# Frank Gallacher

Frank Gallacher (7 April 1943 – 23 February 2009) was a Scottish-Australian actor.

## Early life

Gallacher was born in Glasgow in 1943. In 1962, aged 19, he was working in London when his parents and younger sister decided to emigrate to Australia. Gallacher declined to join them, preferring to remain in London, but emigrated to Brisbane a year later where he worked as a schoolteacher. He spent three years in Papua New Guinea teaching English. On his return to Brisbane, he joined an amateur theatre company, which eventually gained him admission to the Queensland Theatre Company.

## Career

In 1977, Gallacher was in Melbourne, performing in David Williamson's play The Club, and he remained with the Melbourne Theatre Company from then on. In 2005, he played Lear in the MTC production of King Lear.
He was well known in the 1970s for his television roles in Shannon's Mob and The Lost Islands.
His film roles included Proof (1991), Dark City (1998), Till Human Voices Wake Us (2002), Peter Pan (2003), One Perfect Day (2004) and December Boys (2007).

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1979 | The John Sullivan Story | Stipra | TV film |
| 1981 | The Homicide Squad | Det Sgt Jerry Harris | TV film |
| 1982 | Heatwave | Dick Molnar | Feature film |
| 1983 | Goodbye Paradise | Keith | Feature film |
| 1988 | Raw Silk | Johnson | TV film |
| 1989 | The Humpty Dumpty Man | Gerry Shadlow | TV film |
| 1991 | Proof | Vet | Feature film |
| 1991 | Deadly | Mick Thornton | Feature film |
| 1993 | Hammers Over the Anvil | Mr. Thomas the Preacher | Feature film |
| 1992 | A Royal Commission into the Australian Economy | Malcolm Turnbull | TV film |
| 1993 | Kill or Be Killed | Gary | Feature film |
| 1994 | Dallas Doll | Stephen Sommers | Feature film |
| 1996 | Mr. Reliable | Don Ferguson | Feature film |
| 1996 | Cody: Fall from Grace | Duncan White | TV film |
| 1997 | Amy | Dr Urquhart | Feature film |
| 1997 | One Way Ticket | Macca | TV film |
| 1998 | Dark City | Chief Inspector Stromboli | Feature film |
| 2000 | Muggers | Det. Sgt. Kernahan | Feature film |
| 2001 | Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story | Schenk | TV movie |
| 2001 | Like It Is | Doc Keenan | Short film |
| 2002 | Black and White | Justice Reed | Feature film |
| 2002 | Till Human Voices Wake Us | Maurie Lewis | Feature film |
| 2003 | Ain't Got No Jazz | David Mann | Short film |
| 2003 | Peter Pan | Alsatian Fogarty (Pirate Crew) | Feature film |
| 2004 | One Perfect Day | Malcolm | Feature film |
| 2006 | Stepfather of the Bride | Ian | Feature film |
| 2007 | Curtin | Jack Beasley | TV film |
| 2007 | December Boys | Father Scully | Feature film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1967 | Bellbird | | TV series |
| 1973 | Boney | Barman | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1973 | Number 96 | Hank | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1973 | Seven Little Australians | Postman | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1974 | Division 4 | Glen Evans / Joe Bianchi | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1974 | Matlock Police | Martin Ross-Smith | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1974 | Silent Number | Barney | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1975 | Ben Hall | 'Goobang' Mick Connolly | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1975 | Homicide | Sydney Green | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1975-76 | Shannon's Mob | Michael Jamieson | TV series, 13 episodes |
| 1976 | Rush | James McNeilly | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1976 | Bluey | Jules | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1976 | The Outsiders | Sgt Peter Blakely | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1976 | The Lost Islands | Quig, Quad's henchman | TV series, 24 episodes |
| 1978 | Against the Wind | Will Price | TV miniseries, 11 episodes |
| 1979 | Prisoner | Paul Bentley | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1979 | Twenty Good Years | Geoff Wilson | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1980 | Locusts and Wild Honey | Jan | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1980 | Young Ramsay | Dave Foster | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1980 | Secret Valley | Dan McCormack | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1980 | The Coast Town Kids | Len Wolding | TV pilot |
| 1980 | Water Under the Bridge | Luigi Mazzini | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1980 | The Last Outlaw | Detective Ward | TV miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 1978-81 | Cop Shop | Robert Harris / Stephen Morris / Vitoria Rossi / Robert Clements / Vince Reed / John Maynard | TV series, 9 episodes |
| 1981 | Bellamy | Flanagan | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1982 | Winner Take All | Mangione | TV miniseries, 10 episodes |
| 1983 | Carson's Law | Dr Hellman | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1983 | All the Rivers Run | Mac | TV miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 1983 | Under Capricorn | Quaife | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1984 | Waterfront | Paddy Ryan | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1984 | A Country Practice | Reggie Russell | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1984 | Banjo's Australia | Reader | TV special |
| 1986 | A Fortunate Life | Bill Oliver | TV ministry, 1 episode |
| 1986 | The Flying Doctors | Harry Morgan | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1986 | The Great Bookie Robbery | Inspector Castleway | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1987 | The Shiralee | Beauty | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1988 | Rafferty's Rules | Louis D'Oering | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1991 | Boys from the Bush | Gavin | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1991 | Brides of Christ | Irish Dean | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1992 | Cluedo | Detective Sergeant Bogong | TV series, 21 episodes |
| 1993 | Seven Deadly Sins | Elliot | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1995 | The Damnation of Harvey McHugh | Sergeant Dale | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1995 | Janus | Haines | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1995 | Snowy River: The McGregor Saga | Grady Hocking | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1996 | The Bite | Larry Schofield | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1998 | The Violent Earth | Father Moissan | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1998 | Driven Crazy | Morris | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1998 | Small Tales and True | Professor Francis Goodrich | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994-2001 | Blue Heelers | Don 'Pop' Watson / Geoff Garrick | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2000-04 | Stingers | William Franks / Jack Conrad | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Horace and Tina | Horace | TV series, 26 episodes |
| 2002 | Marshall Law | Frank Dellabosca | TV miniseries, 8 episodes |
| 2004 | Fergus McPhail | MacCorkindale | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2005 | MDA | Dr. Rupert Carr | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 2006 | Two Twisted | Pierce Bristow | TV series |
| 2007 | All Saints | Bruce Campion | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2009 | Tangle | Pat Mahady | TV series, season 1, 7 episodes |

