Fredric William Abbott (16 October 1928 – 10 July 1996) was an Australian stage, film and television actor.[1]

Fredric Abbott
in The Saint:The Best Laid Schemes (1968)
Born
Fredric William Abbott

(1928-10-16)16 October 1928
Died10 July 1996(1996-07-10) (aged 67)
Cherrybrook, NSW, Australia
SpouseJoanne Mavis Henthorn

Of Irish descent, Abbott was born a fifth-generation Australian in Newtown, Sydney and was educated at Newtown Boys High School. His career began in the late 1950s at Doris Fitton's Independent Theatre in North Sydney.[1][2]

His TV appearances include Z-Cars (1962), The Avengers (1963),[3] The Saint (1963-8), Danger Man (1965-6), The Baron (1966), The Prisoner (1967) episode Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling, Man in a Suitcase (1968), Department S (1969), The Champions (1969), The Troubleshooters (1971), Special Branch (1974), and The Flying Doctors (1985).[4] His film appearances include Fun and Games (1971), Tower of Evil (1972), Mistress Pamela (1974) and Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978).[1][5]

He died in 1996 after an 18-month-long battle with cancer.[1]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1961 The Hellfire Club Prison Guard Uncredited
1962 On the Beat Minor Role Uncredited
1965 The Good Woman of Chester Square Norman Swithin 2 episodes
1967 Camelot Sir Geoffrey Uncredited
1967 The Prisoner Potter Episode: "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling"
1971 Fun and Games Forbus
1972 Tower of Evil Saul
1974 Mistress Pamela John Andrews
1978 Revenge of the Pink Panther Douvier's Soldier #1
1983,
1985,
1988
A Country Practice Rex Munro, Noel Kitchener, Ron Marshall 6 episodes
1985 The Flying Doctors Vern Daniels 3 episodes
1986 Prisoner Andrew Hinton 14 episodes
1991 Home and Away Roy Jackson 3 episodes

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Frederic Abbot 1926-1996". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 July 1996. p. 36. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  2. ^ "AusStage". www.ausstage.edu.au.
  3. ^ Rogers, Dave (1983). The Avengers. ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph. ISBN 9780907965091.
  4. ^ "Fredric Abbott".
  5. ^ "Fredric Abbott". Archived from the original on 9 April 2018.
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