Alastair Duncan (actor, born 1926)
Alistair Duncan, also credited as Alastair Duncan, was an English actor.
Alastair Duncan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1926 |
| Died | August 3, 2005 (aged 78–79) |
| Education | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1952/ 1953, 1959–2002 |
Biography
Duncan was accepted at the age of 16 into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he had a long career in performance. Particularly with his association with Australia, including playing Puck in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream to largely but not exclusively school student audiences at the Theatre Royal in Adelaide in 1951/2. He starred in the Australian Broadcasting Commission radio series "Dr Paul" as a voice actor,[1] and performed in New York Broadway in the play Under Milk Wood.[2] Later in his career he appeared in the television soap opera Home and Away and became the director of the Marian Street Theatre.[3]
Duncan also appeared in numerous theatre roles starting in 1952[4]
Filmography
| Title | Year | Role |
| El Alamein | 1953 | uncredited |
| Lady in Danger (TV movie) | 1959 | Andy Meade |
| A Tongue in Silver (TV movie) | 1959 | ? |
| Stormy Petrel (TV miniseries) | 1960 | Various |
| La Boheme (TV movie) | 1961 | ? |
| The Big Client (TV movie) | 1961 | ? |
| Land of Smiles (TV movie) | 1962 | Sou-Chong |
| The Funnel Web (TV movie) | 1962 | |
| The Patriots (TV miniseries) | 1962 | |
| Time Out (TV series) | 1963 | Interviewer |
| I Have Been Here Before (TV movie) | 1964 | |
| A Season in Hell (TV movie) | 1964 | Paul Verlaine |
| Tribunal (TV series) | 1963–1964 | Interviewer |
| The Four-Poster (TV movie) | 1964 | |
| Hunter (TV series) | 1968 | Tamas Spivak/Marriott |
| Contrabandits (TV series) | 1968 | 3 roles |
| I've Married A Bachelor (TV series) | 1969 | Joe Garibaldi |
| Riptide (TV series) | 1969 | Harry |
| Division 4 (TV series) | 1969 | Jack Parsons |
| A Voyage Out (TV movie) | 1969 | Eddy |
| The Link Men (TV series) | 1970 | |
| Homicide | 1967–1971 | Various - 4 roles |
| Demonstrator | 1971 | Ted Pacard |
| The Survivor (TV movie) | 1972 | |
| The Money Game (TV movie) | ||
| Number 96 | 1972 | Vernon Saville |
| Elephant Boy (TV series) | 1972 | Jaffne |
| Robinson Crusoe (TV movie) | 1972 | Voice |
| The Prince and the Pauper | ||
| Yeoman and the Guard (TV movie) | 1972 | |
| Travels of Marco Polo (TV movie | 1972 | Voice |
| The Virgin Fellas (TV series) | 1972 | Hoffnung |
| Around the World in Eighty Days (TV series) | 1973 | Phileas Fogg (voice) |
| Kidnapped (TV movie) | 1973 | voice credited as 'Alastair Duncan) |
| The Swiss Family Robinson | 1973 | voice (credited here as Alastair Duncan) |
| The Black Arrow (TV movie) | 1973 | Voice |
| The Gentlemen of Titipu | 1973 | Voice |
| The Mysterious Land (TV movie) | 1975 | Voice (Note: credited here as Alastair Duncan) |
| Ivanhoe (TV movie) | 1975 | Voice (credited as Alastair Duncan) |
| Shannons Mob (TV series) | 1976 | |
| The Africans (TV movie) | 1976 | Narrator |
| A Journey to the Center of the Earth (TV movie) | 1977 | Voice |
| Moby-Dick (TV movie) | 1977 | Voice (credited as Alastair Duncan) |
| From the Earth to the Moon (TV movie) | 1979 | Voice (Credited as Alastair Duncan) |
| The First Christmas (TV short) | 1979 | Voice (credited asAlastair Duncan) |
| Holiday Island (TV series) | 1981 | Tom Ballantyne |
| Heatwave | 1982 | American Speaker (Credited as Alastair Duncan) |
| Cop Shop (TV series) | 1981–1983 | 2 roles |
| A Country Practice (TV series) | 1982–1983 | Mr. Bourke |
| On the Run | 1983 | Mr. Jabert |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (TV movie) | 1984 | Jim (voice artist) |
| Fast Talking | 1984 | School Inspector |
| A Test of Love | 1984 | Hopgood |
| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (TV movie) | 1985 | Voice |
| Vietnam (TV mii-series) | 1987 | Ambassador Anderson |
| Rafferty's Rules (TV series) | 1988 | Rex Jacobi |
| The Dirtwater Dynasty (TV miniseries) | 1988 | Doctor |
| True Believers (TV miniseries) | 1988 | Sir William Owen |
| Classic Adventure Stories Robinson Crusoe | 1988 | |
| Ring of Scorpio (TV miniseries) | 1991 | Mr. Watts |
| The Emperors New Clothes | 1991 | Voice |
| Six Pack (TV series) | 1992 | Meir |
| Echo Point (TV series) | 1995 | Magistrate |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame (video rlease) | 1996/II | Voice artist (credited as Alastair Duncan) |
| Camelot (Video) | 1998/II | Voice (credited as Alastair Duncan) |
| Australia's Most Wanted (TV series) | 1993–1998 | Narrator |
| A Difficult Woman (TV miniseries) | 1998 | Honour De gRASSET |
| Home and Away (TV series) | 1990–2002 | Antonio Lucini/Judge Williamson |
References
- "Dr Paul (Episode 4626) – Grace Gibson Productions Radio Serial". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- "Alistair Duncan "Under Milk Wood" (Oct 15, 1957 – Nov 16, 1957)". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- Nunn, Judy (3 August 2005). "The voice that took listeners on a magical journey". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- "Alastair Duncan".
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