{{Short description|Australian actor (1944–2011)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Harold Hopkins | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Harold Douglas Hopkins | birth_date = {{Birth date|1944|3|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|12|11|1944|3|6|df=y}} | death_place = Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia | other_names = | years_active = 1967–2010 | occupation = Actor }} '''Harold Douglas Hopkins''' (6 March 1944{{spaced ndash}}11 December 2011) was an Australian film and television actor.
==Early life== Hopkins was born on 6 March 1944, in Toowoomba, Queensland.<ref name="nine">{{cite web |url=ht.ps://amp.9news.com.au/article/6978578a-7dc2-46f9-a64e-fe3e855306c4 |title=Aussie acting veteran Harold Hopkins dies |website= www.9news.com.au |access-date=14 February 2026}}</ref> He was one of seven children<ref name="abcnews">{{cite web|url= https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-11/australian-actor-harold-hopkins-dies-at-67/3724544 |title= Australian actor Harold Hopkins dies |website= www.9news.com.au |date= 11 December 2011 |access-date= 14 February 2026}}</ref> (including Naomi, Michael, Gregory, Margaret, Suzanne and twin brother John)<ref name="nine"/> born to Francis Hopkins and Olive (nee Ascroft).<ref name="ocker"/>
He attended The Southport School<ref name="ocker"/> and Toowoomba Grammar School as a day boy in 1958 and 1959. During the 1960s, he worked as an apprentice carpenter, and was exposed to asbestos fibres without protective masks or clothing.<ref name=theage>{{cite news |title=Acting veteran dies from asbestos-related cancer |author=AAP |url=http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/acting-veteran-dies-from-asbestosrelated-cancer-20111211-1opca.html |newspaper=The Age |date=11 December 2011 |access-date=11 December 2011}}</ref>
After his apprenticeship, Hopkins and his twin brother John enrolled at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney, with Harold graduating in 1967.<ref name="altfg"/><ref name="ocker"/>
==Career==
===Theatre=== After numerous theatre performances with NIDA in the late 1960s,<ref name="ausstage"/> Hopkins originated the role of Danny Rowe, captain of the Collingwood Football Club in a 1977 stage production of David Williamson's satirical play ''The Club''.<ref name="altfg">{{cite web|url= https://www.altfg.com/harold-hopkins/ |title= Harold Hopkins: Gallipoli, AFI-Nominated Actor |website= www.televisionau.com |access-date= 14 February 2026}}</ref>
Hopkins' appeared on stage with the Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company playing Barney in Ray Lawler's ''The Doll Trilogy'' at the Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Athenaeum and again three years later in New York.<ref name="ausstage"/><ref name="ocker"/>
===Television=== Hopkins' on-screen career began in the late 1960s with a recurring guest role on the short-lived daytime soap opera ''Motel'', alongside Jack Thompson.<ref name="obit">{{cite web|url= https://televisionau.com/2011/12/obituary-harold-hopkins.html |title= Obituary: Harold Hopkins |website= www.televisionau.com |date= 11 December 2011 |access-date= 14 February 2026}}</ref> He also had a major co-starring role opposite Jeanie Drynan in the 1969 ABC drama miniseries ''Pastures of the Blue Crane'', an adaptation of the 1965 children's novel by Hesba Brinsmead.<ref name="crane">{{cite web|url= https://www.filmink.com.au/remembered-australian-tv-plays-pastures-of-the-blue-crane/th90_single_ajax/ |title= Obituary: Harold Hopkins |website= FilmInk |first= Stephen |last=Vagg |access-date= 14 February 2026}}</ref><ref name="pastures">{{cite web|url= https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-28/pastures-of-the-blue-crane-revived-for-fans/10419244/ |title= Pastures of the Blue Crane revived for fans of the 1970s TV series |website= www.abc.net.au |first= Elloise |last= Farrow-Smith |date= 28 October 2018 |access-date= 14 February 2026}}</ref>
