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 in television and film. He is best known for his role as an original cast member of TV series Prisoner, playing Dr. Greg Miller.

Biography A graduate of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama 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 in the 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 university sweethearts. Shortly after the series debuted, they were married in April 1979. 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 MPSIB 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, Quin 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), He made several appearances as Geoff Olivetti in Home and Away between 2006 and 2009.

Quin 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.

Filmography

Film Year Production Role Type 1977 No Appointment Necessary Nicholas Hodgekiss Film 1985 I Can't Get Started John Feature film 1986 Departure Jack Feature film 1988 Emma: Queen of the High Seas The Hon. W.H. Lyttelton 1989 Darlings of the Gods Dan Cunningham TV movie 1989 Cappuccino Larry Feature film 1993 Corrupt Justice Julian Roberts TV movie 2003 Subterano Feature film 2006 Superman Returns News Anchor #5 Feature film 2008 Disgrace Desmond Swarts Feature film 2011 Dealing with Destiny Professor Sovad Feature film 2013 Battle Ground Dr. Bennett 2014 John Doe: Vigilante Dr Keith Simms Feature film 2017 Dance Academy: The Movie Competition Judge Feature film 2017 2.22 Samuel Keifer Film 2018 Skinford: Chapter Two The Tailor

Television Year Production Role Type 1972 Kate Tony Graham TV series, 9 episodes 1973 Harriet's Back in Town Tarquin Melville TV series, 8 episodes 1973 Crime of Passion Marcel Verenne TV series 1975 Ten from the Twenties Hugh Garthorne TV series 1977 Just William Ward Hadlow TV series 1977 Jubilee Francis Considine TV series 1978 Two's Company Greg TV series 1978 Charlie's Angels Ed Jarvis TV series 1979 Salvage 1 Engineer TV series 1979 Skyways Jeremy Drake TV series 1979-80 Prisoner Dr. Greg Miller TV series 1980 Lucinda Brayford Hugo Brayford TV miniseries 1981 Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls Messenger TV miniseries 1982 Sara Dane Richard Barwell TV miniseries 1983 Carson's Law TV series 1982-83 MPSIB S.C. Gary Manore TV series 1988 Australians Private Kingsley TV series 1988 Captain James Cook Lt. Hicks TV miniseries 1992 Police Rescue Mr. Scanlon TV series 1995 G.P. David Harding TV series 1995 Mirror, Mirror Gervaise de Luttrelle TV series 1995 Mission Top Secret Thornton TV series 1997 Big Sky Simon Kroger TV series 1998 Murder Call Dr. Charles Stark TV series 1997-2001 Water Rats Raffe Johanssen / David Faraday TV series 2001 Ihaka: Blunt Instrument Andrew TV movie 2002 The Lost World Lionel Huxley TV series 2004 Jessica McDonald TV miniseries 2005 The Secret Life of Us Hunter Davies TV series 2006 Love My Way Derek TV series 2002-09 All Saints Dr. Simon Byrne / Andy's Father TV series 2006-09 Home and Away Dr Phillip Grigg / Dr. Geoff Olivetti TV series 2009 The Horizon Phil TV series 2010 Rake Dalton TV series 2017 A Place to Call Home Neil O'Sullivan TV series

Personal life

Quin was married to his Prisoner co-star Peta Toppano in 1979, but they divorced after ten years. He has since remarried.