# Anthony Hawkins

Anthony Hawkins (30 September 1932 – 23 September 2013), was an English-born, Australian-based television actor. He was best known for his roles as Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Smith in the police procedural Special Squad (1984) and Frank diAngelo on The Saddle Club. He also had a recurring role in Prisoner as Bob Morris from 1980 to 1982.
He trained as an actor at Guildhall School of Music and Drama following a brief stint working as a policeman in England.

## Stage

He was part of the cast in the first public performance of Kenneth G. Ross's important Australian play Breaker Morant, presented by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Athenaeum Theatre, in Melbourne in 1978.
He also appeared in the play The Happy Apple at St Martins Theatre in Melbourne in 1971. He toured the United States with Alfie, played in Birds on the Wing in Melbourne, and Bandwagon in Hobart.

## Television

Early TV work was in the United Kingdom and included an appearance as a police constable in the television series No Hiding Place in 1959. He also acted in the Scotland Yard film series of shorts. His TV work in Australia included Ryan and Perryman on Parade, and frequent appearances on police dramas including Matlock Police, Division 4, Homicide and Cop Shop. In 1978, he made his film debut in a minor role in Brian De Palma's The Fury. During the next two years, he starred in the television miniseries Against the Wind and The Last Outlaw and appeared in police series Bluey (1976) before appearing in the soap opera Prisoner. Introduced as Bob Morris, the father of inmate Tracey Morris (Sue Devine), he eventually became a recurring character after the on-screen marriage of Bob Morris to Meg Jackson (Elspeth Ballantyne). He stayed with the series on an irregular basis until 1982, when he was written out entirely. That same year he made a cameo appearance with a number of his fellow Prisoner co-stars in the film Kitty and the Bagman.
He made a guest appearance in Carson's Law, and appeared in the films Phar Lap and Strikebound before joining the cast of Special Squad as Greg Smith, a role he played from 1984 to 1985. Playing a supporting role as Allenby in the 1987 film The Lighthorsemen, during the late 1980s he also made appearances on The Flying Doctors, Inside Running and the 1989 television movie Darlings of the Gods which featured cameo appearances of several other former Prisoner co-stars.
During the early 1990s, he appeared on Kelly, Bony and The Damnation of Harvey McHugh as well as in police dramas Janus and Mercury. His late career included recurring roles in Ocean Girl, Tales of the South Seas and, on the popular Australian children's TV series The Saddle Club.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1977 | Raw Deal | Colonel | Feature film |
| 1977 | Looking for Mr Goodbar | Chuck | Feature film |
| 1978 | The Fury | Chase #1 Shotgun | Feature film |
| 1982 | Lookin' to Get Out | Bernie's Assistant | Film |
| 1982 | A Shifting Dreaming | Police Commissioner J.C. Cawood | TV movie |
| 1982 | Kitty and the Bagman | Simon Mornington | Feature film |
| 1983 | Phar Lap | | Feature film |
| 1984 | Strikebound | Police Sergeant | Feature film |
| 1985 | I Live with Me Dad | Major Briggs | Feature film |
| 1986 | Body Business | Steve | TV movie |
| 1987 | The Lighthorsemen | Allenby | Feature film |
| 1989 | Darlings of the Gods | Cecil Tennant | TV movie |
| 2013 | The American Bickman Burger | Voiceover | Short film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1959 | BBC Sunday Night Theatre | | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1959 | The Case Before You | Police Sergeant | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1959 | The Moonstone | | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place | Police Constable | TV series |
| 1960 | The Army Game | | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1960 | Scotland Yard | Detective Sergeant Halton | Short film series, 1 episode |
| 1972 | Perryman on Parade | | TV series |
| 1973 | Ryan | Adler | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1971-75 | Division 4 | Andrew Manners / Sydney Martin / Tim Freer / Dr Bob Whitfield | TV series, 5 episodes |
| 1973-75 | Matlock Police | Pearce / Thorpe | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1975 | Homicide | John Masters / Jack Peters / Gerald Rivers | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1976 | Power Without Glory | Detective Roberts | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1977 | Bluey | David Andrews | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1978 | Against the Wind | Surgeon Balmain | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1978 | The Sullivans | Sergeant | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 1978-79 | Cop Shop | Mr Young / Health Inspector / Leonard Fishman / Chadwick | TV series, 5 episodes |
| 1979 | Skyways | Mr Salter | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1980 | Water Under the Bridge | Mason | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1980 | The Last Outlaw | Superintendent Hare | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 1980-82 | Prisoner | Bob Morris / Detective Sergeant Little | TV series, 36 episodes |
| 1982 | Winner of the Sun | Goodman | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1982 | Winner Takes All | | TV miniseries, 10 episodes |