## Stage
### As actor

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1970 | Wait Until Dark | | SGIO Theatre |
| 1971 | The Wind in the Sassafras Trees | | SGIO Theatre |
| 1971 | The Legend of King O'Malley | | New South Wales, Playhouse Canberra, Queensland, SGIO Theatre |
| 1972 | Lock Up Your Daughters | | SGIO Theatre |
| 1972 | Assault with a Deadly Weapon | | SGIO Theatre |
| 1972 | The Schoolmistress | | SGIO Theatre |
| 1972 | Twelfth Night | Sir Toby Belch | SGIO Theatre |
| 1972 | The Ruling Class | | SGIO Theatre |
| 1972 | Rooted | | Attic Theatre, Toowoomba |
| 1973 | Goldilocks and the Four Bears R. Certificate | | Ensemble Theatre |
| 1973–74 | A Hard God | | Nimrod Street Theatre, Playhouse Canberra |
| 1974 | Summer of the Seventeenth Doll | Roo | SGIO Theatre |
| 1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Randle McMurphy | SGIO Theatre |
| 1975–76 | An Evening with Robert Burns | | SGIO Theatre, Playhouse Adelaide |
| 1976 | The Last of the Knucklemen | Mad Dog | Playhouse Adelaide, Maitland Town Hall, Port Pirie Town Hall, Whyalla Institute, Port Lincoln Civic Hall, Cowell Institute, Port Augusta College, Woomera Village Theatre, Peterborough Town Hall, Gladstone Hall, Clare Town Hall |
| 1976 | Cowboys #2 | | Playhouse Adelaide |
| 1976 | Old King Cole | Faz | Playhouse Adelaide |
| 1977 | Revenge | Adam Hepple | Sheridan Theatre, Adelaide |
| 1977 | The Club | Ted | Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 1977 | Cop Out | Linton Doyle | Russell Street Theatre |
| 1979 | Thérèse Raquin | Laurent | ABC Radio Melbourne |
| 1979 | Paradise Disdained | Commisar | ABC Radio Melbourne |
| 1978 | Mixed Doubles | | Stables Theatre |
| 1979 | Resting Place | | Stables Theatre |
| 1979 | Night | | Stables Theatre |
| 1979 | The Lawyer | | Stables Theatre |
| 1979 | The Vicar | | Stables Theatre |
| 1979 | Dirty Linen | McTeazle, M.P. | Playbox Theatre, Melbourne |
| 1979 | America Hurrah | | Stables Theatre |
| 1980 | The Seagull | Trigorin | Monash University |
| 1980 | Piaf | Leplee | Comedy Theatre, Melbourne |
| 1983 | Antony and Cleopatra | Mark Antony | Playbox Theatre, Melbourne |
| 1984 | A Fortunate Life | | Playhouse, Melbourne |
| 1984 | Pax Americana | | Playhouse, Melbourne |
| 1984 | The Curse of the Werewolf | | Playhouse, Melbourne |
| 1985 | Visions | | Russell Street Theatre |
| 1985 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Theseus / Oberon | Sidney Myer Music Bowl |
| 1985 | Glengarry Glen Ross | | Russell Street Theatre |
| 1985 | Benefactors | | Russell Street Theatre |
| 1987 | Shimada | | Russell Street Theatre |
| 1987 | Twelfth Night | Orsino | Playhouse, Melbourne |
| 1987–88 | The Rivers of China | Gurdjieff | Wharf Theatre, Playhouse, Melbourne |
| 1987 | The Three Musketeers | Athos | Playhouse, Melbourne |
| 1988 | Tristram Shandy – Gent | Dr Slop / Samson / German Scholar | Russell Street Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 1988 | Serious Money | | Russell Street Theatre, Wharf Theatre |
| 1988 | The Proposal & A Respectable Wedding | | Russell Street Theatre |
| 1989 | Mother Courage | | Bridge Theatre, Coniston |
| 1989 | Macbeth | | Playhouse, Melbourne |
| 1989 | Dreams in an Empty City | | Playhouse, Melbourne |
| 1989 | Burn This | Pale | Russell Street Theatre |
| 1990 | The Tempest | | Playhouse, Melbourne |
