Barry Quin
Barry Quin (born 1949) credited also as Barry Quinn, is a British-Australian actor and briefly producer who has appeared on stage and television and film, on the small screen he has featured in numerous TV series and mini-series, but he is best known for his role as an original cast member of TV series Prisoner playing Dr. Greg Miller. He was married to his Prisoner co-star Peta Toppano during the early 1980s, but they divorced after ten years; he has since remarried.
Barry Quin | |
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| Born | Barry Quin 1949 (age 71–72) England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1972–89; 1992–present |
| Spouse(s) | |
Biography
A graduate of the Central Drama School in London, Quin was primarily a stage actor in his early career. After a small role in the British television series Just William in 1977, he had bit parts on UK sitcom Two's Company and US drama series Charlie's Angels.
He was touring Australia as part of a stage production of Othello when he met his future wife Peta Toppano. While auditioning for Prisoner, Toppano suggested Quin for the role of Greg Miller when she learned the producer was looking for an actor to play a young prison doctor. Both their characters were introduced with the storyline of the two having had a prior relationship as old college sweethearts. Shortly after the series debuted, they were married in April 1979.[1] The two remained on the series until the end of the 1979 season, when they were written out for their characters too, to be married.
In 1980, he would star in the television miniseries Lucinda Brayford co-starring Wendy Hughes and Sam Neill and, the following year, in Sara Dane. He appeared in a number of television series including M.P.S.I.B. and Carson's Law. Although having minor roles in I Can't Get Started and Departure, he had moderate success as Lt. Zachariah Hicks in the 1987 television miniseries Captain James Cook followed by Emma: Queen of the South Seas (1987) and Cappuccino (1989) in which he was also credited as an associate producer.
After Darlings of the Gods (1989), Quin took a leave of absence from acting coinciding with his divorce from Peta Toppano. He returned to acting three years later with a guest appearance on Police Rescue and Mission Top Secret. Before long, he began playing recurring characters on Big Sky and Mirror, Mirror II. He also made guest appearances on Murder Call, Water Rats, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, The Secret Life of Us, Love My Way and All Saints.
In April 2002, he also returned to the stage performing as Gordon in David Williamson's Soulmates at the Sydney Opera House. After a cameo appearance as a news anchorman in Superman Returns (2006), Quin made several appearances as Geoff Olivetti in Home and Away between 2006 and 2009.
Barry also played the character Professor Sorvad in the 2011 Australian comedy movie Dealing with Destiny.
He also played 'Phil' in two episodes of the YouTube web series The Horizon in 2013.[2]
Filmography
| Production | Year | Role |
| Kate (TV series) | 1972 | Tony Graham (9 episodes) |
| Harriet's Back in Town (TV series) | 1973 | Tarquin Melville |
| Crime of Passion (TV series) | 1973 | Marcel Verenne |
| Ten from the Twenties (TV series) | 1975 | Hugh Garthorne |
| Just William (TV series) | 1977 | Ward Hadlow |
| Jubilee (TV series) | 1977 | Francis Considine |
| No Appointment Necessary | 1977 | Nicholas Hodgekiss |
| Two's Company (TV series) | 1978 | Greg |
| Charlie's Angels (TV series) | 1978 | Ed Jarvis |
| Salvage 1 (TV series) | 1979 | Engineer |
| Skyways (TV series) | 1979 | Jeremy Drake |
| Prisoner (TV series) | 1979-1980 | Dr. Greg Miller |
| Lucinda Brayford (TV mini-series) | 1980 | Hugo Brayford |
| Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (TV mini-series) | 1981 | Messenger |
| Sara Dane (TV mini-series) | 1982 | Richard Barwell |
| Carson's Law (TV series) | 1983 | |
| M.P.S.I.B (TV series) | 1982-1983 | S.C. Gary Manore |
| I Can't Get Started | 1985 | John |
| Departure (Film) | 1986 | Jack |
| Australians (TV series) | 1988 | Private Kingsley |
| Captain James Cook (TV mini-series) | 1988 | Lt. Hicks |
| Emma: Queen of the High Sea's | 1988 | The Hon. W.H. Lyttelton |
| Darlings of the God ((TV movie) | 1989 | Dan Cunningham |
| Cappuccino (film) | 1989 | Larry |
| Police Rescue (TV series) | 1992 | Mr. Scanlon |
| Corrupt Justice (TV movie) | 1993 | Julian Roberts |
| G.P. (TV series) | 1995 | David Harding |
| Mirror, Mirror (TV series) | 1995 | Gervaise de Luttrelle |
| Mission Top Secret (TV series) | 1995 | Thornton |
| Big Sky (TV series) | 1997 | Simon Kroger |
| Murder Call (TV series) | 1998 | Dr. Charles Stark |
| Water Rats (TV series) | 1997-2001 | Raffe Johanssen (1997) - David Faraday (2001) |
| Ihaka: Blunt Instrument (TV movie | 2001 | Andrew |
| The Lost World (TV series) | 2002 | Lionel Huxley |
| Subterano | 2003 | |
| Jessica (TV movie) | 2004 | McDonald |
| The Secret Life off Us (TV series) | 2005 | Hunter Davies |
| Love my Way (TV series) | 2006 | Derek |
| Superman Returns | 2006 | News Anchor #5 |
| Disgrace | 2008 | Desmond Swarts |
| All Saints (TV series) | 2002-2009 | Dr. Simon Byrne - Andys Father |
| Home and Away (TV series) | 2000-2009 | Dr Phillip Grigg (as Barry Quinn - Dr. Geoff Olivetti |
| The Horizon (TV series) | 2009 | Phil |
| Rake (TV series) | 2010 | Dalton |
| Dealing with Destiny | 2011 | Professor Sovad |
| Battle Ground | 2013 | Dr. Bennett |
| John Doe: Vigilante | 2014 | Dr Keith Simms |
| Dance Academy: The Movie | 2017 | Competition Judge |
| 2.22 | 2017 | Samuel Keifer |
| A Place to Call Home (TV series) | 2017 | Neil O'Sullivan |
| Skinford: Chapter Two | 2018 | The Tailor |
References
- Kingsley, Hillary (January 2000). "Prisoner Press Clippings – 'Prisoner'". Wentworth Web: an Unofficial Prisoner Cell Block H website. Archived from the original on 1 October 2005.
- "Two Sleeps Until The Horizon". www.dnamagazine.com.au. 30 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
