John Clayton

John Clayton (7 April 1940 – 25 September 2003) was an Australian character actor of stage, television and film character actor, he primarily featured in drama series and soap operas.

Biography Clayton started his long entertainment career in theatre from the time of birth in 1940, before moving into screen role's in the early 1970s, his most prominent roles included that of Inspector Bill Adams on TV drama Police Rescue and Maurie Barnard on Echo Point. He also had recurring roles on Big Sky as Roland 'Riley' Watson, and on Grass Roots as Harry Bond.

He notably featured on Home And Away, where he played the brief role of the brother of Pippa Fletcher - in an ANZAC day story-arc as wheelchair-using former cricketer Danny King in 1988.

Clayton also acted in theatre productions for six decades.

Filmography

Film Title Year Role Type 1974 Mother's Day Feature film 1975 Sidecar Racers Dave Ferguson Feature film 1975 Games for Parents and Other Children TV movie 1976 Me & Mr Thorne Det Sgt Merv Jackson TV movie 1977 High Rolling Arnold Feature film 1978 The Irishman Sam Brookes Feature film 1978 Newsfront Cliff Feature film 1979 Dawn! Syd Feature film 1980 Palm Beach Eric Tailor Feature film 1980 The Girl Who Met Simone De Beauvoir in Paris Short film 1980 Maybe This Time Estate Agent Feature film 1980 Consolation Prize Bus Stop Cowboy Short film 1982 Freedom CES Officer Feature film 1982 Far East Tony Alsop Feature film 1982 Ginger Meggs Mr Wentworth Feature film 1982 Goodbye Paradise Todd Feature film 1983 Midnite Spares Vincent Feature film 1983 With Prejudice Burke (uncredited) Feature film 1983 Who Killed Baby Azaria? Inspector Gilroy TV movie 1984 Man of Letters Bill the Chairman TV movie 1984 Silver City Employment Officer Feature film 1985 After Hours Lawyer Short film 1985 Unfinished Business Geoff Feature film 1987 Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train Football Coach Feature film 1987 High Tide Col Feature film 1987 Perhaps Love Ben TV movie 1988 The Everlasting Secret Family Mayor Feature film 1988 Sebastian and the Sparrow Country Cop Feature film 1988 Breaking Loose: Summer City II Neville Feature film 1988 Boundaries of the Heart Sergeant Riley Feature film 1988 To Make a Killing Graham Price Feature film 1988 Out of the Body Sergeant Whittaker Feature film 1989 Cappuccino Max Feature film 1991 Strangers Agent TV movie 1992 The Time Game Detective Wills TV movie 1992 The Last Man Hanged Father John Brosnan TV movie 1993 Shotgun Wedding Superintendent Church Feature film 1993 Joh's Jury Judge John Helman TV movie 1994 Police Rescue Inspector Bill Adams TV movie 1997 976-WISH Volleyball Jock Short film 2001 My Husband, My Killer Jim Rope TV movie 2003 Subterano Bruce Feature film

Television Title Year Role Type 1972-73 Matlock Police Glen Roberts /Zeke Jones TV series, 2 episodes 1973 Ryan Hunt / Harry TV series, 2 episodes 1973 Stacey's Gym TV miniseries 1974 Marion Tom Carruthers TV miniseries, 3 episodes 1974 This Love Affair TV series, 1 episode 1971-74 Homicide Det. Const. Deegan / Dave Parsons / Sid Bennett TV series, 3 episodes 1974 Flash Nick from Jindavick Ned Kelly TV series, 1 episode 1972-75 Division 4 5 characters TV series, 5 episodes 1975 Shannon's Mob Joe TV series, 1 episode 1976 Luke's Kingdom Charlton TV miniseries, 1 episode 1976 Rush Black Jack Jessop TV series, 1 episode 1976 Bluey Bert Thompson TV series, 1 episode 1977 The Outsiders Reg McPherson TV series, 1 episode 1978 Chopper Squad Sam TV series, 1 episode 1978 The Young Doctors Det Sgt Casey TV series, 1 episode 1979 Doctor Down Under Mr Frears TV series, 1 episode 1989 Water Under the Bridge Rev Scott TV miniseries, 1 episode 1981 Menotti Tate TV series, 1 episode 1983 The Dismissal Barry Cohen TV miniseries 1984 City West TV series, 1 episode 1984 The Last Bastion Arthur Fadden TV miniseries, 3 episodes 1984 Bodyline Mr Bradman TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1985 Winners Wal TV series, 1 episode 1986 Return to Eden Priest TV series, 1 episode 1986 Alice to Nowhere Sgt Wallace TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1986-87 The Challenge Ben Lexcen TV miniseries, 6 episodes 1987 The Harp in the South Jim TV miniseries, 3 episodes 1982-87 A Country Practice Allan Crosby / Vince Glover TV series, 4 episodes 1987-88 The Flying Doctors Vince Patterson TV series, 3 episodes 1988 Joe Wilson Dick TV miniseries, 3 episodes 1988-89 Rafferty's Rules Harry Grant / Briggs TV series, 2 episodes 1988-99 Home and Away Danny King / Reverend TV series, 8 episodes 1989 Cassidy Harry TV series, 2 episodes 1991 G.P. Jack Lockwood TV series, 1 episode 1989-91 E Street Sergeant Roy Harrison / Jock Gilmore TV series, 7 episodes 1989-96 Police Rescue Inspector Bill Adams TV series, 61 episodes 1992 Tracks of Glory Mr Campbell TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1995 Echo Point Maurie Barnard TV series, 130 episodes 1996 One West Waikiki Detective Dennis Allen TV series, 1 episode 1997 Water Rats Ronald Barnsley TV series, 1 episode 1994-97 Heartbreak High Don Summers TV series, 9 episodes 1997 Big Sky Roland 'Riley' Watson TV series, 16 episodes 1998 Blue Heelers Owen Douglas TV series, 1 episode 1998 Bullpitt! Judge TV series, 1 episode 1998 Wildside Neville Grey TV series, 2 episodes 1998 The Day of the Roses Murray Farquhar TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1999 Farscape Verell TV series, 1 episode 1999-2001All Saints Clive Cooper / Tony Wilson TV series, 3 episodes 2000-03 Grass Roots Harry Bond TV series, 18 episodes

