Mark Edwards (born 1942) is an Australian actor best known for his appearances in British horror films of the early 1970s.[1]
He was cast as Cassio in a production of Othello at the Old Tote in 1965.
He studied in Bristol, England in the mid 1960s[2] then moved to England and was in steady work.[3][clarification needed] He moved back to Australia in the mid 1970s.[4]
Select Filmography
editFilm
edit- Rusty Bugles (1965) (TV movie)
- The Recruiting Officer (1965)
- The Wednesday Play - All Out for Kangaroo Valley (1969) as Robert
- Cromwell (1970)
- Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971) as Tod Browning
- The Last Valley (1971)
- Tower of Evil (1972) as Adam
- The Boldest Job in the West (1972) as Michigan
- Diamonds on Wheels (TV movie, 1973) as Whiteman
- Terror in the Wax Museum (1973) as Sergeant Michael Hawks
- Murcheson Creek (1976) (TV movie) as Dr Andrew Murcheson
- Hospitals Don't Burn Down! (1978)
- Shimmering Light (1978) (TV movie)
- Roadhouse (1979) (TV movie)
Television
edit- Consider Your Verdict
- Adventures of the Seaspray (episode: A Strange Charter) (1967)
- ITV Playhouse (episode: Bon Voyage) (1968)
- The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder (episode: The Troupe) (1969)
- Counterstrike (episode: Backlash) (1969)
- ITV Sunday Night Theatre (1969) as Hester Lilly
- W. Somerset Maugham (episode: Virtue) (1970)
- A Family at War (1970)
- The Troubleshooters (episode: The Bent Bonanza) (1971)
- Love Story (episode: Sweet Sorrow) (1972)
- A Point in Time (1973)
- Arthur of the Britons (episode: People of the Plough) (1973)
- The Carnforth Practice (1974)
- La joven casada (1975)
Theatre
edit- Coventry medieval mystery plays with the New England Theatre Centre
- Wuthering Heights for the Education Department
- Christ in the Concrete City
- How the West Was Lost (1964) by Barry Creyton
- Othello (1965) as Cassio (with Ron Haddrick) at Old Tote Theatre[5]
- A Severed Head (1965)
- Wrong Side of the Moon
- Faithful in My Fashion
- Porgy and Bess
References
edit- ^ Vagg, Stephen (28 June 2020). "Ten random Australian connections with Hammer Films". Filmink.
- ^ "Two beards and a bright future". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 21 September 1965. p. 13. Retrieved 22 June 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ Bentley, David (18 April 1971). "It All Began at Old Tote". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 114.
- ^ "AGREEMENT ON CONSERVATION Concerted effort to save lake". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 27 August 1977. p. 13. Retrieved 22 June 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Othello". Tharunka. New South Wales, Australia. 3 May 1965. p. 3. Retrieved 22 June 2020 – via Trove.
External links
edit- Mark Edwards at IMDb
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