Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William John "Bill" Hunter (27 February 1940 – 21 May 2011) was an Australian actor of film, stage and television. He appeared in more than 60 films and won two Australian Film Institute Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Hunter (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Cup
2011
as Bart Cummings
At the heart of this true story is Damien Oliver, a young jockey who loses his only brother in a tragic racing accident, hauntingly reflecting of the ...
Red Dog
2011
as Jumbo Smelt
The legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master.
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
as Bubo (voice)
When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.
The Wedding Party
2010
as Priest
When Steve's secret marriage of convenience is discovered by his family, he finds himself at the centre of the world's most farcical wedding, the only...
Australia
2008
as Skipper (Qantas Sloop)
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to pro...
The Square
2008
as Gil Hubbard
Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps l...
Tom White
2004
as Malcolm
Tom White is an architect who chooses to become homeless despite an seemingly otherwise successful life. However, it soon becomes clear that not every...
Bad Eggs
2003
as Ted Pratt
Ben Kinnear and Mike Paddock are two undercover detectives with way too much publicity, who find they can no longer turn a blind eye to the corruption...
Finding Nemo
2003
as Dentist (voice)
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome ...
Horseplay
2003
as Barry Coxhead
A small-time horse trainer has successfully screwed up his life. His wife hates him, hie mistress loathes him and his father-in-law wants to kill him....
Kangaroo Jack
2003
as Blue
Two childhood friends — a New York hairstylist and a wanna-be musician — get mixed-up with the mob and are forced to deliver $50,000 to Australia, but...
Crackerjack
2002
as Stan Coombs
When dwindling membership and increasing overheads makes a local bowling club a prime candidate for a takeover, it's all hands on deck to save the clu...
On the Beach
2000
as Prime Minister Seaton
The world has finally managed to blow itself up and only Australia has been spared from nuclear destruction and a gigantic wave of radiation is floati...
A Difficult Woman
1999
as Paul Scanlon
Anne (Caroline Goodall) is a successful pathologist for a top pharmaceutical corporation, and her life couldn't be better. That is, until one of her o...
The Violent Earth
1998
as Campbell
The Violent Earth is a 1998 French-Australian mini series set in New Caledonia from 1888 to 1977.
15 Amore
1998
as Brendan's Voice
An adult's memoir of a childhood spent with his mother and two sisters in Australia in the closing year of WWII. While his father off fighting the Jap...
The Echo of Thunder
1998
as Cooper (uncredited)
Scenic settings in Australia enhance this Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation, a simple yet engaging tale about a teenage girl's adjustment to a new fa...
Road to Nhill
1997
as Brian
Four women bowlers on their way home to Pyramid Hill (population 550) from a tournament roll their car on a deserted road in rural Victoria. They are ...
River Street
1997
as Vincent Pierce
Ben, an arrogant, hustling property developer is wrongly arrested and things from bad to worse when he accidentally punches a policeman at the station...
Race the Sun
1996
as Commissioner Hawkes
A bunch of high school misfits in Hawaii, introduced by their new teacher, attend a science fair in which they draw up inspiration to build their own ...
Blue Murder
1995
as Angus McDonald
Detective Sergeant Roger "The Dodger" Rogerson got fame because he knew how to take care of most dangerous and violent criminals. His success was, how...
Cody: Fall from Grace
1995
as Sam Wolfe
A jockey is found dead in the street after falling from a balcony of a Hotel. What is thought to be a routine suicide inquiry becomes a murder investi...
Everynight... Everynight
1995
as Berriman
Is an Australian drama film directed by Alkinos Tsilimidos and released in 1994. Based on a play of the same name, written by Ray Mooney, the film det...
Muriel's Wedding
1994
as Bill Heslop
A young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love.
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994
as Bob Spart
Two drag queens and a transgender woman contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a town in the remote Australian desert. As they ...
Shotgun Wedding
1994
as Police Comm. Andrews
Shotgun Wedding is a 1993 Australian film based on the Wally Melish siege.
The Custodian
1994
as Managing Director
Detective James Quinlan has left his alcoholic wife, sprouting a bloom of insecurity, anger and self-motivation within him to expose the corrupt polic...
Broken Highway
1993
as Wilson
In this moody black and white drama, very much in the mode of the American "western," but with its own film noir characteristics, a whole town is heav...
The Last Days of Chez Nous
1992
as Beth's Father
The story of sisters Vicki and Beth, when Vicki begins an affair with Beth's intriguing French husband.
Strictly Ballroom
1992
as Barry Fife
Brave new steps put Scott's career in jeopardy. With a new partner and determination, can he still succeed?
The Leaving of Liverpool
1992
as Father O'Neill
A poignant and forceful saga which traces the fortunes of two English children uprooted from their beloved Liverpool dockside to the alien environment...