| 1983 | Carson's Law | Charlie Miller | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1984 | Waterfront | Sir William McPherson | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1984 | Eureka Stockade | Dr Stewart | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1984 | Infinity Limited | Detective Sergeant Strapp | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1984-85 | Special Squad | Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Smith | TV series, 40 episodes |
| 1986 | Prime Time | Harry Jones | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1987-90 | The Flying Doctors | Detective Bennett / Rex Dermody | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1989 | Inside Running | | TV series |
| 1989 | The Magistrate | Douglas Shaw | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 1990 | All the Rivers Run II | Melville | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1991 | The Great Air Race (aka Half a World Away) | Thomas Perrin | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1991-92 | Kelly | Mike Patterson | TV series, 26 episodes |
| 1992 | Bony | Evan Baxter | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994 | Janus | Justice Zamel | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1994 | The Damnation of Harvey McHugh | Sapersteen | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1994-99 | Blue Heelers | Frank Williams / Dr Quentin Morris / Bernie Granger | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1995 | Snowy River | Major Sutcliffe | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1995-97 | Ocean Girl | Searcher #1 / Male Elder | TV series, 5 episodes |
| 1996 | Mercury | Hamish Godbold | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1998-2000 | Tales of the South Seas | Bishop | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2001-02 | Cybergirl | McMurtrie | TV series, 11 episodes |
| 2001-03 | The Saddle Club | Frank diAngelo | TV series, 7 episodes |
| 2002 | Marshall Law | Judge Green | TV miniseries, 5 episodes |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Company / Venue |
| | Oliver Twist | | |
| | The Cigarette Girl | | |
| | Alfie | | U.S. tour |
| 1971 | Bandwagon | | Princess Theatre, Launceston & Theatre Royal, Hobart |
| 1971 | The Happy Apple | | St Martins Theatre |
| | The Patrick Pearse Motel | | St Martins Theatre |
| 1972 | Saiad Days | | St Martins Theatre |
| 1972 | Birds on the Wing | Waiter | St Martins Theatre |
| 1972 | Dangerous Corner | | Theatre 62 |
| 1973 | A Celebration of the Life and Vision of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin | | Australian Council for the Arts at Dallas Brooks Hall |
| 1973 | A Voyage Round My Father | | Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, University of NSW |
| | No Sex Please, We're British | | Sydney & Melbourne |
| 1974 | Ice Age | | Theatre 62 at Prince Alfred College Hall, South Australia for Adelaide Festival of Arts |
| 1974 | The Guardsman | | Theatre 62 at Port Lincoln Civic Hall |
| 1974 | Dangerous Corner | | Theatre 62 |
| 1975 | Hamlet | | Monash University |
| 1976 | More Canterbury Tales | | Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne |
| 1977 | The Merchant of Venice | | Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre |
| 1977 | Desire Under the Elms | | Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre |
| 1978 | Breaker Morant | Third Interrogator; Mr. Robinson; Officer; Colonel Hamilton | Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre |
| 1978 | The Playboy of the Western World | | Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre |
| 1978 | Under Milk Wood | | Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre |
| 1978 | The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui | Giri | Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre & University of Melbourne |
| 1978 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Teddy Brewster | Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre |
| 1979 | Journey's End | | Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre |
| 1979 | Macbeth | | Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre |
| 1979 | Arms and the Man | | Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre |
| 1979 | Uncle Vanya | | Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre |
| 1979 | The Rivals | | Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre |
| 1980 | The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs | | Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre |
| 1980 | Bent | Freddie | Melbourne Theatre Company at Russell Street Theatre |
| 1980 | The Man Who Came to Dinner | | Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre |
| 1981 | The Man from Mukinupin | | Russell Street Theatre |
| 1981 | A Man for All Seasons | The Duke | Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre |
| 1981 | The Good Person of Setzuan | | Melbourne Theatre Company at Athenaeum Theatre |
| 1987 | Count Dracula | Count Dracula | Royal Queensland Theatre Company at Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane |
| 1992 | Vladimir's Carrot | | University of Adelaide |
| 1992 | Much Ado About Nothing | | University of Adelaide |
| 1993 | The Temple | | Playbox Theatre Company at Merlyn Theatre, West Gippsland Arts Centre & Monash University |
| 1994 | The Tempest | | Wills Court, Adelaide |
| 1994 | Lenin / America / Wake | | University of Adelaide |
| 1996 | The Comedy of Errors | Antipholus of Syracuse | University of Adelaide & Union Hall, Adelaide |
| 2005 | Urinetown the Musical | | Bondi Pavilion |

## Death

Anthony Hawkins died from cancer on 23 September 2013, aged 80.