Jon Ewart (06th May 1996) is a British television and film actor. Ewart attended the prestigious National Youth Theatre, Identity School of Acting and has appeared in many successful Television shows.

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 ''

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''. 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 "Jimmy", the boyishly cheeky co-presenter of the ABC Radio '' Children's Session'', and in the title role of its long-running serial ''

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''. He was well known for his role in the film '' Sunday Too Far Away'', his ongoing role in the Australian TV series ''

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'' in 1980–81, and his lead role opposite

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in ''

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''. He was proudest of his starring role in the 1977 film ''

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''.

Personal life

Ewart married four times, firstly to Lorraine Marie Crocker, a Sydney beauty consultant in May 1951 and had 2 sons, 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 the 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

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. 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.

Film awards

* In 1976 John Ewart was nominated for the

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for ''Let the Balloon Go''. * In 1977 he won the

for ''

''.

Filmography

Film

*'' Sons of Matthew'' (1949) .... Mickey O'Riordan *''

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'' (1974) .... Peter *'' Sunday Too Far Away'' (1975) .... Ugly *''

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'' (1975, Documentary) *'' Caddie'' (1976) .... Paddy Reilly *''

Let the Balloon Go ''Let the Balloon Go'' is a 1976 Australian children's film about a young boy with polio in 1917. Plot In 1917 rural New South Wales, a young boy with polio struggles to break free of his overprotective mother. Cast *Robert Bettles as John Sumn ...

'' (1976) .... PC Baird *''

'' (1977) .... Freddie *''

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'' (1977) .... Mr. Peters *''

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'' (1978) .... Charlie *'' Run Rebecca, Run'' (1981) .... Minister for Immigration *''Save the Lady'' (1982) .... Uncle Harry *''Deadline'' (1982, TV Movie) .... Sam O'Bannon *''Crosstalk'' (1982) .... Stollier *'' Fluteman'' (1982) .... Clarence Quint *''Kitty and the Bagman'' (1983) .... The train driver *''

'' (1983) .... Bill *''A Slice of Life'' (1983) .... Hughes *''

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'' (1984) .... Turner *''

Frog Dreaming ''Frog Dreaming'' is a 1986 Australian family adventure film written by Everett De Roche and directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith. It starred Henry Thomas, Tony Barry, Rachel Friend and Tamsin West. Plot An American boy, Cody (Thomas), whose pare ...

'' (1986) .... Ricketts *''The Big Hurt'' (1986) .... Harry Gregory *''Dear Cardholder'' (1987) .... Hart *''The Returning'' (1990) .... Steadman Senior *'' Hurricane Smith'' (1992) .... David Griffiths

TV Work

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'' (1959, TV Movie) *'' A Night Out'' (1961, TV Movie) .... Albert *''

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'' (1963, TV Series) *''Arthur! And the Square Knights of the Round Table'' (1966, TV Series short) .... (voice) *''Nice and Juicy'' (1966-1967) .... Mort Hamlin *''

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'' (1966) .... Himself (1966-1967) *'' Bellbird'' (1967) *''

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'' (1967) .... Murdoch *'' The Long Arm'' (1970) .... Lenny *''

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'' (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 *''

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'' (1971-1975) .... Billy Ross / Rob Lucas / Arthur Wilson / Harry Green / Geoff Mitchell / Bob Jones / 'Buttercup' Sands *''

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'' (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) *''

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'' (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) *''

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'' (1976) .... Oswald P. Piper (1976) *'' The Outsiders'' (1977) .... Frank Kennedy *''

'' (1977, TV Series) .... Chris Hunter *''

Cop Shop ''Cop Shop'' is a long-running Australian police drama television series produced by Crawford Productions that ran for seven seasons between 28 November 1977 and 23 July 1984. It comprised 582 one-hour episodes. The show The show revolved ar ...

'' (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 *''

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'' (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

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ewart, John 1928 births 1994 deaths Australian male film actors Australian male television actors Male actors from Melbourne Deaths from cancer in New South Wales People educated at Scotch College, Melbourne 20th-century Australian male actors Best Supporting Actor AACTA Award winners