Police State
1989
as Graeme Parker
An account of events in Queensland from 1959 to 1988 as disclosed by the Fitzgerald inquiry. Queensland had become as close to a police state as anyth...
Mull
1989
as Frank Mullens
A teenage girl has to terms with her family and herself when her mother falls critically ill. She decides to leave school to look after her family, wh...
Fever
1988
as Sergeant Jack Welles
A policeman discovers a suitcase full of drug money while on duty, meanwhile his wife is having an affair with another man.
Rikky and Pete
1988
as Whitstead
Rikky and her brother Pete struggle to keep their lives from spinning out of control in small town Australia.
Death of a Soldier
1986
as Det. Sgt. Adams
Based on a true story, James Coburn portrays a military lawyer assigned to defend a confessed psychotic killer. Set in the context of WWII and the une...
Sky Pirates
1986
as O'Reilly
Air force Lieutenant Harris starts for a flight to Boa Boa, on board Reverend Mitchell with a box containing a part of a top-secret extraterrestrial k...
Call Me Mr. Brown
1985
as McNeill
Based on the 1971 true story known as "The Great Plane Robbery", this tele-movie tells the story of Peter Macari alias Mr. Brown. Under a grand extort...
Rebel
1985
as Browning
This drama is set in World War II Australia, where an American Marine, Rebel is recuperating from wounds suffered in battle. He is weary of war and is...
An Indecent Obsession
1985
as Colonel Chinstrap
Sister Honour Langtree (Wendy Hughes), is in charge of a military hospital for psychiatric patients. She however transgresses boundaries by developing...
The Hit
1984
as Harry
Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution...
Street Hero
1984
as Det. Fitzpatrick
Vinnie is a teenage boy who is an outcast at school, alienating teachers and students alike. He is a local courier for the local Mafia boss. He lives ...
The Return of Captain Invincible
1983
as Tupper / Coach
In WWII, Captain Invincible used his superpowers against the Nazis and was hailed as a hero. But when he was accused of treason, he retired to Austral...
Far East
1982
as Walker
A cynical Australian Vietnam War veteran runs a sleazy bar in the Philippines. His old flame enters his life again asking for help when her husband, a...
Heatwave
1982
as Robert Duncan
During a Christmas heatwave, a community activist attempts to stop a redevelopment project that is displacing residents in the Kings Cross section of ...
Gallipoli
1981
as Major Barton
As World War I rages, brave and youthful Australians Archy and Frank—both agile runners—become friends and enlist in the Australian and New Zealand Ar...
...Maybe This Time
1981
as Stephen
Fran, the assistant to university professor Paddy, is about to turn 30. She is having an affair with a married minister's aide, Stephen. She returns h...
Hard Knocks
1980
as Brady
A young girl with a background of urban poverty and juvenile crime, attempts to become a fashion model. The hypocrisy and double standards of society ...
Dead Man's Float
1980
as Eddie Bell
A strange warning is followed by near disaster when a speedboat slices John's surfboard in half as his friends look on in horror. His curiosity arouse...
In Search of Anna
1979
as Peter
Tony is released from prison and goes in search of what once was happiness: Anna. He hits the road hoping to find her and makes a friend along the way...
Newsfront
1978
as Len Maguire
Two brothers working as news cameramen for competing companies in '50s Australia find their lives dramatically affected by the constantly changing tim...
Weekend of Shadows
1978
as Bosun
In the 1930s, a farmer's wife in a small town is murdered. Suspicion falls on a Polish labourer and a posse is formed to catch him.
Backroads
1977
as Jack
Two strangers – one white, one black – steal a car in western NSW and head for the coast. Jack is abrasive, cunning and disparaging about Aborigines. ...
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
1976
as Youlden
An old captain & his young wife share a lot of adventures after they're shipwrecked and captured by Aborigines on an island near Australia.
Mad Dog Morgan
1976
as Sgt. Smith
The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s.
The Man from Hong Kong
1975
as Peterson
Australian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and send for Inspector Fang Sing Leng from Hong Kong to...
27A
1974
as Cornish
A middle-aged alcoholic is sentenced to six weeks in jail for a minor offense. While there he undergoes psychiatric treatment for his alcoholism and i...
Stone
1974
as Barman
After one of its members witnesses a political assassination, an outlaw motorbike gang becomes the target of a string of murders, prompting a cop to j...
The Shiralee
1957
as Extra (uncredited)
An Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him. On the road together, going from town to town and...
Yobbos Up The Guts
N/A
as Billy T
A stand-up promoter assembles a roughshod gang of Yobbos for one last comedy tour 'Up The Guts'. A 'Yobbomentary' crew accompany the tour to film an o...
Yobbos Up The Guts
N/A
Director
A stand-up promoter assembles a roughshod gang of Yobbos for one last comedy tour 'Up The Guts'. A 'Yobbomentary' crew accompany the tour to film an o...