# Phillip Scott (actor)

Phillip Scott (born 16 August 1952 in Sydney) is an Australian actor, singer, pianist, writer and comedian.

## Career

He has appeared on film as well as in sketch comedy television programs. His television appearances include The Dingo Principle and Three Men and a Baby Grand, satirical sketch television comedy programs for which he was a writer/performer with Jonathan Biggins and Drew Forsythe. He also appeared with Max Gillies in The Gillies Report and its sequels, The Gillies Republic and Gillies and Company, and was a writer/performer on ABC TV's The Big Gig and a regular writer for Good News Week.
He (wrote the music for, played piano) and Max Gillies starred in "Night of National Reconciliation" during 1983 at Kinselas, Taylor Square, Darlinghurst, Sydney.
From 2000 to 2017 he co-wrote, composed and performed as an actor/musician in the award-winning Wharf Revue series of political satirical revues for the Sydney Theatre Company, including Free Petrol, Sunday in Iraq with George, Much Revue About Nothing, Pennies from Kevin and Open for Business. Other cabaret shows include The Twink and the Showgirl with Vincent Hooper, and co-writing script (with Dean Bryant) and musical arrangements for the bio-show Newley Discovered which premiered at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in 2009 and starred Hugh Sheridan. Phillip co-created several shows with singer/actor Trevor Ashley, including Gentlemen Prefer Blokes, Fat Swan, Little Orphan Trashley, and the tribute shows Diamonds Are For Trevor and Liza's Back (Is Broken). His recent cabaret shows (as writer and performer) are Mario, about the life and music of Mario Lanza, with Blake Bowden, and Reviewing the Situation, about the English songwriter Lionel Bart. The latter show was co-written and directed by Terence O'Connell, and was nominated for a Helpmann Award in 2016.
His musical theatre writing credits (as composer and/or co-writer) include Safety in Numbers for the Q Theatre and Ensemble Theatre, a new libretto of Orpheus in the Underworld for Opera Australia (2003, revised 2015), and the AWGIE Award-winning musical The Republic of Myopia (2004). The Sydney Theatre Company production of The Republic of Myopia starred Helen Dallimore, Tamsin Carroll and Simon Gleeson. He was script consultant on the book of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – the Stage Musical (2006). He also wrote music and lyrics for Monkey Baa Theatre Company's children shows Pearlie in the Park (based on the book by Wendy Harmer), Millie and Jack and the Dancing Cat, and Pete the Sheep (based on the book by Jackie French). Another upcoming Jackie French adaptation, Josephine Wants to Dance is slated for 2018.
Scott composed the score for the 1987 feature film Those Dear Departed, for which he was nominated for an AFI Award. Scott also co-wrote the music for the miniseries Bodyline.
He has written four novels. Three have been published in the United States by Alyson Books: One Dead Diva, Gay Resort Murder Shock and Mardi Gras Murders. He has written weekly columns for Sydney's free papers SX and The Sydney Star Observer.
Scott has a music degree from the University of Sydney, and writes reviews for the international classical CD magazine Fanfare and the Australian national music magazine "Limelight".