Other early television credits included ''Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'', ''Riptide'', ''Delta'' and ''Barrier Reef''.<ref name="obit"/> He also had a recurring role in the 1971 comedy drama series ''The Godfathers'' and its spin-off ''The People Next Door''.<ref name="obit"/> Hopkins won a Penguin Award in 1974{{citation needed|date=February 2026}} for his portrayal of private secretary Percy Deane in John Power's docudrama ''Billy and Percy''.<ref name="ASO">{{cite web|url= https://aso.gov.au/titles/tv/billy-and-percy/notes/ |title= Billy and Percy (1974) |website= www.aso.gov.au |first= Janet |last= Bell |access-date= 14 February 2026}}</ref>
Hopkins went on to appear in numerous other series including ''Certain Women'', ''Silent Number'', ''Matlock Police'', ''Homicide'', ''Division 4'', ''Rush'' and ''The Lost Islands''.<ref name="obit"/><ref name="ABC"/> He then landed a lead role in the 1979 series ''Twenty Good Years''.<ref name="obit"/>
Hopkins also appeared in several miniseries including ''Sara Dane'' (1982), ''The Last Bastion'' (1984), ''The Dirtwater Dynasty'' (1988), ''True Believers'' (1988), ''Winners'', ''Shadows of the Heart'' (1990) and ''Brides of Christ'' (1991).<ref name="obit"/><ref name="ABC">{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-11/australian-actor-harold-hopkins-dies-at-67/3724544|title = Australian actor Harold Hopkins dies|website = Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date = 11 December 2011}}</ref>
Later television series in which Hopkins had roles, included ''State Coroner'', ''Blue Heelers'', ''White Collar Blue'', ''Wildside'', ''All Saints'', ''The Secret Life of Us'', ''Grass Roots'' and ''The Strip''.<ref name="obit"/><ref name="ABC"/> He also played Melbourne arms dealer George Joseph in ''Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities'',<ref name="abcnews"/> the second season of underworld series ''Underbelly''.
===Film=== Hopkins first foray into film began with a supporting role in ''Age of Consent'' (1969), with James Mason and Helen Mirren.<ref name="altfg"/> He appeared in 16 films over the course of his career, including classic Australian films ''Don's Party'' (1976) in which he played the role of Cooley,<ref name="abcnews"/> and ''The Picture Show Man'' (1977).<ref name="obit"/><ref name="nine"/>
Hopkins reprised his role as Danny in ''The Club'' (from his 1977 stage performance) once more in Bruce Beresford’s 1980 film adaptation.<ref name="altfg"/> His performance saw him nominated for a 1981 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actor. He lost out to Bill Hunter for Peter Weir’s war drama ''Gallipoli'',<ref name="altfg"/><ref name="AACTA">{{cite web|url= https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/awards-history/1981/ |title= 1981 Winners and Nominees |website= AACTA Awards |access-date=14 February 2026}}</ref> in which Hopkins also starred as obnoxious farmhand Les McCann, opposite Mel Gibson and Mark Lee.<ref name="obit"/><ref name="nine"/>
Further film credits included ''Monkey Grip'' (1982), ''Fantasy Man'' (1984), ''Children of the Revolution'' (1996)<ref name="altfg"/> and 1987 coming of age drama ''The Year My Voice Broke'',<ref name="nine"/> with Noah Taylor and Ben Mendelsohn.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aso.gov.au/titles/features/year-my-voice-broke/credits/ |title=The Year My Voice Broke: credits |website=www.aso.gov.au |access-date=14 February 2026}}</ref> Several TV films followed, including ''Big Ideas'' (1993) and ''Never Tell Me Never'' (1998).<ref name="altfg"/> In 2001, he starred as a dying man in AFI-nominated, TV short ''Saturn’s Return'', opposite Joel Edgerton, who played his son.<ref name="altfg"/>
Hopkins' final film was 2010 horror thriller ''The Clinic''.<ref name="altfg"/> His last audition was for the role of Jay Gatbsy’s father, Henry C. Gatz in Baz Luhrmann's ''The Great Gatsby'', although he knew he would not live to play the role, as he had been diagnosed with cancer mere days earlier.<ref name="nine"/>
==Awards== {|class="wikitable" ! Year ! Work ! Award ! Category ! Result ! Ref. |- | 1974 || ''Billy and Percy'' || Penguin Award || || {{won}} || {{citation needed|date=February 2026}} |- | 1981 || ''The Club'' ||Australian Film Institute Awards || Best Supporting Actor || {{nom}} || <ref name="altfg"/><ref name="AACTA"/> |}
==Personal life== Harold Hopkins married twice. His second marriage was to Sue Collie, an actress he met in Melbourne in 1977, while starring in the original stage production of David Williamson's ''The Club'' with Melbourne Theatre Company.{{citation needed|date=February 2026}}
