Peter Curtin Explained

Peter Curtin
Birth Name:	Peter Julian Curtin
Occupation:	Actor
Spouse:	Ailsa Piper

Peter Julian Curtin (31 January 1944 – 19 May 2014) was an Australian television and stage actor, whose career began when he joined the Melbourne Theatre Company, appearing in The Plough and the Stars with Wendy Hughes.^[1]

Personal life

Curtin married actress Ailsa Piper in 1987. Curtin died, aged 70, on 19 May 2014.^[2]

Filmography

Film

• Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1979, TV movie) as Roo Webber
• Blood Money (1980) as Dan
• Handle with Care (1986) as Paul
• Official Denial (1994, TV movie) as Jonathon Applegate
• In Pursuit of Honor (1995, TV movie) as Sgt. Ernest Gruber
• Darkness Falls (2003) as Dr. Travis

Television

• Homicide (1965) as Henry Cooper/Ray Gardiner
• Winner Take All (1975)
• Bluey (1976-77) as Blair Thompson /Dave Brown
• Cop Shop (1978) as Chris Fuller
• Skyways as David Kerridge
• The Last Outlaw (1980, miniseries) as Constable Richards
• Prisoner (1980-86) as Solicitor / Ian Mahoney / Detective Thorn
• I Can Jump Puddles (1981) as Flagger
• And Here Comes Bucknuckle (1981) as Achilles Jones
• Carson's Law as Detective Sgt. Clem Harvey
• Eureka Stockade (1984) as Attorney General
• Zoo Family (1985) as David Mitchell
• The Flying Doctors (1986) as Clive Hayes
• Whose Baby (1986, miniseries) as Noel Jenkins
• Mission: Impossible (1988-90) as Colonel Joseph Batz / Dr. Philip Westerly
• Inside Running (1989)
• Embassy as Green (1990)
• Time Trax (1993) as Sheriff Dobbs
• A Country Practice (1993) as Sandy Davis
• Blue Heelers (1994-04) as Commander Reg Jones
• English: Have a Go (1996)
• Stingers (1999-03) as Doug Piper/Judge Frost
• The Games (2000) as Mr. Cabsav
• SeaChange (2000) as Port Deakin Mayor
• Satisfaction (2009-10) as Dr. De Courcy
• City Homicide (2008) as Leigh Carrington
• House Husbands (2013) as John
• Party Tricks (2014, miniseries) as the Opposition Leader

Notes and References

1. News: Stage and Screen Actor Peter Curtin Passes Away. 21 May 2014. Broadway World. 20 May 2014.
2. News: Cuthbertson. Debbie. Acting world mourns death of Peter Curtin. 21 May 2014. The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 May 2014.