Harold Hopkins (actor)

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Harold Douglas Hopkins (born March 6, 1944 in Toowoomba , † December 11, 2011 ) was an Australian film and television actor.

Life

Hopkins was born in 1944 in the city of Toowoomba in the Australian state of Queensland . Here he was a student at Toowoomba Grammar School in 1958 and 1959. In the 1960s he trained as a carpenter and also dealt with asbestos without using a protective mask or clothing. Together with his twin brother John, he began training at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney , which he successfully completed in 1967.

Harold Hopkins appeared in over 160 episodes of Australian television series. In Germany he became known for the role of diver Steve Gabbo in the 1972 running and particularly successful early evening series Barrier Reef , in which longer underwater sequences were shown in color for the first time. Hopkins has also appeared in 16 Australian films. He was nominated for the Australian Film Institute Award for his role in the 1980 film The Club .

In 2011 Harold Hopkins was diagnosed with mesothelioma , the development of which was presumably promoted by asbestos, to which he was exposed in the 1960s. Harold Hopkins finally tried to get a role in the remake of Baz Luhrmann's film The Great Gatsby , although he knew he would not live long enough to play the role. He died at the age of 67 on December 11, 2011 in a hospice in the Sydney borough of Wahroonga. He did not leave a wife or children.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1969: The Age of Consent ( Age of Consent )
  • 1976: Don's Party
  • 1977: The Picture Show Man
  • 1980: The Club
  • 1981: Gallipoli
  • 1982: Monkey Grip
  • 1984: Fantasy Man
  • 1987: The Year My Voice Broke ( The Year My Voice Broke )
  • 2000 Top Secret - Two chatterboxes in Australia ( Our lips are seald )

TV series (selection)

  • 1968: Motel
  • 1972: Barrier Reef
  • 2001: Outriders
  • 2009: Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See dailytelegraph.com
  2. ↑ a b AAP: Acting veteran dies from asbestos-related cancer . In: The Age , December 11, 2011. 
  3. ↑ See heraldsun.com
  4. ↑ See abc.net.au
personal data
SURNAME Hopkins, Harold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hopkins, Harold Douglas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian film and television actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Toowoomba
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 2011