Peter Cummins

Peter Cummins (born 2 June 1931) is an Australian retired character actor of stage and screen and chorister who was especially prominent in the 1970s and appeared in some of the most famous Australian films of the period.

Cummins was part of the Carlton group that were influential in Australian theatre of the early 1970s, which also included David Williamson, Max Gillies, Graeme Blundell and Bruce Spence.^[2]

Filmography

Film

• Nothing Like Experience (1970)
• Country Town (1971)
• Bonjour Balwyn (1971) as TV repairman
• Stork (1971) as Sculptor
• Brumby Innes (1973)
• Dalmas (1973) as Plastic Man
• Alvin Purple (1973) as Cab Driver
• Between Wars (1974)
• The Firm Man (1975) as Gerald Baxter
• Sunday Too Far Away (1975) as Arthur Black
• The Great Macarthy (1975) as Rerk
• The Removalists (1975) as Sergeant Simmonds
• The Dreamers (1976)
• God Knows Why, But it Works (1976)
• Mad Dog Morgan (1976) as Gibson
• Storm Boy (1976) as Hideaway Tom
• High Rolling (1977) as Bus Driver
• Blue Fire Lady (1977) as McIntyre
• Trial of Ned Kelly (1977)
• The Lion's Share (1978)
• Double Deal (1983)
• Robbery Under Arms (1985)
• I Live with Me Dad (1985)
• Twelfth Night (1986) as Malvolio
• The Local Rag (1986)
• Sky Pirates (1986) as Colonel Brien
• Frog Dreaming (1986)
• The Fish Are Safe (1986) as Ned Foley
• Kangaroo (1987) as Struthers
• The Umbrella Woman (1987) as Ned Hopper
• Slate, Wyn & Me (1987) as Old Man Downer
• Ground Zero (1987) as Ballantyne
• The Man from Snowy River II (1988) as Jake
• Rikky and Pete (1988) as Delahunty
• Beyond Innocence (1989)
• Turn It Up (1991)
• The Forest (2003)

Television

• The Outsiders (1976)
• Phoenix (1993) as Superintendent Wallace (13 episodes)

References

External links

• Peter Cummins at IMDb
• Peter Cummins theatre credits at AusStage