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Shane Porteous
Born
John Shane Porteous

(1942-08-17) 17 August 1942 (age 82)
EducationUniversity of Queensland
Occupations
  • Actor
  • screenwriter
  • animation layout artist
  • voice artist
Years active1962–present
Known forA Country Practice as Dr. Terence Elliot
Notable work

John Shane Porteous (born 17 August 1942)[1] (known as Shane Porteous) is an Australian actor, screenwriter, animation layout artist and animation voice artist. As a screenwriter, he is sometimes credited as John Hanlon.

He remains best known for his role as in the TV serial A Country Practice, as Dr. Terence Elliot and original character and his ongoing role in TV series Pizza from 2000 until 2007. He has done numerous animation layouts and provided voice roles for feature film and shorts.

Biography

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Early life and education

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Shane Porteous was born John Shane Porteous in Coleraine, Victoria on 17 August 1942,[1] to pilot Stanley Porteous and his wife Pat.[2]

He was raised in Queensland and attended the University of Queensland, graduating with a B.A.[1] He was a member of the UQ Dramatic Society and performed with actors such as Jack Thompson and Michael Caton at the Avalon Theatre in 1965.[3]

Porteous moved to Sydney in 1967.[citation needed]

Acting and screenwriting

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Porteous is best known the television drama series A Country Practice as Dr. Elliot during its twelve-year run on the Seven Network (1981–93), a role for which he won the Silver Logie award in 1992. He has also won AWGIE Awards for his various scriptwriting projects. In the series he had various romances including Matron Curtis (Helen Scott), Dr. Alex Fraser (Diane Smith) and Rosemary Prior (Maureen Edwards) who he married in the final episode.[citation needed]

Other TV credits include What For Marianne?, Catch Kandy, Homicide, Matlock Police, Certain Women (1973-76), The Box (1974), Number 96 (1977), Glenview High, Cop Shop, The Restless Years, Neighbours, Home and Away, Blue Heelers and Heartbreak High.[4]

Porteous has performed in many stage plays,[5] among them Hamlet, Death of a Salesman (1970), the Sydney Theatre Company's production of King Lear and Much Ado About Nothing. In June 2010 he completed a touring performance of Codgers with Ron Haddrick among others.[6]

He was a regular at the Q Theatre in Penrith, New South Wales, and was also the ambassador for "The Q",[clarification needed] which was demolished in August 2005 and moved to the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre.[7]

As a television screenwriter he has written scripts for series including Neighbours and Home and Away, sometimes under the pseudonym of John Hanlon.[citation needed]

Animation

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Porteous has also provided animation services to Hanna-Barbera, and has created layouts for the film versions of The Magic Pudding and Blinky Bill.[which?][citation needed]

Shane was the voice of Sid the Seagull in the Cancer Council Victoria's Anti Skin Cancer advertising campaign "Slip Slop Slap".


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He is referenced in the popular Australian song "I'm So Post Modern" by the Bedroom Philosopher.[citation needed]

Awards

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Association Honour Year Awarded for
Australian Government Centenary Medal 2001 Contribution to Scriptwriting and the Performing Arts
Logie Awards Silver Logie for Best Actor 1992 A Country Practice as Dr. Terence Elliot

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Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Type
1971 What For Marianne? Jon Wright TV movie
1973 The Taming of the Shrew Tranio TV movie
1978 Puzzle Rant TV movie
1979 The Little Convict Jack Doolen (voice) Animated film
1979 From the Earth to the Moon Voice artist Animated TV movie
1982 A Dangerous Summer Sgt. Goodwin Feature film
1982 Sarah and the Squirrel Voice Animated film
2003 Fat Pizza Doctor Feature film
2007 The Uncertainty Principle Thomas Short film
2011 Codgers Rod Dean Feature film
2024 Munro TV miniseries