| 1990 | A Christmas Carol | | Russell Street Theatre |
| 1991 | The Crucible | | Playhouse, Melbourne |
| 1991 | Uncle Vanya | | Russell Street Theatre |
| 1991 | The Cherry Orchard | | University of Wollongong |
| 1992 | Othello | | Playhouse, Melbourne |
| 1992 | A View from the Bridge | Eddie Carbone | Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 1992–93 | Death and the Maiden | Roberto | Wharf Theatre, Russell Street Theatre, Playhouse Theatre Perth, Space Theatre, Adelaide, Sydney Opera House |
| 1994 | Someone Who'll Watch Over Me | Edward | Russell Street Theatre, West Gippsland Arts Centre, Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Monash University with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 1994 | The Lady from the Sea | | Russell Street Theatre |
| 1994 | A Flea in Her Ear | | Playhouse, Melbourne |
| 1995 | Arcadia | | Playhouse, Melbourne |
| 1996 | Skylight | | Cremorne Theatre, West Gippsland Arts Centre, Monash University, Space Theatre, Adelaide, The Capital - Bendigo's Performing Arts Centre, Geelong Performing Arts Centre |
| 1996 | Miss Bosnia | General Jaz | Fairfax Studio, Melbourne, West Gippsland Arts Centre, Monash University, Canberra Theatre, The Capital - Bendigo's Performing Arts Centre, Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Gold Coast Arts Centre with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 1997 | Dealer's Choice | | Fairfax Studio, Melbourne |
| 1997 | Wait Until Dark | Roat | Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 1998 | A Doll's House | | Fairfax Studio, Melbourne |
| 1998 | The Piccadilly Bushman | Mick O'Shea | Malthouse Theatre |
| 1999 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Herbert Greenleaf | Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 1999 | The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui | Arturo | Playhouse, Melbourne |
| 2000 | Death of a Salesman | Willy Loman | Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2001 | Holy Day | Wakefield | Dunstan Playhouse, Malthouse Theatre |
| 2002 | The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union | | Belvoir Street Theatre |
| 2002 | Proof | Robert | Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2003–04 | Frozen | Ralph | Fairfax Studio, Melbourne, Wharf 1 Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2003 | The Lieutenant of Inishmore | Donny | Belvoir Street Theatre |
| 2004 | A Number | | Space Theatre, Adelaide, Brisbane Powerhouse |
| 2005 | King Lear | Lear | Malthouse Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2008 | The Soldier's Tale | | Sacred Heart Chapel, Melbourne |

### As director

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1986 | Glengarry Glen Ross | Director | Sydney Opera House |
| 1989 | The Chocolate Frog and The Old Familiar Juice | Director | Church Theatre, Hawthorn |
| 1991 | A Royal Commission into the Australian Economy | Director | Universal Theatre, Space Theatre, Adelaide |
| 1991 | Sunday Lunch | Director | Russell Street Theatre |
| 1998 | I Do! I Do! | Director | Capers Cabaret, Hawthorn |

## Personal life

Gallacher was married to wife Belinda, and had two children, Conor and Brigid, and a sister Eileen.

## Death

Gallacher passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in a Melbourne hospital on 23rd February 2009, at the age of 65.