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1987 | Bullseye | Piano Player | Feature film |
| 1987 | Those Dear Departed | Bow-tied Bon Vivant (uncredited) | Feature film |
| 1993 | The Nostradamus Kid | 'General Booth Enters Heaven' Strolling Player | Feature film |
| 1995 | Billy's Holiday | Liberace | Feature film |
| 2003 | Fat Pizza | Jeholy Witness | Feature film |
| 2011 | A Few Best Men | Celebrant Robin Arthur | Feature film |
| 2012 | Housos vs Authority | Senator | Feature film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1984-85 | The Gillies Report | Various characters | TV series |
| 1994 | Maralinga, or Wise After the Event | Performer | Video |
| 1985 | Winners | Pianist | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1986 | The Gillies Republic | | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 1987 | The Dingo Principle | Various characters | TV series |
| 1990 | The Party Machine | Various characters | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1991 | Tuesday Night Live: The Big Gig | Various characters | TV series, 11 episodes |
| 1992 | Kittson Fahey | Various characters | TV series |
| 1992 | Gillies and Company | Various characters | TV series |
| 1994 | Three Men and a Baby Grand | Various characters | TV series |
| 2003–07 | Pizza | Prime Minister John Howard | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2011 | The Jesters | Toby Linville | TV series, 1 episode |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1974 | The Audition | Actor | AMP Theatrette, Sydney |
| 1975 | The Cool Duenna | Composer | Marian Street Theatre |
| 1976 | I Do! I Do! | Musical Director | Marian Street Theatre |
| 1976 | Tarantara! Tarantara! | Mr White (also Musical Director) | Australian national tour with Marian Street Theatre |
| 1977 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Musical Director | Marian Street Theatre |
| 1977 | The Tempest | Musician, Keyboardist | Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre Company for Fesrival of Sydney |
| 1978 | Miss Julie | Musical Advisor | Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre Company |
| 1978 | Hay Fever | Composer | Canberra Theatre Centre, Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre Company |
| 1978 | A Lad 'n' His Lamp | Musical Arranger | Marian Street Theatre |
| 1978 | Jumpers | Musical Director | Nimrod Upstairs for Festival of Sydney |
| 1980 | Exercise in Three | Playwright | Playhouse Canberra with Last Ditch Theatre Company |
| 1980 | Little Red Riding Hood | Musical Director | Phillip Street Theatre |
| 1980 | Kiss Me, Kate | Musical Director | Marian Street Theatre |
| 1981 | Privates on Parade | Actor / Pianist (also Musical Director) | Q Theatre, Penrith, Seymour Centre, Theatre Royal, Hobart, Burnie Theatre, Princess Theatre, Launceston |
| 1981 | Dick Whittington and His Cat | Musical Director | Phillip Street Theatre |
| 1981-82 | The Rocky Horror Show | Musical Director | Australian national tour |
| 1982 | Flash Jim | Actor | Nimrod Upstairs |
| 1982 | A Night with the Right | Composer / Writer | Nimrod Downstairs |
| 1982-83 | Safety in Numbers | Writer | Q Theatre, Penrith, Orange Civic Theatre, Ensemble Theatre, The Hole in the Wall Theatre Perth |
| 1983 | Night of National Reconciliation | Pianist | Kinselas, Sydney |
| 1984 | Zen and Now | Actor (also Playwright / Musical Director) | The Sett Up for Adelaide Fringe Festival |
| 1984 | A Toast to Melba | Actor (also musical director) | Nimrod Upstairs |
| 1986 | Tomfoolery | Actor | Seymour Centre for Festival of Sydney |
| 1986 | Sendire Sat-ups and Song | Performer | Canberra Theatre Centre |
| 1986 | Nothing Like a Dame | Writer | Kinselas |
| 1987 | Zen and Now | Actor (also Playwright) | SWY Theatre Perth |
| 1989 | Lipstick Dreams | Composer | Playhouse Newcastle |
| 1991 | Three Men and a Baby Grand | Devisor / Musician | Tilbury Hotel Woolloomooloo, Playhouse Newcastle, Fairfax Studio Melbourne, Space Theatre Adelaide |
| 1992 | An Evening with Wendy Harmer and Dillie Keane | Musician | Lion Arts Centre |
| 1992 | Love Letters | Actor | Tasmania with Mummers Theatre Company |
| 1992 | Good Enough to be Famous | Actor (also Creator) | Tilbury Hotel Woolloomooloo |
| 1993 | The Grand Opening Galah | Comedian | Canberra Theatre Centre with Comedy Summit |
| 1993 | The Friday Night Comedy Summit | Comedian | Canberra Theatre Centre with Comedy Summit |
