John Ewart

John Reford Ewart (26 February 1928 – 8 March 1994) was an Australian actor of radio, stage, television and film. Ewart was a double recipient of the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role[1]

For other people named John Ewart, see John Ewart (disambiguation).

John Ewart
Born
John Reford Ewart

26 February 1928
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died8 March 1994(1994-03-08) (aged 66)
Greenwich, New South Wales Australia
EducationScots College
Occupation(s)Actor, entertainer
Years active1947–1994
SpouseJane Fennell
Children4

Biography

Career

Ewart, who was born in Melbourne, Victoria to Alfred Adam Ewart an insurance agent and his wife Jennie Grace Madge Lois (nee Macauley) began his acting career when he was cast at the age four in a radio production of Snow White. At the age of 18, he made his film debut in the lead role of Mickey O'Riordan in Charles Chauvel's production of Sons of Matthew.

Ewart appeared in hundreds of Australian radio, theatre, film and television productions. To many thousands of Australians who grew up in the 1950s and '60s, he will be remembered as "Jimm", the boyishly cheeky co-presenter of the ABC Radio Children's Session, and in the title role of its long-running serial The Muddle-Headed Wombat.

He was well known for his role in the film Sunday Too Far Away, his ongoing role in the Australian TV series The Restless Years in 1980–81, and his lead role opposite Nicole Kidman in Bush Christmas. He was proudest of his starring role in the 1977 film The Picture Show Man.

Personal life

Ewart married four times, firstly to Lorraine Marie Croke, a Sydney beauty consultant in May 1951 and had twins, a son and a daughter, but divorced a few years later, he then married Susan Mary Newton, a broadcasting presentation consultant on 17 April 1966, with whom he had 2 daughters. They divorced in 1978 and on 24 December he married public relations consultant Patricia De Heer

In 1992 he became engaged to TV presenter Jane Fennell, but they postponed the wedding after the death of her father, Ewart's long time friend Willie Fennell. They were married on 8 March 1994 in a bedside ceremony as Ewart was dying of throat cancer. He died five days after the wedding.[2]

Film awards

Filmography

Film

TV Work
  • Bodgie (1959, TV Movie)
  • A Night Out (1961, TV Movie) .... Albert
  • The Hungry Ones (1963, TV Series)
  • Arthur! And the Square Knights of the Round Table (1966, TV Series short) .... (voice)
  • Nice and Juicy (1966-1967) .... Mort Hamlin
  • The Barry Crocker Show (1966) .... Himself (1966-1967)
  • Bellbird (1967)
  • Contrabandits (1967) .... Murdoch
  • The Long Arm (1970) .... Lenny
  • Division 4 (1970-1975) .... James Barrett / Logan / Paddy Ryan / Alby / Bernie Lewis / Ted Watts / Bob Shaw
  • Homicide (1971-1974) .... Richardson / Derek Thomas / Bert Doyle / Buster White / Andy Simpson / Ron Fisher / Ray
  • Matlock Police (1971-1975) .... Billy Ross / Rob Lucas / Arthur Wilson / Harry Green / Geoff Mitchell / Bob Jones / 'Buttercup' Sands
  • Catwalk (1972) .... Torchy Byrne
  • The Man Who Shot the Albatross (1972, TV Movie)
  • Soloman (1973, TV Movie)
  • Ryan (1974) .... Charlie Bell / Jones
  • The Hotline (1974, TV Movie)
  • Ben Hall (1975)
  • The Last of the Australians (1975)
  • Alvin Purple (1976) .... Sos Temple / Bus Driver / Mack / Murray
  • Silent Number (1976) .... Burton
  • Arena (1976, TV Movie)
  • King's Men (1976)
  • Who Do You Think You Are? (1976, TV Series)
  • Master of the World (1976, TV Movie) (voice)
  • Number 96 (1976) .... Oswald P. Piper (1976)
  • The Outsiders (1977) .... Frank Kennedy
  • The Restless Years (1977, TV Series) .... Chris Hunter
  • Cop Shop (1978) .... Ted Campbell
  • Chopper Squad (1978) .... The Bushwalker
  • The Truckies (1978) .... Spanner
  • Cass (1978, TV Movie)
  • Plunge into Darkness (1980, TV Movie)
  • The Department (1980, TV Movie)
  • The Young Doctors (1980) .... Horrie Jamison
  • Bellamy (1981) .... Sid Coleman
  • A Country Practice (1981-1990) .... Lachlan Morrison / Harry Jolly / Clarrie King / Maurie Wilson / Howard Welbourne
  • Island Trader (1982, TV Movie)
  • Kindred Spirits (1984, TV Movie) .... Tommy
  • Supersleuth (1984, TV Movie)
  • Special Squad (1984) .... Mungo Lennox
  • A Fortunate Life (1986, TV Mini-Series) .... Bentley
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1986, TV Movie) .... Gabriel John Utterson
  • Mother and Son (1986) .... Hospital Worker
  • The Last Frontier (1986, TV Movie) .... Henry Dingwell
  • John Norton: A Willesee Documentary (1987, TV Movie) .... John Norton
  • True Believers (1988, TV Mini-Series) .... Fred Daley
  • The Heroes (1988, TV Movie) .... Bill Reynolds
  • Boys From the Bush (1991, TV Series)
  • Which Way Home (1991, TV Movie) .... Ferguson
  • Tracks of Glory (1994) .... Syd Melville (final appearance)

References
  1. Jennie Lees (2020). "Ewart, John Record (1928-1994)". Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. Harris M. Lentz (1994). Obituaries in the Performing Arts. McFarland. p. 63.
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