Theatre

As actor Title Year Role Type 1940 Family Affairs Student Theatre, Brisbane 1948 Carmen St Peters Boys', Urchin's Chorus Tivoli Theatre, Adelaide 1965 A Unicorn for Christmas Independent Theatre, Sydney 1966 Chips with Everything Independent Theatre, Sydney 1967 Saint Joan Union Hall, Adelaide 1967 Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs Flinders University 1968 The Man on the Left is Joe Bigger from Topeka La Mama 1971 Norm and Ahmed Norm Phillip Street Theatre 1971 The Recruiting Officer Southern Highlands Festival Theatre 1971 A Streetcar Named Desire Southern Highlands Festival Theatre 1971 Doctor Faustus Southern Highlands Festival Theatre 1971 The Roy Murphy Show Nimrod Street Theatre 1971 Customs and Excise Nimrod Street Theatre 1971-72 The Chocolate Frog AMP Theatrette, Sydney, Russell Street Theatre 1972 Cash Jones Theatre Royal, Hobart 1972 Major Barbara Peter Shirley / Bilton Theatre Royal, Hobart 1972 Richard II Duke of Aumerle Theatre Royal, Hobart 1972 The Old Familiar Juice Russell Street Theatre 1972 A Touch of the Poet Russell Street Theatre 1972-73 Tom Russell Street Theatre 1973 Jugglers Three Playbox Theatre, Melbourne 1975 Too Old for Spring AMP Theatrette, Sydney, Playhouse Canberra 1975 The Seahorse UNSW Parade Theatre 1976 A Streetcar Named Desire Harold Mitchell Sydney Opera House 1976 The Last of the Knucklemen Pansy Playhouse Adelaide, Maitland Town Hall, Port Pirie Town Hall, Whyalla Institute, Port Lincoln Civic Hall, Cowell Institute, Port Augusta College Theatre, Woomera Village Theatre, Peterborough Town Hall, Gladstone Hall, Clare Town Hall 1976 Cowboys #2 Playhouse Adelaide 1977 The Training Run Constable Jack Kelly Bondi Pavilion 1977 Fifth Australian National Playwrights' Conference Canberra 1977 Don't Piddle Against the Wind, Mate Frank Bourke Jane Street Theatre 1977 Jack Tom Nimrod Upstairs 1978 Mother Courage and Her Children Mother Courage Jane Street Theatre 1978 As You Like It Duke Senior / Duke Frederick Jane Street Theatre 1978 Giants Nimrod Downstairs 1978 There were Giants in Those Days Superman Nimrod Downstairs 1978 The Job Sandy Nimrod Downstairs 1979 You Never Can Tell Fergus Crampton SGIO Theatre 1979 Breaker Morant Lord Kitchener SGIO Theatre 1979 On Our Selection Terance Maloney Jane Street Theatre, Nimrod Upstairs 1979 Waiting for Godot Pozzo Jane Street Theatre 1980 The Con Man Archie Parnell Wollongong 1980 Happy Family Mark Ensemble Theatre 1980 Piaf Family Comedy Theatre, Melbourne 1980 A Very Good Year Stables Theatre 1981 Hamlet Marcellus / Captain / Sailor Sydney Opera House 1981 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Doctor Waugh Sydney Opera House 1981 Flexitime Jim Phillip Street Theatre 1982 The Cake Man Circus Style Performer UNSW Parade Theatre, Universal Theatre Melbourne 1984 An Act of Settlement Sydney Opera House 1984 The Season at Sarsaparilla Playhouse Adelaide 1985 Sons of Cain Laurie Byrne Playhouse, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Sydney 1989 Top Silk Seymour Centre, Melbourne Athenaeum, Canberra Theatre, Playhouse lAdelaide 1989 Lost Weekend Cremorne Theatre 1993 The Removalists Lennox Theatre, Parramatta 1993 Lumps Q Theatre, Penrith 1995 The Last Yankee Ensemble Theatre 1996 Resurrected Lennox Theatre, Parramatta 1996 Rough Justice Ensemble Theatre

As director Title Year Role Type 1968 La Streega Director La Mama