| 1994 | Pavlova: Queen of the Desserts | Actor (also Musical Director) | Tilbury Hotel Woolloomooloo |
| 1996 | Getting Stuffed | Performer | Glen Street Theatre |
| 1996 | Tilbury Hotel 10th Anniversary Gala | Performer | Tilbury Hotel |
| 1996 | Yesterday is Now | Musical Director | Tilbury Hotel, Queanbeyan School of Arts Cafe |
| 1996-97 | Abroad with Two Men | Musical Director | Melbourne International Comedy Festival & Australian national tour |
| 1997 | Wunnerful Liberace | Musician / Playwright | Wharf Theatre with STC & Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras |
| 1997 | Su Cruikshank and Phil Scott | Performer | 135 Bar and Grill, Sydney |
| 1998 | Tilly's Turn | Musical Supervisor | Stables Theatre |
| 2000 | The End of the Wharf as We Know It | Writer | Wharf Revue at Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2000 | Sunday in Iraq with George | Actor (also Writer) | Wharf Revue at Wharf Theatre with STC |
| 2000 | Serious Cabaret | Performer | Cafe 9, Sydney |
| 2001 | The Best Bits of That Broad and Those Men | Performer (also Devisor) | Glen Street Theatre |
| 2001 | Free Petrol | Actor (also Writer) | Wharf Revue at Wharf Theatre with STC |
| 2001 | Serious Cabaret | Performer (also Devisor) | Banquet Room Adelaide, Glen Street Theatre, Cafe 8 Sydney |
| 2001 | Wharf Revue | Performer | Dunstan Playhouse Adelaide |
| 2001 | Phil Scott in Serious Cabaret | Performer | Street Theatre Studio Canberra |
| 2001 | Quiz Night | MC | Cabaret East Sydney |
| 2001 | Free Petrol Too | Actor / Writer | Wharf Revue at Wharf Theatre with STC |
| 2001 | Hats Off! | Performer | Star City |
| 2001 | Wendy Live: Up Late and Loving It | Musician | Wharf Theatre with STC |
| 2002 | Oh! What a Night | Adaptor | State Theatre Melbourne |
| 2002 | The Year of Living Comfortably | Actor | Wharf Revue at Wharf Theatre with STC |
| 2001 | Serious Cabaret: Phil Scott | Performer / Musician (also Creator) | Chapel Off Chapel |
| 2002 | The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular | Extra dialogue | Australian national tour |
| 2002 | Much Revue About Nothing | Performer | Wharf Revue with STC |
| 2003 | Phil Scott in Out Loud | Performer / Musician (also Creator) | Chapel Off Chapel |
| 2002 | The Year of Living Comfortably | Performer | Wharf Revue at Riverside Theatres Parramatta with STC |
| 2003 | Muf-Tee | Actor | Stables Theatre |
| 2003 | Trevor Ashley Pop Princess | Writer | Chapel Off Chapel |
| 2003 | Orpheus in the Underworld | Librettist | Sydney Opera House, State Theatre Melbourne |
| 2004 | The Republic of Myopia | Musician / Pianist (also Writer / Musical Director) | Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2004 | Fast and Loose | Performer | Wharf Revue at Glen Street Theatre with STC |
| 2005 | Concert for Tax Relief | Musician (also Writer) | Wharf Theatre with STC |
| 2005 | The Q Story | Actor | Q Theatre, Penrith |
| 2005 | Pearlie in the Park | Composer | Seymour Centre |
| 2005-06 | Stuff All Happens | Performer (also Writer) | Wharf Revue at Wharf Theatre, Theatre Royal, Hobart & NSW tour with STC |
| 2006 | The Illusion | Actor | Darlinghurst Theatre |
| 2006 | Best We Forget | Writer | Wharf Theatre with STC |
| 2006 | Revue Sans Frontieres | Musical Director / Writer | Wharf Revue at Wharf Theatre, Lennox Theatre Parramatta with STC |
| 2007 | Pearlie in the Park | Composer | Frankston Arts Centre, Clocktower Centre Moonee Ponds, Her Majesty's Theatre Ballarat, Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre |
| 2007 | My Long Awaited Comeback | Performer (also Writer) | The Butterfly Club Melbourne |
| 2007 | Up Close and Musical | Singer | Theatre Royal, Sydney |
| 2007 | The Tempest | Actor (also Composer / Sound Designer) | Bondi Pavilion |
| 2007-08 | Beware of the Dogma | Performer (also Writer / Musical Director) | Wharf Revue at Wharf Theatre & Australian national tour |
| 2008 | Revue Sans Frontieres | | Banquet Room Adelaide with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2008 | Milli, Jack and the Dancing Cat | Musical Director | Australian national tour |
| 2008 | Waiting for Garnaut | Performer (also Musical Director) | Wharf Revue at Wharf Theatre, Casula Powerhouse with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2008 | Beware of the Dogma | Performer (also Writer / Musical Director) | Wharf Revue at Illawarra Performing Arts Centre |
