Garry Meadows

Garrett Seaton "Garry" Meadows (15 April 1939 – 22 July 1982) was an Australian television presenter, radio announcer, and actor.

Career Stage Meadows began acting in Perth during his youth in the 1950s when he appeared in a number of local stage productions. His stage credits included a starring role in Small Hotel in 1957. He also appeared in productions of The Importance of Being Earnest, The Teahouse of the August Moon, The Rising Generation, Ten Little Niggers and The Taming of the Shrew.

Radio Meadows' radio career began in 1959 when he commenced working at Perth's 6IX. From there, Meadows went on to work at a number of radio stations including Perth's 6PR where he was credited as being one of the first announcers to use the talkback format.

Television & film In 1960, Meadows joined Perth station TVW as a news presenter and host of music show Teenbeat. He left TVW at the end of 1961 but returned to the station in 1967 to host Spellbound, In Perth Tonight and Perth's New Faces. Meadows also co-hosted the Perth Telethon in 1968. Meadows also hosted High Rollers, Let's Make a Deal, and The Marriage Game.

Meadows also acted in a number of television programs including The Bluestone Boys, Bobby Dazzler, Bluey, Homicide and Prisoner. Meadows also appeared in the movie Mad Dog Morgan.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Type 1976 Mad Dog Morgan Extra Feature film 1981 The Homicide Squad Taxi Radio Operator TV movie

Television Year Title Role Type 1960 Teenbeat Host / News presenter TV series 1965 In Perth Tonight Host TV series 1967 Spellbound Host TV series 1967 Perth's New Faces Host TV series 1968 Perth Telethon Co-host TV special 1971 The Marriage Game Host TV series 1973-74 The Price Is Right Host TV series 1975 High Rollers Host TV series 1975 Celebrity Squares Himself TV series, 2 episodes 1976 The Bluestone Boys CB TV series 1976 Homicide Detective Sergeant Wally Peterson TV series, 1 episode 1976-77 Let's Make a Deal Host TV series 1977 Bluey Ted Powers TV series, 1 episode 1978 Bobby Dazzler Himself TV series 1979-80 Cop Shop Mr Dean / Fred Thornfield TV series, 2 episodes 1980 Prisoner Steve Gallagher TV series, 1 episode

Awards

Meadows won the Logie Award for Best Male Personality in Western Australia at both the 1970 and 1971 Logie Awards.

Death

Meadows died at the age of 43 on 22 July 1982 after suffering a heart attack outside the 3DB studios in Melbourne, as he was walking into the building to begin his shift.

He had been working at 3DB for less than a week when he died.