In the 1970s, Hopkins bought land at Webbs Creek, on the Hawkesbury River.<ref name="nine"/> Between stage and film roles, Hopkins worked as a Hawkesbury River ferryman.<ref name="ocker">{{cite web|url= https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/475953 |title= Cinematic ocker longed for the bush |website= The Sydney Morning Herald |date= 15 December 2011 |access-date= 15 February 2026}}</ref>
==Death== In 2011, Hopkins was diagnosed with mesothelioma, believed to be due to his asbestos exposure in the 1960s. He died in Neringah Private Hospital, a Sydney hospice in Wahroonga on 11 December 2011, at the age of 67.<ref name=theage /><ref name="abcnews"/> He was survived by his six siblings, including twin brother John.<ref name="abcnews"/>
==Filmography==
===Film=== {|class=wikitable ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes ! Ref. |- | rowspan="2"|1969 || ''You Can't See 'round Corners'' || Soldier at dance (uncredited) || || <ref name="corners">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/you-cant-see-round-corners/cast/2030078266/ |title= You Can't See 'round Corners – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | ''Age of Consent'' || Ted Farrell || || <ref name="age">{{cite magazine |date=1 December 2025 |access-date=1 December 2025 |first=Stephen |last=Vagg |url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-films-age-of-consent |title=Forgotten Australian Films: Age of Consent |magazine=FilmInk}}</ref><ref name="altfg"/><ref name="consent">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/age-of-consent/cast/2030113434/ |title= Age of Consent – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | 1970 || ''Adam's Woman'' || Cosh || || <ref name="adam">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/adams-woman/cast/2030010065/ |title= Adam's Woman – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | 1971 || ''Demonstrator'' || Malcolm || || <ref name="demonstrator">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/demonstrator/cast/2030068122/ |title= Demonstrator – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | 1976 || ''Don’s Party'' || Grainger Cooley (Susan's boyfriend) || || <ref name="abcnews"/> |- | 1977 || ''The Picture Show Man'' || Larry Pym || ||<ref name="picture">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-picture-show-man/cast/2030010767/ |title= The Picture Show Man – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | 1980 || ''The Club'' || Danny Rowe || || <ref name="altfg"/> |- | 1981 || ''Gallipoli'' || Les McCann || || <ref name="obit"/><ref name="nine"/> |- | rowspan="2"|1982 || ''Monkey Grip'' || Willie || || <ref name="monkey">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/monkey-grip/cast/2000118707/ |title= Monkey Grip – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | ''Ginger Meggs'' || Mr. Fox || || |- | rowspan="2"|1983 || ''Buddies'' || Johnny || || <ref name="buddies">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/buddies/cast/2000328107/ |title= Buddies – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | ''The Winds of Jarrah'' || Jack Farrell || || <ref name="winds">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-winds-of-jarrah/cast/2030009423/ |title= The Winds of Jarrah – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2"|1984 || ''Stanley: Every Home Should Have One'' || Harry || || |- | ''Fantasy Man'' || Nick Bailey || || <ref name="fantasy">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/fantasy-man/cast/2030084288/ |title= Fantasy Man – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | 1987 || ''The Year My Voice Broke'' || Tom Alcock || || <ref name="nine"/><ref>{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-year-my-voice-broke/cast/2000274776/ |title= The Year My Voice Broke – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | 1992 || ''Resistance'' || Peach || || |- | 1993 || ''No Worries'' || John Burke || || <ref name="worries">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/no-worries/cast/2030113180/ |title= No Worries – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | 1993 || ''Kin chan no Cinema Jack'' || || || |- | 1996 || ''Children of the Revolution'' || Police