Television

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Year Title Role Type
1967–68 Awful Movies with Deadly Earnest Deadly Earnest TV series
1968 Contrabandits Jock TV series
1971 Dynasty Ken TV series
1972 Quartet TV miniseries
1973 Ryan John Morris TV series
1973 Catch Kandy Christian Faber TV series
1972–73 Homicide John Ellis, George Bailey TV series
1973 Serpent in the Rainbow Phillip Lovett TV miniseries
1974 The Box David Warner TV series
1975 Scobie Malone Constable Clements TV series
1975 Matlock Police Martin Phillips, Jamie, Pasquali, Jeff Forrest TV series
1975 Kings Man Constable Ben Price TV series
1976 Certain Women Peter Clayton TV series
1972–77 Number 96 Joshua TV series, 17 episodes
1978 Bobby Dazzler Sergio TV series
1978 Glenview High Dr. Green TV series
1977–78 Cop Shop Ron Keating, Jason Knight TV series
1979 Chopper Squad Duffy TV series
1979 The Restless Years Andrew Nelson TV series
1979 Off on a Comet Voice TV series
1980 Skyways John Dormany TV series
1981 Bellamy Walt TV series
1981–93 A Country Practice Dr. Terence Elliot TV series
1995 Neighbours Patrick Kratz TV series
1997 Heartbreak High Jumpin Jack Jet TV series
2001 Wicked! Voice TV series
2005 Blue Heelers John Maguire TV series
2007 Constructing Australia JD Fitzgerald TV documentary
2000–07 Pizza Doctor/Registrar TV series
2001–11 Home and Away Jim Tyler, Douglass Graham TV series
2019 Smoke Between Trees

Theatre

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Year Title Type
Hamlet
1962 Fairy Tales of New York The Old Dolphin Theatre
1969 The Proposal AMP Theatrette
1969 Little Murder University of NSW
1969 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Theatre Royal, Hobart
1970 Sganarelle New South Wales
1970 Death of a Salesman University of NSW
1970 Major Barbara University of NSW, Canberra Theatre
1970 King Oedipus Canberra Theatre, University of NSW
1970 Dick Whittington University of NSW
1971 Hank's Night AMP Theatrette
1971 The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail Ensemble Theatre
1971 Home Free! AMP Theatrette
1973-74 What If You Died Tomorrow? Comedy Theatre London, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Canberra Theatre, Sydney Opera House
1977 Dr. Brain's Body University of NSW, Parade Theatre
1977-78 Sleuth New South Wales & Mildura Arts Centre
1978 Bedroom Farce Her Majesty's Theatre, Theatre Royal
1995 King Lear Sydney Theatre Company at Orange Civic Theatre, Q Theatre Penrith, Wharf 2 Theatre Sydney
1995 Scenes from a Separation Fairfax Studio
1997 The Memory of Water Marian Street Theatre
2001-02 Much Ado About Nothing Sydney Theatre Company at Southern Cross University, Christ Church Cathedral, Q Theatre Penrith
2010 Codgers Australian tour

Scriptwriter

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Year Production Episodes
1994–2013 Neighbours (TV series) Wrote 171 episodes (credited as pen name John Hanlon)
2003–08 Home and Away (TV series) Wrote 47 episodes (as John Hanlon)
1999 All Saints (TV series) Wrote 1 episode, "Dependence Day" (as Shane Porteous)

Animation

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Year Production Role
1977 Mody-Dick (TV movie) Layout artist
1978–1981 The All New Popeye Hour (TV series) Layout artist
1981 Dinky Dog (TV series) Layout artist, credited on 16 episodes
1979 Casper the Friendly Ghost - He Ain't Scary, He's Our Brother (TV movie) Layout artist (as Shane Porteous)
1979 Casper's First Christmas (TV short) Layout artist (as Shane Porteous)
1979 Off on a Comet (TV movie) Layout artist
1979 From the Earth to the Moon (TV movie) Layout artist
1980 Drak Pack (TV series) Layout artist
1981 The Kwinky Koala Show (TV series) Layout artist, 1 episode
1981 The Flintstones - Wind Up Wilma (short) Layout artist
1981 Laverne and Shirley in the Army Layout artist
1981 Daniel Boone Layout artist
1981 The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang Layout artist
1995 Blinky Bill's Extraordinary Excursion Layout artist
2001 The Magic Pudding Layout artist

Appearances

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Year Production
1990 32nd Annual Logie Awards
2017 The Schlocky Horror Picture Show
2015–19 The Professor's Scary Movie
Various The Macqurie Bank (TV commercials as voice over)

References

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  1. ^ a b c Moran, A.; Keating, C. (2009). The A to Z of Australian Radio and Television. The A to Z guide series. Scarecrow Press. p. 301. ISBN 978-0-8108-6856-4. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Family Notices". Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 2 October 1943. p. 2. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  3. ^ Nigel, Pearn; Richard, Fotheringham (2007). "A history of the Avalon Theatre, 1921-2007".
  4. ^ Shane Porteous at IMDb
  5. ^ "Shane Porteous". AusStage.
  6. ^ "Codgers". Archived from the original on 10 April 2013.
  7. ^ "The History of the Q Theatre". Archived from the original on 20 October 2010.
  8. ^ It's an Honour
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