Barry Quin (born 1949) credited also as Barry Quinn, is a British-Australian actor and briefly producer who has appeared on stage and television and film, on the small screen he has featured in numerous TV series and mini-series, but he is best known for his role as an original cast member of TV series Prisoner playing Dr. Greg Miller.

Barry Quin
Born
Barry Quin

1949 (age 74–75)
England, United Kingdom
EducationRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama
OccupationActor
Years active1972–89; 1992–present
Spouse
(m. 1979; div. 1989)

Biography

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A graduate of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, Quin was primarily a stage actor in his early career. After a small role in the British television series Just William in 1977, he had bit parts on UK sitcom Two's Company and US drama series Charlie's Angels.

He was touring Australia as part of a stage production of Othello when he met his future wife Peta Toppano. While auditioning for Prisoner, Toppano suggested Quin for the role of Greg Miller when she learned the producer was looking for an actor to play a young prison doctor. Both their characters were introduced with the storyline of the two having had a prior relationship as old university sweethearts. Shortly after the series debuted, they were married in April 1979.[1] The two remained on the series until the end of the 1979 season, when they were written out for their characters too, to be married.

In 1980, he would star in the television miniseries Lucinda Brayford co-starring Wendy Hughes and Sam Neill and, the following year, in Sara Dane. He appeared in a number of television series including M.P.S.I.B. and Carson's Law. Although having minor roles in I Can't Get Started and Departure, he had moderate success as Lt. Zachariah Hicks in the 1987 television miniseries Captain James Cook followed by Emma: Queen of the South Seas (1987) and Cappuccino (1989) in which he was also credited as an associate producer.

After Darlings of the Gods (1989), Quin took a leave of absence from acting coinciding with his divorce from Peta Toppano. He returned to acting three years later with a guest appearance on Police Rescue and Mission Top Secret. Before long, he began playing recurring characters on Big Sky and Mirror, Mirror II. He also made guest appearances on Murder Call, Water Rats, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, The Secret Life of Us, Love My Way and All Saints.

In April 2002, he also returned to the stage performing as Gordon in David Williamson's Soulmates at the Sydney Opera House. After a cameo appearance as a news anchorman in Superman Returns (2006), Quin made several appearances as Geoff Olivetti in Home and Away between 2006 and 2009.

Barry also played the character Professor Sorvad in the 2011 Australian comedy movie Dealing with Destiny.

He also played 'Phil' in two episodes of the YouTube web series The Horizon in 2013.[2]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Production Role Type
1977 No Appointment Necessary Nicholas Hodgekiss Film
1985 I Can't Get Started John Feature film
1986 Departure Jack Feature film
1988 Emma: Queen of the High Seas The Hon. W.H. Lyttelton
1989 Darlings of the Gods Dan Cunningham TV movie
1989 Cappuccino Larry Feature film
1993 Corrupt Justice Julian Roberts TV movie
2003 Subterano Feature film
2006 Superman Returns News Anchor #5 Feature film
2008 Disgrace Desmond Swarts Feature film
2011 Dealing with Destiny Professor Sovad Feature film
2013 Battle Ground Dr. Bennett
2014 John Doe: Vigilante Dr Keith Simms Feature film
2017 Dance Academy: The Movie Competition Judge Feature film
2017 2.22 Samuel Keifer Film
2018 Skinford: Chapter Two The Tailor

Television

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Year Production Role Type
1972 Kate Tony Graham TV series, 9 episodes
1973 Harriet's Back in Town Tarquin Melville TV series, 8 episodes
1973 Crime of Passion Marcel Verenne TV series
1975 Ten from the Twenties Hugh Garthorne TV series
1977 Just William Ward Hadlow TV series
1977 Jubilee Francis Considine TV series
1978 Two's Company Greg TV series
1978 Charlie's Angels Ed Jarvis TV series
1979 Salvage 1 Engineer TV series
1979 Skyways Jeremy Drake TV series
1979-80 Prisoner Dr. Greg Miller TV series
1980 Lucinda Brayford Hugo Brayford TV miniseries
1981 Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls Messenger TV miniseries
1982 Sara Dane Richard Barwell TV miniseries
1983 Carson's Law TV series
1982-83 M.P.S.I.B S.C. Gary Manore TV series
1988 Australians Private Kingsley TV series
1988 Captain James Cook Lt. Hicks TV miniseries
1992 Police Rescue Mr. Scanlon TV series
1995 G.P. David Harding TV series
1995 Mirror, Mirror Gervaise de Luttrelle TV series
1995 Mission Top Secret Thornton TV series
1997 Big Sky Simon Kroger TV series
1998 Murder Call Dr. Charles Stark TV series
1997-2001 Water Rats Raffe Johanssen / David Faraday TV series
2001 Ihaka: Blunt Instrument Andrew TV movie
2002 The Lost World Lionel Huxley TV series
2004 Jessica McDonald TV miniseries
2005 The Secret Life of Us Hunter Davies TV series
2006 Love My Way Derek TV series
2002-09 All Saints Dr. Simon Byrne / Andy's Father TV series
2006-09 Home and Away Dr Phillip Grigg / Dr. Geoff Olivetti TV series
2009 The Horizon Phil TV series
2010 Rake Dalton TV series
2017 A Place to Call Home Neil O'Sullivan TV series

Personal life

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Quin was married to his Prisoner co-star Peta Toppano during the early 1980s, but they divorced after ten years. He has since remarried.

References

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  1. ^ Kingsley, Hillary (January 2000). "Prisoner Press Clippings – 'Prisoner'". Wentworth Web: an Unofficial Prisoner Cell Block H website. Archived from the original on 1 October 2005.
  2. ^ "Two Sleeps Until The Horizon". www.dnamagazine.com.au. 30 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
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