Danny Adcock

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Danny Adcock is an Australian actor.[1]

Born1948 (age 7778)
OccupationActor
Yearsactive1969-present
Notable workThe Moodys
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Danny Adcock
Born1948 (age 7778)
OccupationActor
Years active1969-present
Notable workThe Moodys
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Career

Film and television

Adcock has worked extensively in television. After scoring a handful of guest roles, he landed his first film role as a policeman in the Ozploitation film The Cars That Ate Paris. Further small screen guest appearances included Matlock Police, Division 4, Homicide, Skyways and Cop Shop, Rafferty's Rules, A Country Practice, The Flying Doctors, Water Rats, All Saints, Home and Away, Bullpitt! and Redfern Now.

He had regular or recurring roles in the first season of Patrol Boat (1979),[2] Arcade (1980),[3] The Bush Gang (1981), Prisoner (1982–1983), Sons and Daughters (1983–1984), the second season of Fire (1996),[4] Blue Heelers (2004–2005), The Jesters (2011), A Moody Christmas (2012)[5] and The Moodys (2014).[6] His most recent television roles have been in The Tourist and Grey Nomads (both 2022).

Adcock's film credits include We of the Never Never (1982), Early Frost (1982), Fran (1985), Resistance (1992) and more recently Ladies in Black (2018).

On 29 October 2024, Adcock was named as part of the cast for the film Scoby.[7]

Stage

He has also appeared in numerous theatre roles throughout his career, including Hallow Ground (Belvoir Street Theatre, 2000),[8] The Seed (Company B, Belvoir Street, 2007–2008),[9][10] Moby Dick (Seymour Centre, 2018),[11] What's Art Got to Do With It? The Dobell Case (Warners Bay Theatre, 2022),[12] The Marvellous Boy (Griffin Theatre Company at Stables Theatre, 2005),[13][14] and Da (Crossroads, 1989).[15]

Filmography

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1969 Riptide Donald 1 episode
1971 Spyforce Radio Operator 1 episode
1972 Over There
Boney Tony Carr
1974 Ryan Harry Fisher 1 episode
1971–1975 Matlock Police Various roles 7 episodes
Division 4 Various roles 6 episodes
1970–1976 Homicide Various roles 7 episodes
1976 King’s Men 1 episode
1977 Beyond Reasonable Doubt Leith Ratten Miniseries, 1 episode
Straight Enough TV movie
1978 Young Ramsay Ben Salter 1 episode
1979-1981 Skyways Nigel Poulter 1 episode
1979 Patrol Boat Petty Officer 'Buffer' Johnston 13 episodes
1980 Arcade Duncan Adams / Kitty's Visitor 35 episodes
1981 The Bush Gang Mr Marsh 5 episodes
Kingswood Country Fire Chief 1 episode
1982 Deadline ASIO agent TV movie
1979–1982 Cop Shop Gary Locke / Freddie Singer / Vincie Hill / Jerry Turner / Ron Jarrett 9 episodes
1982–1983 Prisoner Geoff Carlson 11 episodes
1982–1992 A Country Practice Antec Strzelecki / Brian Padgett / Tommy Ambrose / Graham Randall / Detective Donnolly 10 episodes
1983 The Coral Island Tod Salter Miniseries, 2 episodes
1983–1984 Sons and Daughters Joe Parker 8 episodes
1984 The Secret Discovery of Australia Mendoca's Mate TV movie
1984 The Keepers 1 episode
1988 Australians Arthur Higgins / Harry Seekamp Anthology docudrama series, episode 5: "Lottie Lyell", episode 6: "Lola Montez"
True Believers Lloyd Ross Miniseries, 6 episodes
1988–1989 Rafferty's Rules Mick Robbins / George Healy 2 episodes
1991 E Street Charlie Simmons 4 episodes
1992 The Flying Doctors Cliff Bishop 1 episode
1994 Cody: A Family Affair Collins TV movie (season 1, episode 1)
1995 Snowy River: The Mcgregor Saga Jarrod Banks 1 episode
1996 Fire Firefighter Danny 'Nugget' Hunt 13 episodes
1998 Bullpitt! Telstra Supervisor Terry 1 episode
1998 Home and Away Gordon Macleay
1999 Water Rats Rhys 'Kegs' Keegan 1 episode
Halifax f.p. Athol Callaghan 1 episode
Airtight Studds TV movie
2001 All Saints Alan Slater 1 episode
2001 BackBerner Tom McLachlan
2000; 2002 Farscape Co-Kura Strappa / T'raltixx 5 episodes
2004 Stingers Damien Broadbent 1 episode
2004–2005 Blue Heelers Barry Baxter 8 episodes
2006 Home and Away Prosecutor/Crown Dennis Gillan
2007 One of the Lucky Ones Judge TV movie
Constructing Australia John Bradfield 1 episode
2010–2011 Home and Away Bishop Pitt Recurring role
2010 Rescue: Special Ops Graham Starkey 1 episode
2011 Jesters Bob 8 episodes
2011 Tough Nuts 2 George Freeman
2012 Redfern Now Foreman 1 episode
2012 A Moody Christmas Kevin Miniseries, 6 episodes
2013 Legally Brown Show Various roles
2014; 2016 The Moodys Kevin Moody Miniseries, 8 episodes[16][17]
2015 Devil’s Playground Father Drake Miniseries, 1 episode
2017 The Warriors Onion Miniseries, 2 episodes
2017 The Obscure Graeme
2019 Les Norton Mousey 1 episode
2022 The Tourist Ralph Miniseries, 5 episodes
2022 Grey Nomads Ernie Rouche Web series, 6 episodes
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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1974 The Cars That Ate Paris Police Man Feature film
1976 Lost in the Wild (aka Barney) Trooper Hayes Feature film
1978 The Sparks Obituary Short film
1980 The Earthling Bus Driver Feature film
1982 We of the Never Never Brown Feature film
On the Run Jingles Feature film
Going Down Supporter from the Dance Feature film
Early Frost John Meadows Feature film
Kitty and the Bagman Thomas Feature film
1985 Fran Ray Feature film
1990 Quigley Down Under Mitchell Feature film
1992 Resistance James Dean Feature film
1997 Joey ASIO Detective Feature film
2004 Get Rich Quick Inspector Higgs Feature film
2005 A Family Legacy Bilko Short film
2007 The Bridge John Bradfield Feature film
2009 Wall Boy Youth Worker 2 Short film
Lonely Detective Lunn Short film
2010 Stay Awake Dad Short film
2015 The Kangaroo Guy Trevor Short film
2018 Under the Hammer Mr Hansen Short film
Ladies in Black Doctor Feature film
The Obscure Graeme Short film
TBA Scoby TBA Film
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Theatre

