Gary Day (born 10 November 1941) is a New Zealand former actor, playwright and lighting director[1] who has appeared in Australian television police drama series, including Homicide and Murder Call.

Gary Day
Born (1941-11-10) 10 November 1941 (age 82)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Occupation(s)Actor, writer
Years active1960-2004 (as actor and playwright)[1]
Known forHomicide, Murder Call
AwardsAustralia Film Institute Award

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Day worked as a male model and appeared in several television commercials. This led to guest roles in episodes of Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, police dramas The Link Men, The Long Arm, Homicide and Matlock Police produced by Crawford Productions. This culminated in the regular role of Senior Detective Phillip Redford in Crawford's series Homicide in 1973. Redford was a university graduate who had served as a bomb disposal expert in Vietnam, and was anti-violence as a result.

Day was the only cast member who appeared in all colour episodes of Homicide until it ceased production in 1975. Following this he appeared as a regular in Crawford's soap opera The Box as Marcus Boyd in 1977.

His other regular series role was as Detective Inspector Malcolm Thorne in Murder Call in 1997–98.

Guest roles include Cop Shop, Carson's Law, Blue Heelers, Halifax f.p., Dogs Head Bay.

Stage roles

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He played the major supporting role of George Witton (to Terence Donovan's leading role of Harry 'Breaker' Morant) in the first public performance of Kenneth G. Ross's important Australian play Breaker Morant: A Play in Two Acts, presented by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Athenaeum Theatre, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on Thursday, 2 February 1978.[1]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Notes Availability
1960 The Adventures of the Terrible Ten Guest role TV series
1969 Skippy Mitch TV seriEd, Season 2, episode 30: Plain Jane Available on DVD
1970 The Link Men Constable TV series, Season 1, episode 10: Somebody's Kid is Missing Available on DVD
1970 The Long Arm Detective Emerson TV series, Season 1, episode 1: The Lion Was the First to Know Available on DVD
1972 Matlock Police Norman Henderson TV series, Season 2, episode 45: A Perfect Gentleman Available on DVD
1972-77 Homicide Senior Detective Phil Redford / Russell Thompson TV series, 134 episodes Available on DVD
1977 The Box Marcus Lloyd TV series, 1 episode Available on DVD
1977-78 Cop Shop Lyle Scott / Philip Stedman / Simon Hutton TV series, 11 episodes Available on DVD
1983 Carson's Law Mr. Ward TV series, episode: Happy Families Available on DVD
1983 Home Denny TV series, Season 1, episode 21 & 22
1984 Mortimer's Patch John Marinovich TV series, Season 3, episode 6: Nothing Changed
1984 Inside Straight Charles Morrison TV series, Season 1, episode 2
1986 The Great Bookie Robbery Coilin Reynolds TV miniseries Available on DVD
1986 The Fast Lane Keel TV series, Season 2, episode 9
1988 The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy TV miniseries
1989 Mission: Impossible Laroux TV series, Season 1, episode 16
1989 A Country Practice Duncan Stevenson TV series, Season 9, episodes 15 & 16 Available on DVD
1990 Come in Spinner Nigel Carstairs TV miniseries Available on DVD
1990 Flair Chuck TV miniseries Not Available
1990 The Great Air Race Ray Parer TV miniseries
1991 Shark in the Park Detective Sergeant Tyson TV series, Season 3, episode 1
1993 Snowy Charlie Gillespie TV series, episodes 6 & 11 Available on DVD
1994-2001 Blue Heelers Commander Reginald Jones TV series, Season 1, episode 8, & Season 8, episodes 27 & 28 Available on DVD
1995 Blue Murder Bill Crofton TV miniseries Available on DVD
1996 Halifax f.p. Sergeant Mick Snow TV series, Season 1, Episode 7:Without Consent Available on DVD
1996 The Bite Coveney TV miniseries
1996 Twisted Lowell TV series, Season 1, Episode 11
1997–2000 Murder Call Detective Inspector Malcolm Thorne TV series, 56 episodes Available on DVD
1999 Dog's Head Bay Stan Fairweather TV series, Season 1, episode 11
1999 Stingers Edgar Voss TV series, Season 2, episode 22 Available on DVD

Films

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Year Title Role Notes Availability
1971 Three to Go David (segment "Judy") Short film
1972 The Man Who Shot the Albatross TV film
1977 Raw Deal Tyrone Leader Feature film
1977 The Mango Tree Constable McHendry Feature film
1978 The Night Nurse Rick TV film
1980 The Quick Brown Fox Paul Sharmann
1980 Departmental
1980 Nightmares Policeman #2 Feature film (aka Night Mares) Available on DVD
1980 Going Home Mike Feature film
1982 Duet for Four Terry Byrne Feature film
1982 Crosstalk Ed Ballinger Feature film Available on DVD
1983 Skin Deep Ed Price TV film Available on DVD
1984 Death Warmed Up Dr. Archer Howell Feature film Available on DVD
1985 Glass Babies Brendan Keller TV film Available on DVD
1985 Natural Causes Warren TV film
1985 Hanging Together Craig Feature film
1986 Body Business Nick Christopher TV miniseries
1987 The Surfer (aka Death Wave) Sam Barlow Feature film
1987 Hard Knuckle Topdog TV film
1989 A Sting in the Tale Barry Robbins Feature film
1990 Harbour Beat Gavin Walker Miniseries
1990 Jigsaw Gordon Carroll Feature film
1991 The Girl from Mars Virgil Feature film
1993 Corrupt Justice Goodwin Feature film
1995 Tunnel Vision Steve Docherty Feature film
1995 On the Dead Side Feature film
2002 Tempe Tip Norman Crisp Feature film

Awards

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Year Award Category TV show Result
2001 Australian Film Institute Awards Won Best Actor in a Guest Role in a TV Drama Series Blue Heelers Won

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gary Day". Ausstage.
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