australia, 19 September, 2004) was a film and television actor and theatre director. He also served as the associate director of the Arts Council of New South Wales. He is best known for his long-term role as Bob Hatfield in the television series "A Country Practice". He was also a founding member of P.A.C.T. (Producers, Actors, Composers and Talents), …
- Brian Wenzel
Brian Wenzel (born 24 May 1929) is an Australian character actor, most famous for his long run as police officer Frank Gilroy in "A Country Practice". Wenzel also made a guest appearance in "The Young Doctors".
- Syd Heylen
Syd Heylen (25 May 1922, Renmark, South Australia - 4 December 1996) was an Australian actor. He remains best known for his role as "Cookie" Locke in the television series "A Country Practice", as well as releasing a number of albums in the 1980's containing songs such as "Who's Sorry Now" (to which the D-Generation quipped "anyone who bought the album!.)
- Jamie Croft
Jamie Croft (born 4 August 1981 in New South Wales) is an Australian actor. He began his career in the television soap opera "A Country Practice". Subsequent credits include: "Police Rescue", "Water Rats", "Above the Law", "Sun on the Stubble" (aka "The Valley Between") and "Farscape". He has also appeared in many movies and mini-series including, "That Eye, The Sky", "Joey", "The Real Macaw", …
- Andrew Blackman
Andrew Blackman is an Australian actor. He is best known for his appearances on television. He was a regular cast member on both "A Country Practice" (as Dr. Harry Morrison) and "Neighbours" (as Mike Healy). Other credits include: "Stingers" and "Blue Heelers".
- Lorrae Desmond
Lorrae Desmond (born 2 October 1932 in Mittagong, New South Wales) is an Australian actress. She remains best known for her role as Shirley Gilroy in the television series "A Country Practice", which she played from 1981-1992. Lorrae travelled to Britain in the 1950s and became a celebrity there. She even featured in her own comedy series Trouble for Two in 1958, was in the cast of several Terry-Thomas TV specials, …
- Matt Day
Matt Day (born 28 September 1971) is an Australian actor. His first big break came in 1989 when he joined the cast of television series "A Country Practice". He played Luke Ross in the show until 1991. Further TV roles included "Water Rats", "Farscape", and "Spooks". Day portrayed Frank Hurley in U.K Channel 4's epic drama, Shakleton. He also appeared in the hit film "Muriel's Wedding".
- Shane Withington
Shane Withington (b. 22 August 1958 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia) Shane Withington is an actor best known for his starring roles in the television series "A Country Practice" (as Brendan Jones) and "Willing and Abel" (as Abel Moore). Currently, Shane Withington has a recurring role as Colin on "Home And Away".
- Delta Goodrem
Delta Lea Goodrem (born November 9, 1984) is a multi-ARIA Award winning Australian singer-songwriter, pianist and Logie Award winning actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the popular Australian soap "Neighbours", and this assisted her in establishing an international music career. Her musical output falls under the pop and ballad genres and heavily features the piano, …
- Shane Porteous
Shane Porteous (born 17 August 1942 in Coleraine, Victoria, Australia) is an actor. He remains best known for playing Dr. Terence Elliott in the television drama series "A Country Practice" for its twelve-year run on the Seven Network from 1981 to 1993. Other TV credits include: "Catch Kandy, "Homicide", "Matlock Police", "The Box", "Number 96", "Glenview High", "Neighbours", "Home and Away" and "Blue Heelers.
- William McInnes
William McInnes (b. September 10 1960) is a tall (6' 4" (1.93 m)) Australian actor born in Redcliffe, Queensland. After a recurring role on "A Country Practice" in 1990, McInnes appeared in series such as "Bligh", "Ocean Girl", and "Snowy" before making his name as Sergeant Nick Schultz on "Blue Heelers" in 1994. McInnes starred on the show until 1998, when he left to focus on other work.
- Penny Cook
Penny Cook (born 13 July 1957) is a popular Australian actress. She graduated from the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1978. Cook first appeared in the 1970s Australian television soap "The Restless Years". In her best-known roles, Cook played veterinarian Vicky Dean in the drama series "A Country Practice" from 1981 to 1985 and Dr. Elly Fielding in the Ten Network soap "E Street" from 1989 to 1991.
- Joyce Jacobs
Joyce Jacobs (born 15 April 1922 in England, United Kingdom) is a British character actress in Australia adept at playing gossips and interfering busybodies. During the 1970s she played the recurring bit part character Mrs Carson in "Number 96". Jacobs later became best known for her role as gossip Esme Watson in Seven Network drama series "A Country Practice". Esme first emerged in episode 99 of that series in 1982 and continued until it ended in 1993.
