Occupation Actor Spouse Cecily Gwynne (m. ?–2011) Died November 17, 2011 | Name Peter Gwynne Children Amanda Gwynne | |
Movies Australia, Dot and the Kangaroo, The Magic Pudding, Ride a Wild Pony, Sidecar Racers Similar People Yoram Gross, Baz Luhrmann, John McCallum, Don Chaffey, Gordon Hessler | ||
Peter Gwynne (1929 – 17 November 2011) was a New Zealand-born Australian television actor who was also known for voice-over work.
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Career
Born in New Zealand, Gwynne was a well-recognised character actor, appearing in many of the significant television productions of the 1970s onwards, including Boney, Division 4, Homicide, Matlock Police, Flying Doctors, Return to Eden, A Country Practice and many more.
He is best remembered internationally as Bill McMaster, Stephanie Harper's General Manager at Harper Mining in both the 1983 mini-series & the 1986 series of Return To Eden.
Personal life
Peter Gwynne had a wife, Cecily Polson and a daughter, Amanda to his first wife. Peters Mother (Dorothy Wall) was born in Springwood, New South Wales and moved to NZ after she married Dr Frank Qwynne from Christchurch. Peter last resided at Lane Cove in Sydney NSW, he died on 17 November 2011, aged 82.