Sean Scully

Sean Scully (born 28 September 1947) is an Australian actor and singer, active in film, television and theatre, who has also worked abroad in the United Kingdom and the United States. and Vern Scully, a violinist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Career Scully began his acting career in the Cinerama South Seas Adventure, after which he relocated from Australia to London in 1959, at age 11, with his mother.

Once in the UK, he initially attended Claremont Fan Court School, a Christian Scientist school in Surrey, followed by a school in Buckingham Gate. He then moved on to attend Arts Educational Schools, in London. Scully was signed to an agent

He starred in 1960 Children's Film Foundation film Hunted in Holland,

Scully was cast opposite Spike Milligan and John Woodvine as Jim Hawkins in a production of Treasure Island at the Mermaid Theatre in London. winning him a Charlotte Cushman Award.

On his return to the UK in 1964, Scully found it increasingly difficult to land acting work, so he worked in a timber yard, before returning to Australia in 1965, at the age of 18. From 1984 to 1985, he played Jim O'Brien in the soap opera Sons and Daughters. from 1992 to 1993. Throughout 1995, he played the regular role of Neville Loman in short-lived soap opera Echo Point, alongside Rose Byrne and Martin Henderson.

He has had recurring guest roles in Matlock Police, Division 4, E Street, Medivac, Neighbours, Blue Heelers and Stingers. Other television credits include Homicide, Cop Shop, The Restless Years, The Flying Doctors, A Country Practice, Police Rescue, G.P., State Coroner and The Doctor Blake Mysteries.

Scully's film credits include A City's Child (1971), Eliza Fraser (1976), Heaven Tonight (1989) alongside Guy Pearce, Turtle Beach (1992) opposite Greta Scacchi and Shotgun Wedding (1993) with Aden Young. In 1988, he starred in the cult film Phobia, earning him an Australian Film Institute Awards nomination for Best Actor that year.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1958 South Seas Adventure Documentary film series 1960 Hunted in Holland Tim TV play1962 The Prince and the Pauper Prince Edward / Tom Canty Feature film 1963–1964 The Girl Who Came to Supper King Nicholas III Broadway, New York 1966 Chips with Everything Independent Theatre, Sydney 1967 The Lion in Winter John Independent Theatre, Sydney 1968 The Absence of a Cello Perry Littlewood St Martins Theatre, Melbourne Twelfth Night University of Melbourne with MTC Burke's Company King Russell St Theatre, Melbourne, with MTC1969 Henry IV, Part 1 Prince John of Lancaster Octagon Theatre, Perth, Keith Murdoch Court, Melbourne with MTC The Country Wife Mr. Dorilant Russell St Theatre, Melbourne, Canberra Theatre with MTC A Long View Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC Six Characters in Search of an Author The Unknown Soldier and His Wife 1970 Forty Carats Peter Latham Melbourne Athenaeum The Prince and the Firebird Prince Ivan UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney 1971 Butterflies are Free Don Baker Australian tour with J. C. Williamson's & Harry M. Miller1972 The Old Familiar Juice Russell St Theatre, Melbourne, with MTC Sticks and Bones David The Tavern 1972–1973 Jugglers Three Graham Russell St Theatre, Melbourne, Playbox Theatre, Melbourne with MTC Tom Russell St Theatre, Melbourne, with MTC1973 Mother Courage Soldier Princess Theatre, Melbourne with MTC Batman's Beach-Head Comedy Theatre, Melbourne with MTC & J. C. Williamson's1975 Scapino Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Elizabethan Theatre, Sydney with J. C. Williamson's The Touch of Silk Independent Theatre, Sydney 1977 The Mind with the Dirty Man Clayton Stone Metro Theatre, Sydney with CKC Theatres1979 Smiles and Piles Actor / singer Kirribilli Pub Theatre, Sydney Makassar Reef Weeks Brown Nimrod St Theatre, Sydney Marsupials Tom Russell St Theatre, Melbourne, with MTC 1980 Errol Flynn's Great Big Adventure Book for Boys Errol Flynn Nimrod St Theatre, Sydney, with King O'Malley Theatre Company 1984 The Mating Game Bankstown Town Hall, Sydney The Odd Couple Speed Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne 1987 Down an Alley Filled with Cats Q Theatre, Penrith1989 Passion Play James Sydney Opera House with Gary Penny Productions Karamazov Crossroads Theatre, Sydney with Thalia Theatre Company 1990 Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme Kenneth Pyper (young) Crossroads Theatre, Sydney with O'Punksky's 1991 The Norman Conquests Norman Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 1992 A Stretch of the Imagination Monk O'Neill Playhouse, Newcastle with Hunter Valley Theatre Company1994 The Fire Raisers Crossroads Theatre, Sydney Falling from Grace Dr Hugh Storey Australian tour with STC, Playbox Theatre Company & QTC 1996 Coralie Lansdowne Says No Peter Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company 2015 The Process Gottlieb Shortstraw / Sly Moribund La Mama, Melbourne, Acton St Theatre, Canberra 2018 The Odyssey: Part Four – The Homecoming Reading MPavilion, Melbourne

Awards Year Work Award Category Result The Girl Who Came to Supper Charlotte Cushman Award 1988 Phobia Australian Film Institute Award Best Actor