Biography
Tommy Dysart (24 December 1935 - 7 June 2022) was a Scottish-born actor, currently resident in Australia. Dysart has been a regular fixture on Australian television for several decades, frequently appearing in guest-starring roles in drama series and comedies, and in character roles in films and miniseries. High-profile early roles included appearances in Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, Phoenix Five, and several roles in the Crawford Productions police drama series Homicide, Division 4 and Matlock Police. In the early 1980s he played what is perhaps his best-known acting role, that of vicious and corrupt prison officer Jock Stewart in Prisoner. In the storyline, after being fired from the prison service Stewart admitted to prisoner Judy Bryant that he was the one responsible for murdering her lesbian lover, fellow prisoner Sharon Gilmour. This revelation brought to a close a murder-mystery storyline in the series but launched a long-running story-arc where Bryant repeatedly escaped from prison in a succession of attempts to exact her revenge on Stewart. After this Dysart continued in guest-starring television roles in drama series and situation comedies, and appeared in many feature f…
Movies & TV Shows
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The Man from Snowy River (1982) — Mountain Man
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Next of Kin (1982) — Harry
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Body Melt (1994) — Sergeant
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The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello (2005) — Captain Griswald (voice)
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Prisoner (1979) — Jock Stewart
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Round the Twist (1990) — Bus Driver
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Bliss (1985) — De Vere
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Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (1968) — Andrews
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Blue Heelers (1993)
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The Flying Doctors (1986) — Inspector Day
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Sky Pirates (1986) — Bartender
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The Man from Snowy River (1994) — Mr. Couch
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Metal Skin (1994) — Mr. Graham
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The Clinic (1983) — Patient
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Strange Fits of Passion (2000) — Taxi Driver
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All Together Now (1991)
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The Games (1998) — Taxi Driver
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Homicide (1964) — Nicolo Rogowski
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Good Guys, Bad Guys (1997) — Athol Amoroso
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Four Jacks (2001)
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River Street (1997) — Sergeant
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Zoo Family (1985) — McGregor
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The Last Outlaw (1980) — Superintendant
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Kelly (1991) — Sgt. Terry Blake
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Eureka Stockade (1984) — Tom Kennedy
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I Live With Me Dad (1985) — Griffin
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What the Moon Saw (1990) — Skip
- Garbo (1992) — Bagpipes
- Friday on My Mind (1990)
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Women of the Sun (1982) — Joe
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Water Under the Bridge (1980) — Hamish
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The Big Killing (1965) — Sgt. Basset
- Come Midnight Monday (1982)