Commissioner || || |- | rowspan="2"|1997 || ''Blackrock'' || Principal || || <ref name="black">{{cite web |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://aso.gov.au/titles/features/blackrock/credits/ |title= Blackrock (1996) |website= www.aso.gov.au}}</ref> |- | ''Joey'' || Kanga Catcher || || <ref name="joey">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/joey/cast/2000282208/ |title= Joey – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | 1998 || ''Bloodlock'' || Peter || Short film || <ref name="blood">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/bloodlock/cast/2000107389/ |title= Bloodlock – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | 2000 || ''Our Lips Are Sealed'' || Shelby Shaw || || <ref name="lips">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/our-lips-are-sealed/cast/2030134875/ |title= Our Lips Are Sealed – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | 2005 || ''The Assistant'' || Enzo || Short film || |- | 2010 || ''The Clinic'' || Grave Digger || Final film role || <ref name="altfg"/> |}
===Television=== {|class=wikitable ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes ! Ref. |- | 1968 || ''Motel'' || Bruce Jackson || 2 episodes || <ref name="motel">{{cite magazine |date= June 1968 |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= https://televisionau.com/2018/05/sevens-motel-promised-daytime-sizzle.html |title= Seven’s Motel promised daytime sizzle |first= Andrew |last= Mercado |magazine= TV Week |via= www.televisionau.com}}</ref> |- | rowspan="5"|1969 || ''Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'' || Tim Grant || 2 episodes || <ref name="skippy">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= https://aso.gov.au/titles/series/skippy/ |title= Skippy (1966–1969) |website= www.aso.gov.au}}</ref> |- | ''Riptide'' || Harry || 1 episode || |- | ''Pastures of the Blue Crane'' || Perry, the taxi driver || Miniseries, 5 episodes || <ref name="crane"/><ref name="pastures"/> |- | ''Delta'' || Alan Tibbett || 1 episode || |- | ''Australian Plays'' || Ben Torrents || Episode: "The Torrents" || <ref name="torrents">{{cite news |date= 11 December 1969 |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107908278/11674867 |title= Television |newspaper= The Canberra Times |page= 33 |via= National Library of Australia / Trove}}</ref> |- | 1969–1973 || ''Division 4'' || Eric Smith / Max Williams / Dave Clarke / Ted Kavanagh || 4 episodes || |- | 1970–1971 || ''Barrier Reef'' || Steve Gabo || 39 episodes || <ref name="barrier">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/barrier-reef/cast/1000234365/ |title= Barrier Reef – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | 1971–1972 || ''The Godfathers'' || David Milson || 46 episodes || <ref name="godfathers">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1970s/godfathers-the/ |title= The Godfathers |website= www.nostalgiacentral.com}}</ref> |- | 1971–1974 || ''Matlock Police'' || Doug Campbell / George Kelly / Luke Reid / Rocky / Tony Grey / Chip Richardson || 6 episodes || |- | rowspan="2"|1973 || ''Boney'' || Jack Wilton || 1 episode || <ref name="boney">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= http://www.australiantelevision.net/boney_eps.html/ |title= Boney: episode guide |website= www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref> |- | ''The People Next Door'' || Dave Milson || 20 episodes || |- | rowspan="2"|1974 || ''Silent Number'' || Brendon || 1 episode || |- | ''Billy and Percy'' || Percy Deane || TV movie || <ref name="ASO"/> |- | 1974–1975 || ''Certain Women'' || || 9 episodes || |- | 1967–1975 || ''Homicide'' || Geoff Brady / Constable Alec Henderson / Gary Thompson || 3 episodes || |- | 1975 || ''Ben Hall'' || Johnny Vane || Miniseries, 4 episodes || |- | rowspan="2"|1976 || ''The Lost Islands'' || Thomas Quick || 1 episode || <ref name="lost">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= http://www.australiantelevision.net/the_lost_islands/cast.html |title= The Lost Islands: cast |website= www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref> |- | ''Rush'' || Hardy Evans || 1 episode || |- | rowspan="2"|1978 || ''The Young Doctors'' || Orderly Terry Cooper || 3 episodes || |- | ''Case for the Defence'' || Theo Lambrakis || 1 episode || |- | 1978–1982 || ''Cop Shop'' || Noel Lawson / Paul McKinnon / Bob Little / Paul Moorhead || 7 episodes || |- | 1979 || ''Twenty Good Years'' || Ron Fielding || 20 episodes || <ref name="obit"/> |- | rowspan="2"|1980 || ''Young Ramsay'' || Ken Murray || 1 episode || |- | ''Rusty Bugles'' || Vic Richards || TV movie || <ref name="rusty">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= https://aso.gov.au/titles/tv/rusty-bugles/clip1/ |title= 1. Night watch |website= www.aso.gov.au}}</ref> |- | 1981 || ''Bellamy'' || O'Grady || 1 episode || |- | rowspan="2"|1982 || ''The Highest Honor'' || Cpl. C.M. Stewart || TV movie || <ref name="honor">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-highest-honor/cast/2000036029/ |title= The Highest Honor – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | ''Sara Dane'' || Andrew McLeay || Miniseries, 8 episodes || <ref name="sara">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/sara-dane/cast/1030027947/ |title= Sara Dane – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | 1984 || ''The Last Bastion'' || Harold Holt || Miniseries, 3 episodes || |- | rowspan="2"|1985 || ''A Country Practice'' || Dave Burchfield || Season 5, 2 episodes || <ref name="country">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= http://www.australiantelevision.net/acp/1985.html |title= A Country Practice: episode guide 1985 |website= www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref> |- | ''Winners'' || Jack Doyle || 1 episode || <ref name="winners">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= http://www.australiantelevision.net/winners.html |title= Winners |website= www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref> |- | 1987 || ''Fields of Fire'' || Whacker || Miniseries, 2 episodes || <ref name="fields">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/fields-of-fire/cast/2000021891/ |title= Fields of Fire – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3"|1988 || ''The Dirtwater Dynasty'' || Reverend Mc Bride || Miniseries, 5 episodes || <ref name="dirt">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-dirtwater-dynasty/cast/1000458074/ |title= The Dirtwater Dynasty – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | ''Fields of Fire II'' || Whacker || Miniseries, 2 episodes || <ref name="fire">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/fields-of-fire-ii/1030165124/ |title= Fields of Fire II – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | ''The True Believers'' || Edgar Ross || Miniseries, 8 episodes || |- | 1989 || ''Fields of Fire III'' || Whacker || Miniseries, 2 episodes || <ref name="FF">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/fields-of-fire-iii/1030213601/ |title= Fields of Fire III – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3"|1990 || ''G.P.'' || Malcolm Bishop || 1 episode || |- | ''E.A.R.T.H. Force'' || Holland || 1 episode || <ref name="earth">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/earth-force/cast/1000000203/ |title= E.A.R.T.H. Force – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | ''Shadows of the Heart'' || Willy Carter || Miniseries, 2 episodes || |- | 1991 || ''Brides of Christ'' || Ken Maloney || Miniseries, 3 episodes || <ref name="brides">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/brides-of-christ/cast/1000056429/ |title= Brides of Christ – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | 1991–1995 || ''Police Rescue'' || Colley / Tony Fuller (NARC detective) || 3 episodes || <ref name="police">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= http://www.australiantelevision.net/policerescue/series1.html |title= Police Rescue: episode guide series 1 |website= www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref><ref name="rescue">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= http://www.australiantelevision.net/policerescue/series2.html |title= Police Rescue: episode guide series 2 |website= www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref><ref name="PR">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= http://www.australiantelevision.net/policerescue/series4.html |title= Police Rescue: episode guide series 4 |website= www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref> |- | 1992 || ''Big