- Joan Sydney
Joan Sydney (born 5 September 1936 in London, England) is an actress best known for her work on Australian television. Her most well remembered role is Matron Maggie Sloan in "A Country Practice". She later played Mary Patchett in "E Street" and Valda Sheergold in "Neighbours", also appearing in "Something in the Air" and "All Saints".
- Anne Tenney
Anne Tenney (born 1954 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an actress. She is best known for her role as Molly Jones in the television drama "A Country Practice". Other TV credits include: "Police Rescue", "Brides of Christ", "E Street", "Water Rats", "Always Greener" and "All Saints".
- Norman Yemm
Norman Yemm (sometimes credited as Norm Yemm) (born "circa" 1933) is an Australian actor. He is probably best known for his long-running role as Norm Baker in the television drama "The Sullivans". He had previously played regular roles in "Homicide" as Detective Jim Patterson and "Number 96" as Harry Collins. He later appeared in "Prisoner" as police officer Eddie Stevens.
- June Salter
June Salter AM (June 22, 1932 - September 15, 2001) was an Australian actress. She remains best known for her role as Elizabeth McKenzie in the soap opera "The Restless Years" and for her regular guest appearances in "A Country Practice" as Matron Hilda Arrowsmith. She was also a regular on the comedy series "The Mavis Bramston Show" and the drama series "Certain Women". TV guest appearances include: "Division 4", "Matlock Police", …
- John Brumpton
John Brumpton is an Australian actor who has appeared in a large number of local productions. He graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1988. He co-wrote the feature film "Life" and he won the International Critics Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival. Brumpton has also been involved in the theatrical productions of "Remember Robert Ryan" and "The Lady From The Sea"
- Brett Climo
Brett Climo (born 26 September, 1964) is an Australian actor. His television credits include: "Sons and Daughters", "A Country Practice", "The Flying Doctors", "The Man from Snowy River", "Pacific Drive", "Murder Call", "Water Rats", "Blue Heelers", "Stingers" and "All Saints".
- Briony Behets
Briony Behets (born in 1952, United Kingdom) is a British-born actress who found fame acting in Australian soap operas of the 1970s. Her father's work as a civil engineer took him around the world and as a result much of Behet's childhood was spent in Germany, Africa and Sierra Leone before returning to England. At age 17 she was accepted into the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, studying there for two years.
- Nicholas Eadie
Nicholas Eadie (born 1958 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an actor. He is best known for his television appearances in series such as "Cop Shop", "The Henderson Kids", "A Country Practice" and "Medivac".
- Claudia Black
Claudia Lee Black (born October 11, 1972 in Sydney) is an Australian actress, best known for her portrayals of Aeryn Sun and Vala Mal Doran in the science fiction television series "Farscape" and "Stargate SG-1" respectively. There has been much debate on the various scifi bulletin boards concerning her actual birth year. She herself has consistently declined to give an answer as to her birth year - when asked about her birth date she simply replies, …
- Sophie Heathcote
Sophie Heathcote was an Australian actress. Heathcote was born in Melbourne. She began her acting career with a role in medical drama series "A Country Practice" as Stephanie "Steve" Brennan from 1990 to 1991. She followed this with a role in film "Reckless Kelly" (1993). She graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) alongside Bridie Carter, Tom Long and Martin Kovacic in late 1994.
- Carmen Duncan
Carmen Joan Duncan (born July 7, 1942 in Cooma, New South Wales) is an Australian actress. Carmen's younger sister is actor Paula Duncan. Carmen Duncan is known to Australian audiences as a character actress in films and on television. Australian television roles included several episodes of the Australian series "Hunter" (1967) and she appeared for several months in the evening soap opera "Number 96" playing Helen Sheridan in 1973.
- John Ewart
John Ewart was an Australian Film Institute award winning actor. Ewart was born in Melbourne, Australia. He began his acting career when he was cast at the age of four in a radio production of "Snow White". At the age of 18 he made his film debut in the lead role of Mickey O'Riordan in Charles Chauvel's production of "Sons of Matthew". While Ewart appeared in hundreds of Australian radio, theatre, film and TV productions, …
- Elaine Lee
Elaine Lee (born 1937 in South Africa) is an Australia-based theatre and television actor best known for her long-running role in the 1970s television soap opera "Number 96". Her acting career began in the 1960s in South Africa where she acted extensively in the theatre and on radio. Emigrated to Australia in 1970 and became well-known playing the purpetually unlucky-in-love Vera Collins in "Number 96" starting 1972.
