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Shane Porteous is a Actor, Layout and Storyboard Artist Australien born on 17 august 1942 at Coleraine (Australie)

Shane Porteous

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Birth name John Shane Porteous
Nationality Australie
Birth 17 august 1942 (81 years) at Coleraine (Australie)

John Shane Porteous (born 17 August 1942) is an Australian television character actor, TV screenplay scriptwriter, theatre actor, animation layout artist, and animation voice artist. As a scriptwriter, he is sometimes credited as John Hanlon.

Biography

Shane Porteous is best known for playing original character Dr Terence Elliott in the television drama series A Country Practice during its twelve-year run on the Seven Network 1981-93, a role for which he won the coveted Silver Logie in 1992. He has also won AWGIE Awards for his various scriptwriting projects.

Other TV credits include: Catch Kandy, Homicide, Matlock Police, Certain Women 1973-76, The Box in 1974, Number 96 in 1977, Glenview High, The Restless Years, Neighbours, Home and Away, Blue Heelers and Heartbreak High.

He has also written scripts for several television series, including Neighbours and Home and Away, sometimes under the name John Hanlon.

Porteous has performed in many stage plays, among them Hamlet, Death of a Salesman (1970), the Sydney Theatre Company's production of King Lear and Much Ado About Nothing. He has most recently (June 2010) completed a touring performance of Codgers, with Ron Haddrick (among others).

He was a regular at the Q Theatre in Penrith, New South Wales and was also the ambassador for "The Q", which was demolished in August 2005 and moved to the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre.

Shane Porteous has also provided animation services to Hanna-Barbera, and has created layouts for the film versions of "The Magic Pudding" and "Blinky Bill".

He is referenced in the popular Australian song I'm So Post Modern by The Bedroom Philosopher.

Usually with

Yoram Gross
Yoram Gross
(2 films)
Wendy Hughes
Wendy Hughes
(2 films)
James Mason
James Mason
(1 films)
Norman Kaye
Norman Kaye
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Shane Porteous (6 films)

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Sarah
Sarah (1992)
, 1h10
Directed by Yoram Gross
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Animation
Themes Political films
Actors Mia Farrow, Jacki Weaver, Joan Bruce, Ron Haddrick, Shane Porteous
Rating60% 3.001833.001833.001833.001833.00183
The story is about a little girl during the beginning of the Second World War. When the German soldiers invade, she and her family are forced to hide in the woods. When her grandmother gets sick, her father goes into town for medicine and disappears. Sarah goes out to pick berries and when she returns, the rest of her family is gone. Sarah is forced to survive alone in the woods with only the animals for company. One day she sees some resistance fighters attempt to destroy a bridge the Nazis use to transport weapons. When their attempt fails, she decides to destroy the bridge herself, hoping that her actions may end the war. Over time she is successful, but afterwards sadly realizes that what she has done will not end the war and walks away into the forest.
The Little Convict, 1h20
Directed by Yoram Gross
Genres Drama, Animation, Romance
Actors Rolf Harris, Gary Files, Anne Haddy, Shane Porteous
Roles Jack Doolan (voice)
Rating68% 3.437933.437933.437933.437933.43793
Puzzle
Puzzle (1976)
, 1h15
Directed by Gordon Hessler
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors James Franciscus, Wendy Hughes, Robert Helpmann, Peter Gwynne, Gerard Kennedy, Shane Porteous
Roles Rantz
Rating56% 2.8245452.8245452.8245452.8245452.824545
A woman steals gold from her second husband just before his death. She goes looking for it with her first husband, a tennis pro.
Scobie Malone, 1h38
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Jack Thompson, Judy Morris, Shane Porteous, James Condon, Bryan Brown, Kevin Manser
Roles Constable Russ Clements
Rating52% 2.6482752.6482752.6482752.6482752.648275
Sydney homicide detective Sergeant Scobie Malone (Jack Thompson) and his offsider (Shane Porteous) investigate the murder of Helga (Judy Morris), whose corpse is found in the basement of the Sydney Opera House. Malone had met Helga previously and discovers she was a high class prostitute who was also a mistress of the Minister for Culture (James Workman) and involved with film director Jack Savannah (Joe Martin). In flashback it is shown that Helga was blackmailing the minister and his wife (Jacqueline Knott), along with a crime boss, Mr Sin (Noel Ferrier).

Director

Casper's First Christmas, 30minutes
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Christmas films, Ghost films, Children's films
Actors Julie McWhirter, Daws Butler, Don Messick, John Stephenson, Hal Smith
Roles Layout
Rating66% 3.3335253.3335253.3335253.3335253.333525
Casper and his friend Hairy Scary are in a house about to be demolished on Christmas Eve and go out to look for a new place to move to after Christmas in California. Then Yogi and his friends get lost and arrive at Casper and Hairy's house and clean and decorate it to celebrate Christmas. Then Casper befriends Yogi and company only for Hairy to try to ruin the party with Casper and his new friends. Then Hairy has a change of heart and celebrates Christmas with Casper and his new friends and ending with Santa Claus saving the house and turning it into Hairy's Haunting Lodge.

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