Ideas'' || Sam Stevens || TV movie || <ref name="altfg"/><ref name="ideas">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/big-ideas/cast/2000035753/ |title= Big Ideas – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | 1993 || ''Joh's Jury'' || Geoffrey Woodward || TV movie || <ref name="SMH">{{cite news |date= 24 October 2005 |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/johs-jury-20051024-gdmb3t.html |title= Joh's Jury |first= Michael |last= Idato |newspaper= The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3"|1994 || ''Time Trax'' || Ed Lowry || 1 episode || |- | ''Heartland'' || Jim || 3 episodes || |- | ''Blue Heelers'' || Geoff Lovett || Season 1, episode 36: "Adverse Possession" || <ref name="blue">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= http://www.australiantelevision.net/bh/series1.html |title= Blue Heelers: episode guide series 1 |website= www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref> |- | 1996 || ''Water Rats'' || Union Representative || Season 1, 1 episode || <ref name="rats">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= http://www.australiantelevision.net/water_rats/series1.html |title= Water Rats: episode guide |website= www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3"|1998 || ''Moby Dick'' || Captain Peleg || Miniseries || <ref name="moby">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/moby-dick/cast/1000175351/ |title= Moby Dick – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | ''Never Tell Me Never'' || Neville || TV movie || <ref name="altfg"/> |- | ''State Coroner'' || Max Capilano || Season 2, 1 episode || <ref name="state">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= http://www.australiantelevision.net/statecoroner/series2.html |title= State Coroner: guest stars |website= www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref> |- | rowspan="4"|1999 || ''Big Sky'' || Minister || 1 episode || |- | ''Wildside'' || Lionel || Season 2, 1 episode || <ref name="wild">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= http://www.australiantelevision.net/wildside/series2.html |title= Wildside: Episode guide |website= www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref> |- | ''Murder Call'' || Brian Capper || Season 3, 1 episode || <ref name="murder">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= http://www.australiantelevision.net/murdercall/series3.html |title= Murder Call: Episode guide |website= www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref> |- | ''Heartbreak High'' || Owen Croft || Season 7, 2 episodes || <ref name="heartbreak">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= http://www.australiantelevision.net/hbh/series7.html |title= Heartbreak High: Episode guide series 7 |website= www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref> |- | 2000 || ''Grass Roots'' || Surf Club Manager || Season 1, 1 episode || <ref name="grass">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= http://www.australiantelevision.net/grassroots/series1.html |title= Grass Roots: Episode guide |website= www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3"|2001 || ''Courts mais GAY: Tome 5'' || Dan || TV movie, segment: "Saturn's Return" || <ref name="altfg"/> |- | ''Outriders'' || Hayden Simpson || 4 episodes || <ref name="outriders">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/outriders/cast/1030799119/ |title= Outriders – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | ''Beastmaster'' || Kumon || 1 episode || <ref name="beast">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= http://www.australiantelevision.net/beastmaster/guests3.html |title= BeastMaster: guest stars |website= www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref> |- | 2001; 2008 || ''All Saints'' || Abe / Frank Miller || 2 episodes || <ref name="all">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= http://www.australiantelevision.net/as/series4.html |title= All Saints: episode guide series 4 |website= www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref><ref name="saints">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= http://www.australiantelevision.net/as/series11.html |title= All Saints: episode guide series 11 |website= www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref> |- | 