Alan Cassell

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Alan Cassell (born 1932) was an Australian actor, born in the UK and best known for his roles in film and television. Cassell was one of the actors who worked in Bruce Beresford's early Australian films. Film credits include:Money Movers, Cathy's Child (for which he was nominated for "Best Actor"), Squizzy Taylor, Breaker Morant, Puberty Blues and The Club. His most recent films are The Honorable Wally Norman and Strange Bedfellows. TV roles include: Taurus Rising, Special Squad, The Flying Doctors, The Power, The Passion, Blue Heelers, SeaChange, Stingers and MDA. Cassell commenced his acting career in WA and worked for many years as a stage Actor. Winning "Best Actor of the Year" for his role in "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" He later worked for the Sydney Theatre Company and the Melbourne Theatre Company. He was in the original cast of "Away" which toured to New York and appeared in "Sweet Bird of Youth" with Lauren Bacall for the Sydney Theatre Company.

Most Popular Alan Cassell Trailers

Total trailers found: 19

Vietnam Trailer (1987)

23 February 1987

The trials and tribulations of the Goddard family after the entry of Australia into the Vietnam War.

The Club Trailer (1980)

18 September 1980

The club buys a talented young player, Geoff, for a record sum of money. The team members do not like their new star and friction develops immediately.

Plugg Trailer (1975)

30 October 1975

A sleazy private detective named Horatio Plugg is hired to keep watch over a brothel. Inspector Closer is onto him though.

The Settlement Trailer (1984)

19 July 1984

Down-on-their-luck drifters Kearney and Martin wander into the small town of Cedar Creek looking to swindle a few pounds from the locals.

Puberty Blues Trailer (1981)

10 December 1981

Two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of Sydney ingratiate themselves with a new group of boys.

Money Movers Trailer (1978)

24 October 1978

A group of crooks plan a heist to steal twenty million dollars from a Security Firm counting house.

Breaker Morant Trailer (1980)

11 June 1980

During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who hopes to distance themselves from the irregular practices of the war.

The Highest Honour Trailer (1982)

15 May 1982

After a highly successful raid on Singapore Harbour, soldiers of Z Special Unit lead a new expedition in Singapore, with disastrous results.

The Fire in the Stone Trailer (1984)

17 September 1984

Teenager Ernie lives with his alcoholic father in the harsh and lawless opal fields of Coober Pedy in outback South Australia.

The Big Hurt Trailer (1986)

01 January 1986

A reporter looking into the death of a research scientist finds more deaths connected to the man, including some dubious "suicides".

The Dark Room Trailer (1982)

01 July 1982

A slightly disturbed young amateur photographer finds that his father has been secretly having an affair with his co-worker.

Midnight Dancer Trailer (1988)

01 August 1988

16 year old Australian girl Belinda (Deanne Jeffs) wants to become a ballerina. To makes ends meet, she takes a job as an exotic dancer in a Sydney cabaret.

Cathy's Child Trailer (1979)

05 July 1979

Cathy Baikas is a woman of Greek heritage who lives in Sydney, Australia with her three-year-old daughter.

The Honourable Wally Norman Trailer (2003)

12 November 2003

A meat worker is accidentally nominated to run for Parliament and realises that to save the meat works he has to get elected.

Strange Bedfellows Trailer (2004)

22 April 2004

Two 'very straight' old timers have to learn how to pass as a loving gay couple after falsely claiming same-sex status to take advantage of newly legislated tax laws.

Touch the Sun: Princess Kate Trailer (1988)

03 April 1988

Kate McLelland's life is a normal one of a girl her age in the eastern suburbs, until her discovery that she is adopted.

Squizzy Taylor Trailer (1982)

07 July 1982

This Australian crime drama chronicles the life of notorious, keen witted, acid tongued 1920s Melbourne gangster Squizzy Taylor.

The Newman Shame Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

John Brandy is an ex-cop on holiday in Singapore with his girlfriend Ginger when he hears an old Perth banker friend of his, Frank Newman, has committed suicide.

Harlequin Trailer (1980)

28 March 1980

Up-and-coming senator Nick Rast's young son is terminally ill with leukemia. A mysterious faith healer, Gregory Wolfe, appears and seems to cure the boy.