Don Barker

Australian actor
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAustralian actor
PlacesAustralia
isActor Television actor
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Male
Birth8 March 1940, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Age84 years
Star signPisces
The details

Biography

Don Barker (born 1938/1939) is an Australian actor, who has appeared in films, television theatre and radio, he best known for his role in the police procedural series Homicide as Detective Sargeant Harry White (which he reprised in an episode of Bluey), and briefly in the prison drama Prisoner as social worker Bill Jackson.

Career

Screen and stage

Barker started his career in theatre in 1960, but perhaps is best known having appeared in many TV series, mini-series and television movies since the late 1960s, he has also appeared in the feature films including Dawn!, Gallipoli, Playing Beattie Bow and Rabbit-Proof Fence

TV credits include: Cop Shop, Division 4, Matlock Police, Certain Women, The Box, The Restless Years, Bellamy, Mother and Son, A Country Practice, Blue Heelers, McLeod's Daughters, and City Homicide. He is also well known for his appearance in a number of television commercials including the 1970s campaign for South Australian-based Coopers Brewery, promoting the stout and lemonade mix known as a portagaf. Apart from his television and film roles Barker has appeared in over 110 theatre productions from 1961 and 2008, and has also worked as a director in theatre.

Selected filmography

Film

TitleYearRoleType
Weekend of Shadows1978O'DowdFeature film
The Sound of Love1978Harry TaylorTV movie
Dawn!1979DoctorBiopic
Taxi1979Greg DayTV movie
The Franky Doyle Story1980Bill JacksonTV movie
Gallipoli1981N.C.O at BallFeature film
The Fire in the Stone1983HarryTV movie
Robbery Under Arms1985WilsonFeature film
Fair Game1986FrankFeature film
Playing Beatie Bow1986Samuel BowFeature film
The Time Guardian1987UndertakerFeature film
A Sting in the Tale1989Prime MinisterFeature film
Struck by Lightning1990Mr. JeffriesFeature film
Sweet Talker1991Sgt. WattsFeature film
The Life of Harry Dare1995SergeantFeature film
Heaven's Burning1997DrinkerFeature film
In a Savage Land1999BarmanFeature film
Cut2000Original ProducerFeature film
Black and White2002Ceduna MagistrateFeature film
Modern Love2006Feature film
Lucky Miles2007Pub Regular #1Feature film
Rabbit-Proof Fence2008Mr. Paul EvansFeature film
The Battle for Mr. Jericho2019Gerald

Television

TitleYearRoleType
Division 41970-713 character rolesTV series
Matlock Police1971-72Jimmy Nolan / Maurie Hicks / Sam GilTV series
Boney1972Alec BryceTV series
Ryan1973Steve RobertsTV series
Certain Women1974-75TV series
Ben Hall1975Terry DelaneyTV miniseries
Solo Flight1975
Homicide1967-75Det. Sgt. Harry WhiteTV series, 120 episodes
The Box1976Johnny MastersTV series
The Restless Years1977Bill WilliamsTV series
Bluey1977Det. Sgt. Harry WhiteTV series
The Sullivans1977Neville GodwayTV series
Chopper Squad1978Cliff JacksonTV series
Against the Wind1978Captain AbbottTV miniseries
Prisoner1979Bill JacksonTV series, 3 episodes
Cop Shop1978-80Warwick Morgan / Alan BrooksTV series
The Last Outlaw1980PublicanTV miniseries
I Can Jump Puddles1981Mr. TuckerTV miniseries
Bellamy1981BakerTV miniseries
All the Rivers Run1983George Blakeny
The Far Country1987Tom ArmitageTV miniseries
Rafferty's Rules1989Frederick GuidaTV series
The Flying Doctors1986Frank Kent / Rex SewellTV series
Shadows of the Heart1990George FarrellTV miniseries
Howard, the Mild Colonial Boy1990Kevin
Eggshells1991Jerry RoseTV series
The River Kings1991Paster BeckmanTV miniseries
Ultraman: Towards the Future1992JohnsonTV miniseries
Mother and Son1992ButcherTV series
A Country Practice1993Stan LaskiTV series
The New Adventures of Black Beauty1992-93Dr. Arthur OsbourneTV series
The Battlers1994PublicanTV miniseries
Chuck Finn1999Mr.SmithTV series
Blue Heelers1997 / 2007Jack Buckley / Lorne ColemanTV series
McLeod's Daughters2005Bob MacKenzieTV series
City Homicide2008Christopher SpotswoodTV series

References


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