Andrew Clarke

Andrew Clarke (born 1954) is an Australian actor most known for his television work. Andrew Clarke was one of the most popular Australian actors in the 1980s and 1990s. He is also a two-time Logie winner.

Early life Clarke is a graduate of Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), where he studied acting. He also has a Bachelor of Education in Drama, which he studied at Adelaide's Flinders University.

Career Andrew Clarke began his career in theatre. His stage credits include Macbeth, The Winter's Tale, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Cherry Orchard, Long Day's Journey into Night, The Glass Menagerie, The Devil's Advocate, Waiting for Godot and Under Milk Wood.

He also performed in The Land of Smiles for the State Opera Company of South Australia and the musicals Norman Lindsay and his Push in Bohemia, Paint Your Wagon, Oliver! and Errol Flynn's Great Big Adventure Book for Boys.

He played the lead role of Bill Wellesley in 1988 American TV film Outback Bound, opposite Donna Mills.

In 1992, Clarke starred in The Adventures of Skippy as the adult version of Sonny Hammond (the twelve year old boy in the original 1960s series), It was devised as a sequel to the original series, but was short-lived and ran for one season with 39 episodes.

Clarke then secured a high-profile role as patriarch Matt McGregor in the series Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River (Snowy River: The McGregor Saga) whom he played for four seasons, from 1993 to 1996. He starred alongside Wendy Hughes and Guy Pearce. After the series finished, Clarke was out of work for a couple of years before landing the regular role of Sergeant Colin Decker in Network 10 legal series State Coroner, reuniting once again with his Snowy River co-star, Hughes.

He portrayed Laurence Olivier in Blonde, a fictional biographical 2001 TV movie about Marilyn Monroe. From 2001 to 2003, he played the regular role of Derek Unn on drama comedy series Always Greener. In late 2005 he completed a four month stint on long-running soap opera Neighbours, playing Alex Kinski. He also had a role in SeaChange, and starred as Gary Preston in "A Murder of Crows" – a 1999 episode of Halifax f.p..

Clarke portrayed Horatio Wills, father of cricketer and Australian rules football pioneer Tom Wills, in a documentary about the latter's life.

Clarke played football at a high level, is a keen tennis player and long distance runner.

Filmography

Television The Adventures of Skippy Sonny Hammond 39 episodes 1994–1996 Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River (aka Snowy River: The McGregor Saga) Matt McGregor 4 seasons, 65 episodes 1995 Frontline Ed Forbes, the Executive Producer 1 episode 1998 State Coroner Colin Docker 14 episodes 1999 Halifax f.p. Gary Preston 1 episode 2000 SeaChange Dave Drury 1 episode 2001 Crash Zone Keenan Reid 1 episode Blonde Laurence Olivier Miniseries 2001–2003 Always Greener Derek Unn 38 episodes 2002 Blue Heelers Digby Riggs 1 episode 2004 Fergus McPhail Ben Cameron 2 episodes 2005 Neighbours Alex Kinski 11 episodes 2011 Killing Time Geoff Flatman 1 episode Wild Boys Trooper 2 2 episodes 2014 The Doctor Blake Mysteries Brendan Ross 1 episode 2015 Glitch Don Sharp 1 episode 2016 Tom Wills Horatio Wills TV movie

Film Year Title Role Type 1987 Les Patterson Saves the World Neville Thonge Feature film 2000 Her Iliad Frank Short film 2001 Dalkeith Judge Proctor Feature film 2012 6 Plots Gary Hart Feature film

Theatre Year Title Role Notes Paint Your Wagon 1985 The Coronation of Poppea Nero Anthill Theatre, Melbourne 1991 Arsenic and Old Lace Sydney Opera House, Laycock St Theatre, Gosford with Peter and Ellen Williams

Awards Year Work Award Category Result 1986 Anzacs Logie Awards Most Popular Actor in a Miniseries