| 2008 | Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Dramaturge / Script Consultant | Lyric Theatre Sydney |
| 2009 | The Twink and the Showgirl | Performer | The Butterfly Club Melbourne |
| 2009 | Orpheus in the Underworld | Adaptor | Scott Theatre Adelaide |
| 2009-10 | Pennies from Kevin | Actor | Wharf Revue at Wharf Theatre & Australian national tour with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2010 | Gentlemen Prefer Blokes | Writer | Theatre Works St Kilda |
| 2010 | Hugh Sheridan in Newley Discovered | Devisor | Dunstan Playhouse, Sydney Opera House |
| 2010 | A Day in the Death of Joe Egg | Composer | Australian national tour |
| 2010 | Not Quite Out of the Woods | Performer (also Creator / Musical Director) | Wharf Revue at Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2011 | Debt Defying Acts | Performer (also Creator / Musical Director ) | Wharf Revue Australian national tour with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2011 | Fat Swan | Writer | Seymour Centre |
| 2012 | The Unspeakable Itch | Songwriter | Darlinghurst Theatre |
| 2011-12 | Red Wharf: Beyond the Rings of Satire | Writer | Wharf Revue at Wharf Theatre, Canberra Theatre Centre, Dame Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Lennox Theatre Parramatta with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2013 | Whoops! | Creator / Writer | Wharf Revue at Wharf Theatre, Dame Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Casula Powerhouse, Glen Street Theatre, Canberra Theatre Centre with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2013 | Torch Song Trilogy | Musical Director | Darlinghurst Theatre |
| 2013 | Phil Scott: Cabaret Survivor | Performer | Space Theatre, Adelaide at Adelaide Cabaret Festival |
| 2014, 2017 | Mario: The Story and Music of Mario Lanza | Performer (also Creator / Writer) | Festival Theatre, Adelaide with Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Courtyard Theatre, Canberra |
| 2014 | Pete the Sheep | Lyricist | Australian national tour |
| 2014 | Open for Business | Performer (also Wroter / Creator) | Wharf Revue at Dame Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Casula Powerhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre, Glen Street Theatre with STC |
| 2014, 2017 | Reviewing The Situation | Lionel Bart (also Writer) | Artspace, Adelaide, Chapel Off Chapel, Hayes Theatre Co |
| 2015-20 | The Wharf Revue 2015 - Celebrating 15 Years | Performer (also Writer / Musical Director) | Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Dame Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Playhouse Canberra, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, Wharf Theatre, Byron Theatre & Online with STC |
| 2015 | Up Late With... | Performer | Alex Theatre, St. Kilda for Melbourne Cabaret Festival |
| 2016 | Trevor Ashley in Liza's Back! (is broken) | Creator | Fairfax Studio, Melbourne |
| 2016 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | Ci Scruggs / The Governor | Seymour Centre |
| 2016 | Rhonda Burchmore and Trevor Ashley: Twins | Writer | Dunstan Playhouse |
| 2016 | Pete the Sheep | Music / lyrics | The Art House Wyong, Fairfax Studio Melbourne, Sydney Opera House |
| 2016 | Back to Bite You | Performer (also Creator / Musical Director) | Wharf Revue at Wharf Theatre with STC |
| 2016 | The Wharf Revue 2016 | Performer (also Musical Director) | Theatre Royal, Hobart, Newcastle Civic Theatre, Dame Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, IMB Theatre Wollongong with STC |
| 2016 | Reviewing the Situation | | Helpmann Award nominee |
| 2017 | Wharf Revue 2017 | Performer (also Musical Director / Writer) | Canberra Theatre Centre, Wharf Theatre with STC |
| 2019 | Wharf Revue 2019 | Writer | Roslyn Packer Theatre |
| 2020-22 | Good Night and Good Luck | Various characters | Wharf Revue at Roslyn Packer Theatre, Majestic Cinemas, Riverside Theatres Parramatta with STC |
| 2021 | Can of Worms | | Wharf Revue at Seymour Centre with STC |
| 2022 | 30 Something | Performer | Space Theatre, Adelaide, Hayes Theatre |
| | Dr Pangloss | Narrator | Sydney Opera House |

## Personal life

Scott was married and has two daughters. He has been in a relationship with his partner Michael for over twenty years. His elder daughter, Dr. Phoebe Scott, is a curator at the National Gallery of Singapore. His younger daughter, Georgie Scott, is an actress.