2002 || ''The Road from Coorain'' || Rob McLennan || TV movie || <ref name="coorain">{{cite magazine |access-date= 14 February 2026 |url= https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-road-from-coorain/cast/2000123410/ |title= The Road from Coorain – Full Cast & Crew |magazine= TV Guide}}</ref> |- | 2003 || ''White Collar Blue'' || Bruce || Season 4, 1 episode || <ref name="white">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= http://www.australiantelevision.net/mcleod/series4.html |title= White Collar Blue: Episode guide |website= www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref> |- | 2004 || ''McLeod's Daughters'' || Ken Logan || Season 4, 1 episode || <ref name="daughter">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= http://www.australiantelevision.net/mcleod/series4.html |title= McLeod's Daughters: Episode guide |website= www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2"|2005 || ''The Secret Life of Us'' || Bill Davidson || Season 4, 1 episode || <ref name="secret">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= http://www.australiantelevision.net/the-secret-life-of-us/series4.html |title= The Secret Life of Us: Episode guide |website= www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref> |- | ''Home and Away'' || Jim Wallace || 1 episode || |- | 2006 || ''Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King'' || Vernon Klein || 1 episode || |- | 2008 || ''The Strip'' || Bomber Davis || Season 1, 1 episode || <ref name="strip">{{cite web |access-date= 15 February 2026 |url= http://www.australiantelevision.net/the_strip/series1.html |title= The Strip: Episode guide |website= www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref> |- | 2009 || ''Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities'' || George Joseph || 3 episodes || <ref name="abcnews"/> |}
==Theatre== {|class=wikitable ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes ! Ref. |- | 1966 || ''Two Programs of Short Plays'': ''Men Without Shadows'' / ''Le Malentendu'' || Militiaman / Jan || Jane St Theatre, Sydney with NIDA || <ref name="ausstage">{{cite web|url= https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/4765 |title= Harold Hopkins |website= AusStage |access-date= 15 February 2026}}</ref> |- | rowspan="4"|1967 || ''Camille and Perdican'' || Father Blazius || rowspan="4"|UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney with NIDA || <ref name="ausstage"/> |- | ''Point of Departure'' || Orpheus || <ref name="ausstage"/> |- | ''Three Men on a Horse'' || Moses || <ref name="ausstage"/> |- | ''The Winter’s Tale'' || King Leontes || <ref name="ausstage"/> |- | rowspan="2"|1968 || ''Childermas'' || || rowspan="2"|UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney || <ref name="ausstage"/> |- | ''A Refined Look at Existence'' || Donny (Dionysius) || <ref name="ausstage"/><ref>{{cite web|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/finding-aids/catalog/1483988503914322303 |title= Harold Hopkins as Donny [Dionysius] in A Refined Look at Existence [1], 1968 |website= National Library of Australia |access-date= 15 February 2026}}</ref> |- | 1969 || ''The Knack'' || Colin || Theatre Royal Sydney || <ref name="ausstage"/> |- | 1974 || ''The Bride of Gospel Place'' || || Arts Theatre, Adelaide with South Australian Theatre Company || <ref name="ausstage"/> |- | 1976 || ''Martello Towers'' || Lonnie Randall || Nimrod Theatre, Sydney || <ref name="ausstage"/> |- | 1977 || ''The Club'' || Danny Rowe || Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC || <ref name="ausstage"/><ref name="altfg"/> |- | 1982 || ''Demolition Job'' || Quentin || Nimrod Theatre, Sydney || <ref name="ausstage"/> |- | 1985 || ''The Real Thing'' || || Sydney Opera House with STC || <ref name="ausstage"/> |- | 1985; 1988 || ''The Doll Trilogy'': ''Kid Stakes'' / ''Other Times'' / ''Summer of the Seventeenth Doll'' || Barney || Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Athenaeum, Pepsico Summerfare, New York with MTC / STC || <ref name="ausstage"/><ref name="ocker"/> |- | 2002 || ''Earl'' || || Stables Theatre, Sydney || <ref name="ausstage"/> |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0394176}}
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