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Year Title Role Notes
1967 Camino Real Casanova (Act I) / The Dreamer (Act III) UNSW with NIDA
The Insect Play Mr. Beetle / Yellow Leader
Yerma Victor
Alfie Mr Smith Jane St Theatre with NIDA
Liliom Linzman / Magistrate
1970s Macbeth Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre[19]
1972 Here We Go Round the Prickly Pear NSW tour with Pageant Theatre in Education
1974 The Cradle of Hercules Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre
1975 Girls' Night Out Jools Theatre Restaurant, Sydney
The Cake Man Black Theatre Arts & Culture Centre, Sydney with National Black Theatre
1976 Equus Seymour Centre, Sydney with Old Tote Theatre
1977 A Night on the Box No 86 Theatre Restaurant, Sydney
The Plough and the Stars Lieutenant Langon / Sergeant Tinley Playhouse, Perth, Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre
1979 The Western Show Mortimus Kirribilli Pub Theatre, Sydney
1980 The 1984 Show Rudolph
The Vampire Show Bertie Bronte Inn, Sydney, Kirribilli Pub Theatre, Sydney
1983 Translations Sydney Opera House with Ensemble Theatre
1985 Rents Wharf Theatre, Sydney, Playhouse, Adelaide, Universal Theatre, Melbourne with The Gordon Frost Organisation
1988 The Keepers Belvoir Street Theatre with Aboriginal National Theatre Trust
1989 Da Crossroads Theatre, Sydney[20]
1990 Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme Crossroads Theatre, Sydney with O'Punksky's for Sydney Festival
Faith Healer Crossroads Theatre, Sydney
1992 Prelude to Joyce's Artist Crossroads Theatre, Sydney with O'Punksky's
Us or Them Bondi Pavilion, Sydney
1993 The Resuscitation of 'The Little Prince who Couldn't Laugh' as Performed by 'Young Mo' at the Height of the Great Depression of 1929 Crossroads Theatre, Sydney
Coriolanus Sydney Opera House with STC
1994 Big Toys Marian St Theatre, Sydney
Goodworks Q Theatre, Sydney
1997 Taking Sides Major Arnold Marian St Theatre, Sydney with Northside Theatre Company
1998 Diving for Pearls Den Ensemble Theatre, Sydney
2000 Faith Healer Teddy Ensemble Theatre, Sydney with O'Punksky's
Hallow Ground Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney[21]
2001 Hamlet Polonius Pork Chop Productions
2002 Gagarin Way Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney
2003 The Cavalcaders The Barbershop Quartet Ensemble Theatre, Sydney with O'Punksky's
2004 The Woman with Dog’s Eyes Malcolm Boyce Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company
2005 The Marvellous Boy Malcolm Boyce
2007–2008 The Seed Danny Maloney Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney
2008 The Pig Iron People Jack Howard Sydney Opera House with STC
2009 The Removalists Sergeant Dan Simmonds Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC
2011 Blood Wedding Father STC
2012 A Picasso Pablo Picasso Ensemble Theatre, Sydney
2015 Orphans Harold Old Fitz Theatre[22]
2015–2020 The Dapto Chaser Errol Sinclair Old Fitz Theatre, Stables Theatre, Sydney, Dendy Cinemas, Newtown & online with Apocalypse Theatre Company & Griffin Independent
2017; 2022 This Much is True Cass Old Fitz Theatre, Sydney,[23] Riverside Theatres Parramatta with Red Line Productions
2018 Moby Dick Captain Ahab Seymour Centre, Sydney
2022 What's Art Got to Do With It? The Dobell Case Warners Bay Theatre[24]
2024 The President Masseur / Officer / Attendant / Butcher Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney with STC & Gate Theatre Dublin[25]
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