- Judi Farr
Judi Farr (born Cairns, Queensland) is an Australian theatre, film and television actor most famous for several situation comedy roles on Australian television. She initially became famous in Australia through her role of Rita in top-rated situation comedy "My Name's McGooley, What's Yours?" (1967-1968). She continued to play the character in that show's short-lived sequel series "Rita and Wally" in 1968.
- Noel Hodda
Noel Hodda is an Australian actor, writer, dramaturge, director and teacher. He was born in 1954 in Albury, New South Wales. He is a graduate of The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Prior to attending NIDA he was a founding member of The Riverina Theatre Company, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales and Project TYER, a Theatre In Education Co., for whom he also wrote and appeared in the play "Strata Digger".
- Kym Wilson
Kym Wilson (born 1 April 1973 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian actress. Her first major role was in the television mini-series "Brides of Christ" and she remains best known for playing Darcy Hudson in "A Country Practice". She was subsequently seen in series such as "Heartbreak High" and "All Saints". Wilson posed nude in Australian Playboy late in career after she was no longer acting in TV series.
- James Condon
James Condon (born 27 September 1923 in Fremantle, Western Australia) is an actor. He made many appearances on television, including "The Story Of Peter Grey", "Homicide", "Matlock Police", "Number 96" (both the TV serial and the 1974 feature film spin-off, playing different characters), "Bellamy", "The Young Doctors", "Carson's Law", "A Country Practice", "Sons and Daughters", "Prisoner", …
- Vincent Ball
Vincent Ball (born 4 December, 1923, Wee Waa, New South Wales) is an Australian actor who has worked both in Australia and in the United Kingdom. His film credits include: "A Town Like Alice", "Robbery Under Arms", "Carry On Cruising", "Carry On Follow That Camel", "Where Eagles Dare", "Oh! What a Lovely War", "Breaker Morant", "The Highest Honour", "Phar Lap", "The Year My Voice Broke", …
- Darius Perkins
Darius Perkins is an Australian actor. His first role was on "The Sullivans" in 1976. He played "Charlie" in "All The Green Years" and played guest roles in "Prisoner" and "A Country Practice". This was followed by his most notable and longest-running role, that of Scott Robinson in soap opera "Neighbours", in 1985. He was the original actor to play the role, but appeared for only the show's first year.
- Aileen Britton
Aileen Britton (1916 - 19 April 1986) was an Australian actress. Britton made her acting debut in Tall Timbers in 1937. She then worked on stage until the reemergence of Australian cinema in the mid-1970s.
- Ryan Kwanten
Ryan Kwanten (born 28 November 1976) is an Australian actor. Kwanten was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He began acting on the television shows "A Country Practice" and "Spellbinder". In 1997, he joined the cast of the Australian soap opera "Home and Away", playing lifeguard Vinnie Patterson. Kwanten starred on the show for several years, becoming a sex symbol. He eventually chose to leave the series in 2002, …
- Alyce Platt
Alyce Platt (born 19 December 1963) is an Australian actress known for her roles in television soap operas, and as a television presenter. Her acting roles include Amanda Morrell in "Sons and Daughters" from 1983-1985, a guest role in the short-lived serial "Family and Friends" in 1990, and the on-going part of Jen Handley in "Neighbours" in the early 1990s.
- Henri Szeps
Henri Szeps OAM, born 2 October 1943, is an Australian actor best-known for his role as Robert Beare in the ABC situation comedy series "Mother and Son".
- Serge Lazareff
Serge Lazareff is an Australian actor of Chinese descent. He has made appearances in several television series, including: "Matlock Police", "Homicide", "Division 4", "The Young Doctors" (playing Dr Ian Parish -really Jack Trainer), "Glenview High", "Chopper Squad", "Prisoner", "Bellamy", "Carson's Law", "A Country Practice", "Special Squad", "Sons and Daughters", …
- Anne Looby
Anne Looby is an Australian actress best known for her role in the television series "A Country Practice" as Anna Lacey and her recurring appearances in "All Saints" as Julia Archer. Other TV appearances include: "Wildside", "Water Rats" and "Always Greener". Anne graduated from NIDA in 1988. Her theatre roles include Macbeth, Arcadia, and King Learwith the Sydney Theatre Company. Anne has also portrayed characters in the plays
- Neil Melville
Neil Melville is an Australian actor. He was born in Sydney, but spent most of his childhood in Apollo Bay, Victoria. Melville graduated from Adelaide's Flinders University with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama, and performed in a number of university productions, including, most notably, the world premiere of "The Les Darcy Show". After graduating from university, Melville spent a year writing and performing for children with the Little Patch Theatre.