John William Hargreaves (28 November 1945 – 8 January 1996) was an Australian actor. He won three

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and was nominated six times.

Background

Hargreaves was educated at

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(accessed:17-07-2007) He taught in

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, but moved to Sydney in the 1960s. He graduated from the

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in 1970. Hargreaves was mainly a film actor, but is also well-remembered by Australian audiences for the title role in the TV drama '' Young Ramsay'' in the 1970s and worked in a number of stage productions. Hargreaves had roles in '' The Removalists'', ''

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'', '' The Odd Angry Shot'', and '' Malcolm''. He was also the love interest of

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in '' Emerald City''. In 1994 he became the first actor to receive the

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Personal life and death

Although he had exclusively heterosexual relationships while young, by the early 1980s Hargreaves acknowledged and embraced his homosexuality. Between 1984 and 1988, he partnered with French actor Vincent Perrot. Hargreaves contracted HIV about 1994 and died of AIDS-related complications in a hospice in Sydney on 8 January 1996. Pallbearers at Hargreaves' funeral included actors

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and

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Filmography

Below The Line Credits * ''Without A Clue'' (1988) – runner Other Credits *''Second Best'' (1994) *completion guarantee services (The Completion Bond Company Inc) Whore (1991)

References

External links

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John Hargreaves at the National Film and Sound Archive
*John Hargreaves: Tribute to an Aussie cinema pioneer and legend http://www.australiantimes.co.uk/john-hargreaves-tribute-to-an-aussie-cinema-pioneer-and-legend/ 1945 births 1996 deaths 20th-century Australian male actors AIDS-related deaths in Australia Australian male film actors Best Actor AACTA Award winners Best Supporting Actor AACTA Award winners Australian gay actors Logie Award winners National Institute of Dramatic Art alumni People from the Northern Rivers 20th-century LGBT people {{Australia-film-actor-stub